Can My Professor See My Screen on Honorlock?
TL;DR
Honorlock records every window the OS reports as visible to its screen-capture API. System overlays excluded at the OS level (like Lockdownify) are not in the recording — your professor cannot see them either live or in the post-exam review.
Honorlock records both your webcam and your screen for the duration of the exam. The recording is uploaded to Honorlock's servers, reviewed first by AI flagging, then by a human if the suspicion score crosses threshold.
What your professor sees
The professor never watches your exam live. They review the AI-flagged segments after the fact — usually 30–60 seconds of video around each suspicious moment. If the AI flagged nothing, most professors never watch any of the recording.
What's in the recording
Every visible app window. Browser tabs (including the exam tab). Any other monitor you have connected (Honorlock prevents most multi-monitor setups from starting). Notification banners. Anything the OS reports as visible to the screen-capture API.
What's not in the recording
System overlays excluded at the OS level. Accessibility tools that live in the platform's overlay layer. Lockdownify is built to ship in that layer specifically — its chat panel is never in any Honorlock recording because the recording itself never captures it.
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Will my professor watch the entire recording?
Almost never. They watch the AI-flagged moments. If the AI flagged nothing, the recording usually goes unwatched.
Can I see what's in the recording before they review it?
No. Students don't have access to the captured video — only Honorlock and the instructor do.
Will Lockdownify get me caught?
No. Lockdownify is filtered out of every screen-capture pipeline at the operating-system level — before a single pixel is ever encoded. LockDown Browser, Honorlock, Proctorio, Zoom, Teams, and Meet all read the same OS frame buffer, and Lockdownify is excluded from it. We re-test against every major proctoring tool weekly. If you ever do get flagged, we refund your subscription and reimburse the exam fee.
What platforms does Lockdownify support?
macOS 13 Ventura and later, and Windows 10 and 11. Both desktop apps ship today.
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