Version/Feature |
Time Frame |
Comments |
SEB 3.1 for macOS/iPadOS/iOS |
2022 |
- SEB Server support.
- Text search on web pages.
- Unified code base macOS/iOS.
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SEB 3.2 for macOS/iPadOS/iOS |
2022 |
- Support for live remote proctoring based on Zoom in combination with SEB Server.
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SEB 3.3 for macOS/iPadOS/iOS |
2022 |
- Enhancements for feature parity with Windows version (side menu in macOS, controls for WiFi, keyboard language, audio etc.).
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SEB 3.4 |
2022 |
- New standalone tool which can be run before/during an exam by proctors to verify the correct SEB version is used on a student device.
- Windows: Use native Zoom SDK for improved stability and performance.
- Improved built-in accessibility features.
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Outlook on SEB Development Areas 2022 - 2023 |
Improvements when using SEB clients with SEB Server |
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- Live screen sharing/observation using Zoom proctoring with SEB & SEB Server
- Screen recording with SEB & SEB Server, including meta data about the SEB client environment during the recording.
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General goal: Full feature parity for Windows, macOS and iOS (where technologically feasible) |
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- Refactored and redesigned SEB Configuration Tool (and built-in Preferences in macOS version) with improved usability.
- Support for Additional Resources (external and embedded), which can be opened with icons and popup menus in taskbar.
- Embedding of SSL/TLS server certificates into config files, certificate pinning
- Improved user interface with browser tabs in addition to browser windows.
- Configurable spell checking
- Full AA+ compliant built-in accessibility features.
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Improved methods for checking integrity (code signature) of the SEB version used, especially important for BYOD scenarios |
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- New Browser Signature Key (BSK), which allows to verify the application code signature integrity of connected SEB clients in SEB Server, but doesn't require copy-pasting a hash string like the Browser Exam Key.
- New security module inside all SEB versions, which is distributed only in code-obfuscated, binary form.
- This module will be used for generating the new Browser Signature Key and verifying integrity of the SEB client checking its code signature.
- By keeping the source code of this security module secret and applying methods to make reverse engineering more difficult, we can protect better against fraud with manipulated versions of SEB.
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Extended SEB JavaScript API for better integration with online exam and Learning Management Systems (LMS) |
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- Many SEB features can be controlled with Javascript command from an LMS and online exam system, to improve SEB integrations in these systems.
- Compatible with the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Secure Browser API Specification.
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SEB Integration in LMS and E-Assessment Suites |
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- Encourage and support SEB integration for further e-assessment and learning management systems (requires SEB Alliance Gold Membership)
- Extended documentation on how to achieve “deeper” integration for higher security and improved usability setting up exams, enabled by the new SEB API.
- Foster cooperation with LMS communities and e-assessment suite vendors.
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