Safe Exam Browser 2.2

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SEB 2.2 for Windows is a major update with new features and many improvements. This version is replacing the SEB 2.1.x branch, with which it is compatible with one important exception: If you defined URL filter rules in SEB 2.1.x for Windows, then you'll have to re-enter those in the 2.2 SEB Config Tool, following the new filter rule scheme. URL filter rules created and saved with SEB for macOS are already compatible with SEB 2.2 for Windows.

• Using the powerful new feature "Additional Resources", webpages, websites and documents can be accessed securely and easily in exams.
• Additional Resources can be opened using icons in the SEB task bar (similar to permitted applications) or with hierarchical popup menus.
• External Additional Resources use the improved URL filter to only allow displaying specific webpages, documents or sections of websites.
• Additional Resources can be embedded into SEB configuration files. An exam administrator can add documents like PDF files and HTML documents.
• Even full HTML5 web apps can be added as embedded Additional Resources, which allows to use web content in a fully offline exam scenario.
• You could deploy SEB Config Files containing a self-contained HTML5/JavaScript exam player onto mobile devices and then perform an offline e-assessment. The commercial exam solution Inspera Assessment is already supporting this.
• New improved URL filter which allows to use simple filter rules to effectively allow specific web pages/sites/content and block all others.
• Improved, refactored browser engine based on Firefox 52 ESR. This is the last Firefox version compatible with the XUL browser engine application used in SEB. We are already working on the next generation of SEB for Windows, which will be using a Chromium based browser engine (this SEB 3.0 branch won't replace the current Firefox-based SEB before 2019).
• Improved blocking of third party applications and tools for screen sharing and screen recording.
• Now blocking remote desktop connections.
• Improved stability when setting and resetting Windows Registry settings to disable options like Task Manager, Switch User, Sign out and Shut down (reachable with Ctrl+Alt+Del shortcut) during the exam and re-enabling them when quitting SEB.
• Integrated secure viewer for PDF files.
• Added Audio Control Component to SEB task bar, which allows to increase/decrease and mute system audio volume. Audio can be muted or the audio level preset when starting SEB.
• SEB config files can now be loaded from servers using authentication (Basic, OAuth etc.) using seb(s):// links. Even indirect links (not containing the config file name with the .seb extension, like for example sebs://example.com/download.php?id=2352) are possible. Therefore a SEB exam config file can be stored for example into the same Moodle course as the quiz. The login session is remembered, therefore students don't have to login twice in SEB if you start SEB/an exam using a seb(s):// link to a config file on an authenticated server. Note: Starting SEB by opening a seb(s):// linked config file from an authenticated server isn't supported in SEB for Windows 2.2, such indirect seb(s) links can only be opened from inside SEB (for example from an exam portal/landing page).
• Added a page loading (network activity) indicator.
• Added a browser window toolbar, similar to SEB for macOS, with reload and back/forward buttons.
• Navigation in browser history (back/forward) can now be allowed/disabled separately for the exam and additional browser windows.
• The browser User Agent string now reflects the operating system SEB is running on and allows a custom suffix string to be added.
• Added new asymmetric/symmetric encryption for config files using identity certificate for better performance when decrypting certificate encrypted config files.
• Fixed on-screen keyboard wasn't displayed in latest versions of Windows 10. Now "Tablet Mode" needs to be activated in the system when using SEB in its "Touch optimized" mode.