- Windows: Version 2.1.2.04, March 14, 2024 - History
- macOS: Version 2.1.2.03, March 22, 2024 - History
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Version History - Windows
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Version 2.1.2.04, 3-14-24
- Improvements to security
Version 2.1.2.03, 2-16-24
- Hotfix for a startup issue that was affecting some Windows computers
Version 2.1.2.02, 1-30-24
- Added Canvas Classic support for ReadSpeaker TextAid
- Improvements to security
Version 2.1.2.01, 12-19-23
- Fixed a screen recording issue introduced in the previous release
Version 2.1.2.00, 12-5-23
- Updated Chromium engine
- Improvements to security
Version 2.1.1.05 11-3-23
- Fix for Avast and AVG triggering an error
- Improvements to security
Version 2.1.1.04 10-10-23
- Updated Kurzweil integration with Moodle
- Improvements to security
Version 2.1.1.03, 8-16-23
- Fix for the HTML Editor with Canvas Classic Quizzes
- Improvements to security
Version 2.1.1.02, 7-5-23
- Fix for student purchases of a Respondus Monitor license with Canvas Classic
- Improvements to security
Version 2.1.1.01, 6-15-23
- Support for the updated Canvas New Quizzes HTML editor
- Improvements to security
Version 2.1.1.00, 6-2-23
- Updated Chromium engine
- Chromium no longer supports Windows 7/8
- Improvements to security
Version 2.1.0.07, 5-18-23
- Enhancements to the underlying technology used for Respondus Monitor
- Bug fixes and improvements to security
Version 2.1.0.06, 4-13-23
- End of life warning for Windows 7/8 - will stop working on 6-28-2023
- Bug fixes and improvements to security
Version 2.1.0.05, 3-9-23
- Bug fixes and improvements to security
Version 2.1.0.04, 3-1-23
- Bug fixes and improvements to security
Version 2.1.0.03, 2-22-23
- Bug fixes and improvements to security
Version 2.1.0.02, 2-6-23
- Added support for Microsoft Voice Typing
- Fixed an issue where laptop manufacturer support apps triggered swipe alerts
- Improvements to security
Version 2.1.0.01, 1-11-23
- Canvas Classic, a fix for web links in quiz questions becoming unresponsive
- Improvements to security
Version 2.1.0.00, 11-22-22
- Updated Chromium engine
- D2L Brightspace, fixed MathML and LaTex display issues
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.9.06, 11-14-22
- Hotfix to resolve an issue with Widows 7 computers. Note that Windows 7 reached end-of-life in January 2020. Windows 7 is not officially supported by LockDown Browser.
Version 2.0.9.05, 10-31-22
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.9.04, 9-21-22
- Search toolbar button added to find text in web pages and PDFs
- Improvements to the Kurzweil 3000 ReadTheWeb extension (requires Kurzweil account)
- Support added for Online Natural Reader
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.9.03, 7-26-22
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.9.02, 7-21-22
- Updated DigiCert certificate
Version 2.0.9.01, 7-6-22
- Improvements to the D2L Brightspace integration
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.9.00, 6-17-22
- Updated Chromium support
- Fixed a Moodle 4.0 integration issue
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.8.07 5-17-22
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.8.06 5-11-22
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.8.05, 3-18-22
- A fix to force PDF links to open in a new tab
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.8.04, 2-3-22
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.8.03, 1-25-22
- Security hotfix
Version 2.0.8.02, 1-20-22
- Monitor exams, addressed the 1003 Invalid mac error related to a recent Microsoft Windows update (updated fix)
Version 2.0.8.01, 1-18-22
- Monitor exams, addressed the 1003 Invalid mac error related to a recent Microsoft Windows update
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.8.00, 1-5-22
- Updated Chromium support
- Blackboard Ultra, a fix for the calculator not being enabled
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.7.09, 11-18-21
- Hotfix release to address a problem in 2.0.7.08
Version 2.0.7.08, 11-12-21
- Kurzweil 3000 ReadTheWeb extension added (requires Kurzweil account)
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.7.07, 9-29-21
- Added Webex support for Instructor Live Proctoring
- Improved performance on complex web pages
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.7.06, 8-04-21
- Canvas and Blackboard Ultra - a fix for handling links to PDF documents
- Canvas - a fix for using spreadsheet documents
- Moodle, removed support for manual launch profiles
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.7.05, 7-06-21
- A fix for the spreadsheet feature
Version 2.0.7.04, 6-30-21
- Hotfix for Canvas Classic quizzes when a password is set
Version 2.0.7.03, 6-22-21
- Improvements to Instructor Live Proctoring
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.7.02, 4-16-21
- Brightspace, fixed an issue with links to external sites in quiz questions
- Improved support for screen readers
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.7.01, 3-3-21
- Fixed typing "lag" on slower PCs when the browser is launched manually
- Improved support for high-resolution displays
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.7.00, 2-5-21
- Updated Chromium support
Version 2.0.6.11, 1-22-21
- Canvas Classic, Bb Learn Original: a blocklist fix
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.6.10, 12-8-20
- Improved support in Blackboard Learn Original for the TinyMCE editor upgrade
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.6.09, 10-29-20
- Fixed an issue with support for Canvas New quizzes
- Added support for Bb Learn 9.1 Q4 2020
- The calculator is now available on additional tabs when it is enabled for an exam
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.6.08, 8-7-20
- Canvas, fixed an issue preventing the Help Center button from working
- Canvas, removed the "old browser" warning
- Improved support for Canvas New Quizzes
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.6.07, 6-30-20
- Added the @ character to the symbol keyboard popup
- Support for Canvas New Quizzes
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.6.06, 5-14-20
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.6.05, 4-23-20
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.6.04, 4-16-20
- Several improvements to security
Version 2.0.6.03, 3-23-20
- Improvements to the live chat support system for Respondus Monitor users
Version 2.0.6.02, 2-26-20
- Blackboard, fixed an issue where a student’s first name would appear blank in the LockDown Browser Dashboard
- Canvas, improved handling of Respondus Monitor exams
- Several improvements to security
Version 2.0.6.01, 2-5-20
- Enhancements to the LiveChat support system
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.6.00, 1-15-20
- Updates the underlying Chromium browser engine
- Improved spreadsheet handling
- Improvements to security
- Flash Player is no longer bundled with the browser
Version 2.0.4.08, 1-8-20
- Canvas, includes an update to suppress the browser checker warning
Version 2.0.4.07, 11-19-19
- Improvements to handling of webcams in Windows 10
Version 2.0.4.06, 10-21-19
- Sakai, fixed an issue where automatic submission of timed exams was being blocked
- Improvements to security
Version 2.0.4.05, 8-13-19
- Reverted to 2.0.4.x version of Chromium browser engine because of JavaScript issues in 2.0.5.x engine
- Improvements to security
- The version of Flash has been updated
Version 2.0.5.00, 6-11-19
- This version has been removed while we investigate a problem reported by two customers using Blackboard Learn
- Updates the underlying Chromium browser engine
- Improvements to security
- The version of Flash has been updated
Version 2.0.4.04, 5-16-19
- Improvements to the Schoology integration
- Improvements to security
- The version of Flash has been updated
Version 2.0.4.00, 12-11-18
- Updates the underlying Chromium browser engine
- Moodle, improved support for the TinyMCE editor component
- Improvements to security
- The version of Flash has been updated
Version 2.0.3.00, 3-27-18
- The Chromium browser engine was updated
- Fixed an issue with the cube root button on the scientific calculator
- Improved spreadsheet handling
- Improvements to screen reader support
- Improvements to security
- The version of Flash has been updated
Version 2.0.2.09, 1-15-18
- Blackboard Learn, fix for Chinese language pack use
- Blackboard Learn, fix for launching tests using Calendar links
- D2L Brightspace, improvements to the auto-launch process
- Improved spreadsheet handling
- A fix for the WIRIS equation editor breaking use of the calculator
- Improvements to security
- The version of Flash has been updated
Version 2.0.0.00, 8-24-15
- First Chromium-based version of Windows LDB
Version History - macOS
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Version 2.1.2.03, 3-22-24
- General fixes and security improvements
Version 2.1.2.02, 2-5-24
- Minor fix for Respondus Monitor and security improvements
Version 2.1.2.01, 1-15-24
- Updated toolbar icons
- General fixes and security improvements
Version 2.1.2.00, 12-1-23
- Updated Chromium engine
- General fixes and security improvements
Version 2.1.1.07, 10-26-23
- General fixes and security improvements
Version 2.1.1.06, 10-4-23
- Hotfix release to address an issue accessing Canvas Classic exams
Version 2.1.1.05, 10-2-23
- Hotfix release to address an issue accessing Canvas Classic exams through the Assignment tab
Version 2.1.1.04, 9-25-23
- Improved support for macOS 14
- General fixes and security improvements
Version 2.1.1.03, 8-25-23
- Temporary fix to avoid a macOS 14 (beta) crash
- General fixes and security improvements
Version 2.1.1.02, 8-14-23
- Blackboard Learn, improved handling for the password in Blackboard Learn Original exams
- General fixes and security improvements
Version 2.1.1.01, 7-19-23
- General fixes and security improvements
Version 2.1.1.00, 6-6-23
- Updated Chromium engine
- General fixes and security improvements
Version 2.1.0.07, 5-15-23
- Enhancements to the underlying technology used for Respondus Monitor
- General fixes and security improvements
Version 2.1.0.06, 4-17-23
- General fixes and security improvements
Version 2.1.0.05, 3-20-23
- Search feature added to find text in web pages and PDFs
- General fixes and security improvements
Version 2.1.0.04, 3-7-23
- General fixes and security improvements
Version 2.1.0.03, 2-8-23
- General fixes and security improvements
Version 2.1.0.02, 12-16-22
- Fixed a shutdown issue related to webcam disconnections on a M1/M2 Mac running macOS 13
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.1.0.01, 11-30-22
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.1.0.00, 10-28-22
- Updated Chromium engine
- Workaround for a Respondus Monitor video timeout issue introduced with macOS 13 Ventura
Version 2.0.9.02, 9-27-22
- Improvements to the Kurzweil 3000 ReadTheWeb extension (requires Kurzweil account)
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.9.01, 8-11-22
- Canvas - a fix for invalid XML sent from the Canvas server
- Brightspace – an update for a change to the HTML editor
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.9.00, 6-3-22
- Updated Chromium engine
- Schoology - a fix for a Crash after a Schoology New Quiz is submitted
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.8.08 5-3-22
- Hotfix release to fix the Corrupt Application error message
Version 2.0.8.07 4-25-22
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.8.06 3-30-22
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.8.05, 3-14-22
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.8.04, 3-2-22
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.8.03, 2-14-22
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.8.02, 1-31-22
- Kurzweil 3000 ReadTheWeb extension added (requires Kurzweil account)
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.8.01, 12-16-21
- Canvas - a fix for incorrect quiz startup when Facebook tracking is enabled
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.8.00, 11-16-21
- Updated Chromium engine
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.7.07, 10-25-21
- Blackboard Ultra - a fix for handling links to PDF documents
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.7.06, 09-10-21
- Canvas and Blackboard Ultra - a fix for handling links to PDF documents
- Canvas - a fix for using spreadsheet documents
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.7.05, 07-18-21
- Fixed a question timing issue in Brightspace
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.7.04, 06-10-21
- Changed the broken link handling in Blackboard
- Fixed a manual launch exam issue in Canvas
- Improvements to embedded links in Moodle
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.7.03, 04-07-21
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.7.02, 03-17-21
- Updated support for non-English languages
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.7.01, 02-02-21
- Fixed a PDF loading issue introduced in 2.0.7.00
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.7.00, 01-22-21
- Updated Chromium support
- Improvements to Instructor Live Proctoring support
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.6.10, 12-10-20
- Canvas New Quizzes, improvements to the auto-launch mechanism
- Blackboard Learn, fixed an Ultra exam feedback issue
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.6.09, 10-15-20
- Blackboard Learn, fixed a launch crash related to Ultra exams
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.6.08, 09-16-20
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.6.07, 08-07-20
- Fixed an issue in Canvas New Quizzes where only the first 50 questions were displayed
- Suppresses the browser checker warning in Canvas
Version 2.0.6.06, 07-21-20
- Suppresses the browser checker warning in Canvas
- Improved support for Canvas New Quizzes
Version 2.0.6.05, 07-17-20
- General fixes and improvements
- Support for Canvas New Quizzes
Version 2.0.6.04, 06-25-20
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.6.03, 05-28-20
- "Loading..." dialog improvements
- Blackboard Ultra, fixed an "Invalid MAC" error
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.6.02, 04-08-20
- Fixed an installer incompatibility issue associated with some decompression utilities
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.6.01, 03-17-20
- Added enhancements to the live chat support feature (for Respondus Monitor users)
- Added support for Undo/Redo keys
- Added support for HTTP authentication
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.6.00, 01-30-20
- Updated Chromium support
- General fixes and improvements
Version 2.0.5.03, 11-12-19
- Canvas, fixed an issue with the essay editor
- Moodle, fixed an issue with the LMS menu
- General improvements and bug fixes
Version 2.0.5.02, 09-18-19
- Added support for Apple Notarization and macOS 10.15
- Adobe Flash is no longer bundled with installer, nor used with this version of LockDown Browser
Version 2.0.5.01, 09-03-19
- Blackboard, fixed an issue with the "Close Window" button
- Moodle, improved menu detection during the exam
- Sakai, fixed an issue where automatic submission of timed exams was being blocked
- Schoology, fixed an issue where links were being blocked in older assessment types
- General improvements and bug fixes
- Updated Flash support
Version 2.0.5.00, 06-21-19
- Updated Chromium support
Version 2.0.4.00, 01-02-19
- Requires macOS 10.10
- Improved support for macOS 10.14 Mojave
- Updated Chromium support
- Adobe Flash has been updated to the latest version
Version 2.0.3.00, 03-08-18
- Fixed an issue with the cube root button on the scientific calculator
- Updated Chromium support
- General bug fixes
- Adobe Flash has been updated to the latest version
Version 2.0.2.00, 06-20-17
- Updated installer certificate from Apple (previous installers expire July 17, 2017)
- D2L Brightspace fixes for manual launch and the HTML text editor
- Improved logging and Help Center support
- The latest version of Flash has been updated
Version 2.0.1.00, 03-24-17
- The Chromium browser engine was updated
- Schoology, fixed a blank tab issue
- Improved trackpad support
- The latest version of Flash has been updated
- Note: this version of the browser requires macOS 10.9 or later
Version 2.0.0.03, 11-10-16
- First Chromium-based version of LockDown Browser for Mac