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How do I offer my students the ability to opt out of using Respondus Monitor? How do I allow one student the option to not use Respondus Monitor on a D2L Brightspace quiz?
Overview
Note: Current University guidance from the Office of the Provost states, "please provide the following information to your students prior to the beginning of the semester and in your syllabus: Opt-out procedures (unless program accreditation mandates remote proctoring)"
Use Special Access on Quizzes to allow selected students to take the quiz without Respondus Monitor (“opt out”).
- Edit the preferred Quiz.
- Click the down arrow next to Availability Dates & Conditions widget.
- Click the Manage Special Access link.
![Special access is managed in the availability dates and conditions widget in quizzes](https://services.mnsu.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=1499c5d1-1e6a-4b82-9773-43a6e8c1b75b.png&beidInt=2)
- Select Allow selected users special access to this quiz.
![special access has two options the first one allows special access for a specific student and keeps the settings the same for all other students](https://services.mnsu.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=ef1169df-8de9-46cb-8c72-b6f3a0da9e9d.png&beidInt=2)
- Click Add Users to Special Access.
- Under the LockDown Browser section, check the box next to Not required to take this quiz.
![in special access options the lockdown browser setting allows opt out](https://services.mnsu.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=1905dea8-4805-4061-be35-00db8465f1d4.png&beidInt=2)
- Under the Users section, check the box next to the name of the Student(s) you wish to grant the “opt out” of Respondus Monitor for this specific quiz.
![you must add a specific user to special access](https://services.mnsu.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=0df47aed-7825-4c31-b276-1e0a154e5abe.png&beidInt=2)
- Click the Add Special Access button.
- Click Save and Close.
You will now see the Special Access changes listed by student.
![Special access displays changes to quiz access by student](https://services.mnsu.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=2c2df015-a2b0-4b37-96cf-0321475cb377.png&beidInt=2)