Hello! Not sure if this is an exciting idea, but I wonder whether anyone else has encountered this.
In some Moodle + Safe Exam Browser (SEB) scenarios, users effectively have to authenticate twice: first to access Moodle, and then again when the quiz is launched in SEB. For institutions like ours, where Moodle authentication is handled via Microsoft 365, this can also mean repeated MFA prompts, which creates a less than ideal exam experience for everyone involved.
Operationally, we've worked around this by whitelisting locations and/or distributing SEB configuration files containing direct links to quizzes. This reduces some of the authentication friction, but providing and managing SEB configuration files for large numbers of exams creates significant operational overhead.
In my search for a solution, I've come across this GitHub discussion, which proposes a workaround that appears to address the problem: https://github.com/SafeExamBrowser/seb-win-refactoring/discussions/833
I tested it, and can confirm - it works!
However, it seems to rely on custom modifications and files placed in the Moodle root directory, which feels contrary to how you'd want to maintain this sort of solution long term.
I'm wondering whether this is a problem others have encountered, and whether anyone here would be interested in brainstorming a more elegant solution with me - and, if interest, building a proof of concept together during the Dev Camp? Perhaps via a reusable plugin, or improvements to the existing Moodle/SEB setup, or something else?
Interested to hear what others think.
