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Viewing a Course from Student Perspective

How can I see what my students see in my course? Can I test an activity and submit work to it as a student?

Updated over 7 months ago

Purpose

A student's view of a course is different than an instructor's. Sometimes you need to see the student's perspective of the course to adjust your presentation of materials or test activities.

Procedure

There are two options.

"Switch role to"

In any course you're teaching, you can use the "Switch role to" function, found in the dropdown menu on the top right of every Moodle page, next to your user name and picture. This lets you easily jump back and forth from your view to the student's view.

Profile drop down menu on display with 'Switch role to..." option highlighted.

'Switch role to...' window on display.

"Log in as"

Log in as allows you to interact with a course and submit work as the student, not just see what they see. This function is only available in specific sandboxes.

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