View As Student

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Revision as of 19:17, 20 November 2012

This page will contain information and best practices related to viewing your course site as a student.

Group Settings

A number of tools have the option to set Group settings. You are not able to preview or view the site as a student in a specific group.

If necessary, the best way to verify group settings is

1. Enroll a colleague or TA into the course site as a Student
2. Put them in a specific group
3. Collaborate with that person

Why doesn't View Site As: Student always work?

A number of tools have built in Preview modes and View Modes that allow an instructor to test what a Student would see.

There are a limited amount of scenario's in which it is not possible to see an accurate Student View.

Contents 1 Home 2 Announcements 3 Assessments 4 Assignments 5 Blogs 6 Calendar 7 Chat Room 8 Discussions 9 Drop Box 10 Feedback 11 Gradebook 12 Gradebook 2 13 Lessons 14 Mail 15 Podcasts 16 Polls 17 Resources 18 Roster 19 RSS Feeds 20 Section Info 21 Sign-up 22 Site Info 23 Site Stats 24 Skin Selector 25 Syllabus 26 Tests & Quizzes 27 TurningTechnologies 28 Web Links 29 Wiki

Home

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

• Ensure that all images, links, and content added to the Home tool have the necessary permissions granting students view access.

  All images and links from a previous course site will need to be updated. Importing the Home tool

Announcements

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

• This is not an exact Student View. Announcements that are grayed out are NOT displayed to a student.

Assessments

Two ways to view as student

1. Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window) or
2. Use Test Drive on the menu across the top within the Assessments tool.

Assignments

Two ways to view as student

1. Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window) or
2. Use Student View on the menu across the top within the Assignments tool.

Blogs

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

Calendar

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

Chat Room

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

Discussions

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

Drop Box

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

Feedback

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

Gradebook

An instructor, facilitator, or TA has the ability to view exactly what each student would see in the Gradebook tool.

1. Navigate to the Gradebook tool
2. Click "All Grades" link at the top of the tool
3. Click the name of a student
4. Click the link in the top right of the tool labeled "Student's Name View of Grades"
5. You should now see exactly what your student will see in the Gradebook tool

Gradebook 2

An instructor, facilitator, or TA has the ability to view exactly what each student would see in the Gradebook 2 tool.

1. Click the name of a student on the right portion of the tool
2. Click the button labeled "View As Student" on the bottom right of the tool
3. You should now see exactly what your student will see in the Gradebook 2 tool

Lessons

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

Mail

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

Podcasts

	For managing individual podcast and podcast feed information

Polls

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

Resources

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

• If you hide this tool from students. While in Student View you will notice the tool is not present in the tool list.

Roster

	For viewing the site participants list

RSS Feeds

	For viewing content from online sources

Section Info

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

Sign-up

	For enabling online registration for meetings and other events.

Site Info

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

Site Stats

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

• This tool is hidden from students. While in Student View you will notice the tool is not present in the tool list.

Skin Selector

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

• This tool is hidden from students. While in Student View you will notice the tool is not present in the tool list.

Syllabus

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown. (Located in the top right of your browser window)

Tests & Quizzes

	For creating and taking online tests and quizzes

TurningTechnologies

	Integration with the TurningTechnologies suite of student response systems

Web Links

Use the View Site As: and select Student from the dropdown

Wiki

	For collaborative editing of pages and content