Set up a Windows PC for Locked quizzes with Take a Test (school IT)

A school can give its Windows test-taking account one permanent Quizrook address: https://quizrook.com/play. Pupils enter a different quiz code for each lesson, so IT does not have to deploy a new kiosk profile for every quiz. This guide is for the administrator responsible for school devices. For an unmanaged computer, use the companion guide for parents and teachers and its Settings app route.

Agree the classroom routine first

Ask the teacher to prepare a short practice quiz and choose Locked in its settings. Locked quizzes accept Safe Exam Browser or Windows Take a Test; this guide sets up the Windows route. Give the teacher the quiz code as well as its link. A printed code is useful because pupils should not have to fetch a message from another app after entering the test-taking account.

Plan a pilot on a real school laptop with the policies and network pupils will use. Include any school sign-in the quiz needs, since an external sign-in journey may encounter restrictions. Agree who will help a pupil whose device refuses the quiz, and how that pupil will continue their lesson while the device is checked. Keep the practice separate from assessed work so troubleshooting does not consume a pupil's assessment time.

Deploy with Intune for Education

Use a small pilot group before assigning the configuration to a whole year group. Microsoft's Intune for Education instructions describe the profile fields and assignment process. Use the ordinary HTTPS code-entry address below as the Assessment URL, rather than a link to one particular quiz.

1. In Intune for Education, open Groups and choose the pilot devices' group.
2. Under Settings, open Windows device settings, then Take a Test profiles. Choose Assign new Take a Test profile.
3. Name the profile and the test-taking Account Name. Set Assessment URL to https://quizrook.com/play. Choose the printing, capture and text-suggestion permissions your assessment requires.
4. Choose Create and assign profile, select the resulting profile for the group, then Save the Windows settings changes.
5. Allow the devices to receive the configuration. At a pilot PC, select the test-taking tile on the Windows sign-in screen and complete a practice quiz before widening the assignment.

Alternative deployment routes

A provisioning package is another route: in Set up School PCs, configure its Take a Test page with https://quizrook.com/play, produce the package and apply it to the pilot machines. Windows Configuration Designer is an alternative for administrators needing more control. Follow Microsoft's kiosk configuration reference for the complete package settings.

For PowerShell deployment, use the same reference's MDM Bridge WMI sample. Set $testURL to https://quizrook.com/play and choose the sign-in tile name with $userTileName. Device configuration must run as SYSTEM, not merely in an administrator's PowerShell window. Review and pilot the full sample through your normal device-management process; changing the URL alone in an unrelated browser shortcut does not create a kiosk account.

What the pupil sees

Signing in to the test-taking account opens Take a Test at the code page. The heading is ‘Enter your quiz code’. The pupil types the teacher's code in ‘Quiz code’ and selects ‘Open quiz’. They can also paste a quiz link into that field when one is available inside the session. Have the code ready before signing in rather than relying on something previously copied to the Windows clipboard.

The quiz checks the environment before allowing a Locked attempt. If the check does not confirm the lock, the pupil sees ‘Take a Test did not confirm the lock.’ Stop the pilot there and investigate the device rather than treating a full-screen window as proof that it is locked. If the code is unknown, the pupil sees ‘That code was not found. Check it with your teacher.’ Check the code and that the intended quiz is published.

After a successful hand-in, or after the pupil chooses to withdraw, Quizrook asks Take a Test to end the test session. The teacher sees ‘Take a Test’ on the attempt. Check the next pupil's journey on the same machine: sign in again, reach the code page and enter the next code. The previous pupil's saved attempt must not be offered as a continuation on that shared account.

A failed hand-in has a different outcome: ‘Could not submit your quiz. Please try again.’ The session stays open so the pupil can retry. Do not send the next pupil to that PC while the first pupil is resolving the hand-in. If a pupil must leave the Windows kiosk, Ctrl+Alt+Del offers the choice to sign out or return to the test. Signing out is not a successful Quizrook hand-in; agree the next step with the teacher.

Record what was actually checked

For each pilot, record the device, account, Windows configuration and what happened when the pupil tried to switch apps, leave the test and hand in. Microsoft's technical reference explains that a failed lockdown operation can leave the app running without the lock. Keep the observed result with your deployment notes so a later policy change prompts a repeat of the pilot rather than an assumption that last term's result still applies.

Check accessibility with the actual pupil arrangements before the assessed lesson. Ask the teacher to verify the first practice attempt and its Take a Test label, then repeat the finish-and-reopen routine with a second practice pupil. These checks connect the device configuration to the classroom outcome: the right quiz opens, a hand-in reaches the teacher, and a shared account is ready for the next pupil.