What Does LockDown Browser Record on Mac?
Plain LockDown Browser records nothing about you - it locks the system. Respondus Monitor (the paid add-on) records webcam, microphone, and screen during the exam. The two are sold together but run as separate layers.
A no-Monitor exam = no recording, only system lockdown. A with-Monitor exam = full recording: webcam at 5-15 fps, microphone audio continuous, screen capture every few seconds. Pre-exam, Monitor captures a face baseline (matched against frames during exam), an ID photo (you hold up student ID to the camera), and a 360 room scan with your phone. All of these go to Respondus' cloud over HTTPS. ML scores the recording for behavior anomalies; flagged segments are reviewed by a human. Recordings are retained for 5 years per Respondus' documentation.
Pre-exam webcam preview = Monitor on. Straight-into-quiz = Monitor off.
Some institutions allow it; ask the proctoring office or registrar. Respondus does not give students direct access by default.
No - the overlay window has the privacy flag set; macOS filters it out of the captured frames before Respondus uploads them.
Need reference access during your exam?
Fracture runs a native floating overlay that sets the macOS window privacy flag. It is 100% excluded from screen capture feeds, window lists, and proctor recordings.