Respondus - Saas Setup

Step 1: Respondus license information

• Before you get started, open up Blackboard
• Navigate to the "Support" link at the top menu
• Click on "Technical Support" tab
• Scroll down to the "Respondus License Key"
• Copy and paste the Institution Name, Local Support Contact, and Installation Password as you may need that if you need to get the update

Step 2: Turn off SmartScreen filter in Windows 10

• Open Internet Explorer 
  • Note: Don't be fooled by Microsoft Edge as the icon does not have a yellow halo around it. 

• In Internet Explorer, click on the "Tools" icon.  It looks like a gear as shown in the following image (1). Click on "Safety" (2) Click on "Turn off SmartScreen Filters" (3)

• Check the radio button next to "Turn off SmartScreen Filter" Click on "OK"
• How to turn off SmartScreen guide - Opens link in a new window.

Step 3: Clear Browser Cache from Internet Explorer

• Close Blackboard application
• Clear browser cache (instructions if needed)

Step 4: Setup Respondus

• Make sure you have Internet Explorer open before opening Respondus, as recommended by the vendor. 
• Run Respondus application as an administrator
  • Search for Respondus in my Start Menu
  • Right-Click on Respondus
  • Select “Run as Administrator”

Step 5: Check for Respondus updates

• Click on the “Help” from the top menu in Respondus
• Click on “Check for Update”
  
• If it gets an update, it will prompt you with a Respondus License Key information which is found in Blackboard, Support link, Technical Support. You should have copied that information from Step 1.
• Open up or create a new Respondus file
• After you have opened or created the Respondus file
• Click on the “Preview & Publish” tab (1)
• Click on “Publish to Blackboard” (2)
• Click on “Publish Wizard” (3)
  

• Click on "Next"
  
  
• On the next page, check "Yes, check for preconfigured server settings (1)
• Click on the “Next” button (3)
   
• Choose to “add new server” (2)
• Click on the drop-down menu (1)
• The Publish Wizard dialog box opens up.
• Enter a name such as Blackboard Saas (1)
• Optional, don’t check that box if it is a shared computer (2)
• Check the radio button to “Run connection test” (3)
• Click on “Next” to continue (4)
  
• A Blackboard login page appears.
• Click on the drop-down menu “Sign in with third party id” to expand the menu (1)
• Click on the URL, https://fsulearn.ferris.edu (2)
  
• That will open up a MyFSU login page.
• Enter your MyFSU username (1)
• Enter your MyFSU password (2)
• Click on the “Login” button (3)
  
• The Blackboard page opens, click on “Close after Login” button located on the top navigation.
  
• The following dialog page should appear.
• Choose a Course to publish to
• Uncheck the box next to “Link Exam to Content Area and make available”
• Click on “Next” and this should post the quiz in your course.