Set up one Windows PC for Locked quizzes (parents and teachers)

You can prepare an unmanaged Windows PC with a separate test-taking account that opens Quizrook in Take a Test. The account always opens https://quizrook.com/play, where the pupil enters the code their teacher provides. It can therefore serve more than one quiz without changing the Windows set-up each time. This guide is for the adult who administers that computer; pupils should not need an administrator password to take their quiz.

Before you change the PC

Ask the teacher for a short practice quiz, its code and confirmation that it is Locked. Quizrook's Locked setting accepts Safe Exam Browser or Windows Take a Test. This guide uses Take a Test. If the PC belongs to a school, ask school IT to configure it instead: the companion school IT guide covers Intune for Education and other deployment routes. Do not change school account settings simply to work around a restriction.

Use a real Windows PC for the practice and leave time to check it before the lesson. Have a way to reach the teacher if the quiz refuses to open. Keep access to your normal adult account so you can administer the PC afterwards. The test-taking account is a separate Windows sign-in for this purpose; it is not a replacement for your own account or a new Quizrook teacher account.

Create the account in Windows Settings

The Settings route uses a local Windows account. Microsoft's kiosk set-up guide includes screenshots; labels may vary with the Windows version. Use the code-entry URL exactly as shown, so the account is not tied to one pupil's quiz.

1. Sign in to Windows as an administrator and open Settings.
2. In Accounts, find Other users and start adding an account.
3. Decline the Microsoft sign-in details option, then choose to add a user without a Microsoft account.
4. Choose a local test-taking user name and password.
5. Return to Accounts and open Access work or school.
6. Choose Create a test-taking account, then select the local account you just made for taking tests.
7. Enter https://quizrook.com/play as the test web address.
8. Review the test-taking settings for printing, screen monitoring and text suggestions with the teacher. Finish the configuration.
9. Leave your administrator session and sign in to the test-taking account to practise.

Practise the pupil's journey

The test-taking sign-in opens Take a Test at Quizrook's code page. The heading says ‘Enter your quiz code’. Type the teacher's code in the ‘Quiz code’ field and choose ‘Open quiz’. You can also paste a quiz link into the field when it is available within the session. Write the code down beforehand: entering Take a Test can clear the Windows clipboard, so copying it in your normal account may not be enough.

Check that the intended quiz opens and let the pupil answer a few practice questions. Include any school sign-in that the teacher requires in this rehearsal rather than trying it for the first time during the assessed lesson. Ask the teacher to confirm that the practice attempt arrives and carries the ‘Take a Test’ label. A Locked quiz opened in an ordinary browser instead needs Safe Exam Browser or Windows Take a Test.

An unrecognised code produces ‘That code was not found. Check it with your teacher.’ Check the code with the teacher, including whether the quiz is published. If the environment check fails, the message is ‘Take a Test did not confirm the lock.’ Ask the adult responsible for the PC to investigate. Repeatedly opening the same quiz in an ordinary browser does not establish that the Windows lock is working.

Hand in before leaving

After a successful hand-in, or after choosing to withdraw, Quizrook asks Take a Test to end the test session. Practise this part too. For the next pupil, sign in to the test-taking account again and check that the code page opens without offering the previous pupil's saved attempt. On a shared PC, wait until the first pupil has finished before handing the device to someone else.

If hand-in fails, the pupil sees ‘Could not submit your quiz. Please try again.’ Take a Test stays open and the attempt is kept so the pupil can retry. Tell the teacher if the problem continues. Treat this differently from a completed hand-in: the pupil should not assume their work has reached the teacher merely because they have answered the final question or tried the submit control.

To leave the kiosk through Windows, press Ctrl+Alt+Del and choose whether to sign out or return to the test. Signing out leaves the kiosk; it does not hand in the Quizrook attempt. If a pupil needs to stop unexpectedly, involve the teacher so they can decide how to handle the work. The adult can return to their own Windows account to administer the PC after the test-taking account has signed out.

Understand the limits

A teacher may also supply a ‘Windows secure link’ that opens an individual quiz directly in Take a Test. That is a separate entry route from the reusable kiosk account configured here. Microsoft's assessment overview describes secure links, and its technical reference explains how lockdown can fail. Whichever entry route you use, rehearse the whole journey on the actual PC and involve school IT if the lock cannot be confirmed.

Finally, check the pupil's accessibility arrangements and the exact account they will use on the day. Keep the quiz code and the teacher's contact details available outside the test session. A short rehearsal gives everyone a shared routine: enter the code, answer, hand in successfully and leave. It also gives the adult a chance to resolve account or device problems before those problems interrupt assessed work.