Your instructor may require you to use a special browser (“Respondus Lockdown Browser”) to take your Blackboard tests. While taking a Blackboard test using Lockdown Browser will prevent you from accessing anything other than the test until you submit it.
Before your test date, you should download and install Respondus Lockdown Browser here: https://download.respondus.com/lockdown/download.php?id=432916667
If you have difficulties installing it, please reach out to the ITS Service Center at help@syr.edu
Here is a short video that shows how it works: