ExamLockdown (Test Account)
Aug 27, 2026
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A locked-down Windows profile available on lab machines. No student download, no separate software — the student just switches to a different account on the lab computer.
Where it's available
| Lab | |
|---|---|
| Martha Miller 237 (30) | Available |
| Schaap 3002 (16) and 3031 (30) | Available |
| VanZoeren 152 (28) | Available |
| VanderWerf 228 (Engineering only) | Available |
If you're testing outside these rooms, contact CIT before your exam date.
How students get into it
- Student sits at a lab machine (normally logged in as Classroom).
- Switch user → choose Test Account.
- Confirm the bright orange desktop background.
The orange background is your at-a-glance proctoring check. Walk the room. Any machine without an orange background is not locked down — that student is still on the Classroom account and has full internet and app access.
What's allowed
Websites
- hope.edu and all Hope subdomains
- Moodle
- Canvas
- Google sign-in / Drive (required for the above to work)
Applications
- Microsoft Office — Word, PowerPoint, Excel
- Calculator
- Notepad
What's blocked
- Every other website — including AI tools, search, email, messaging, and personal cloud storage
- Every other application on the machine
Blocked sites don't show a warning page — they simply fail to load. Tell students this in advance so they don't burn exam time thinking the machine is broken.
Before exam day
- Test it yourself. Sit at a machine in your room, switch to Test Account, and walk through your exam exactly as a student would. This is the only way to catch a blocked resource before it costs you class time.
- Need something added? If your exam requires a site or application outside the list above, request it from CIT ahead of time. Allowlist changes require a machine reboot to take effect, so don't request the morning of.
- Confirm your room is one of the four listed.
During the exam
- Scan for orange backgrounds. That's the check.
- A student who can't launch something they need is almost certainly hitting the allowlist, not a broken computer. Note it and move on — don't try to fix it mid-exam.
After the exam
- Have students Switch User back to Classroom when finished.
- Test Account is shared and not private storage. Anything saved locally to the desktop or Documents may be visible to the next student or wiped. If students produce a file (Word doc, spreadsheet), have them submit it through Moodle or Canvas before signing out.
