AI Overlay for Schoology Native Assessment Lockdown on Mac
Schoology, owned by PowerSchool, is the K-12 and higher-ed LMS used across thousands of US districts. Its native Assessments tool offers built-in restrictions like time limits, shuffling, result hiding, and per-attempt access without requiring Respondus.
PowerSchool Schoology Assessments tool gives instructors native controls in the Setup and Settings tabs: Time limit, Allow students to view results after submission, Shuffle order, Per-attempt access, and limits on viewing submissions. Districts that operate Schoology K-12 deployments frequently skip Respondus entirely because most K-12 acceptable-use policies disallow webcam recording for minors and many third-party data processors.
Key points
- Schoology Assessments native restrictions: Time Limit, Shuffle, Result Visibility, Limit Submissions, and Display Date control.
- Most K-12 Schoology deployments avoid Respondus for student-privacy and minor-data reasons.
- PowerSchool ships no Mac kiosk app for Schoology.
- Schoology audit log records answer events and timestamps.
- The overlay is a separate macOS window outside the Schoology tab.
How it works
┌── macOS host ─────────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌── Safari/Chrome ─────────────┐ │ │ │ ┌── proctoring extension ─┐ │ │ │ │ │ Browser screen-capture │ │ ← reads │ │ │ │ → exam recording │ │ visible │ │ │ └─────────────────────────┘ │ pixels │ │ └──────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ │ ┌── LDBypass overlay ──────────┐ ← rendered │ │ │ ChatGPT / Claude / Ollama │ excluded │ │ └──────────────────────────────┘ from cap │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Compatibility on Mac
| macOS 14 Sonoma+ | Yes (required for window-privacy API) | ✓ |
| Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) | Native arm64 build | ✓ |
| Intel Macs (2019+) | Universal binary supported | ✓ |
| Schoology Assessments (native) | Browser-only, no installer | ✓ |
| Schoology Test/Quiz (legacy) | Same browser-only model | ✓ |
Common questions
Is native Schoology lockdown different from Respondus for Schoology?
Yes. Native lockdown is a set of Setup/Settings options inside Schoology itself with no download.
Does Schoology log when I open another window on my Mac?
Schoology logs events from inside its own browser tab.
Can my K-12 district turn on webcam recording without Respondus?
Not through native Schoology.
Will the result-visibility setting affect the overlay?
No. Result visibility controls when students see scores after submission.
Does the overlay show in Schoology Submission view?
No.