Instructors may encounter situations where they wish to confirm what students are able to see/interact with on their course site. Brightspace offers the ability to achieve this through a function which allows instructors to view their site from the perspective of different roles, including student, TA, and more.
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Activating and Deactivating Different Views
Instructors are able to switch to student view at any time by clicking on their profile in the top-right corner of Brightspace.
From there, they have the option to either select View as Student or Change to switch their view to a different role.
To reset back to an instructor, return to the profile and select the X next to Viewing As.
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Sometimes we forget to turn off our Viewing As capability, a good reminder that you are masquerading are the orange arrows beside your name in the top right corner of Brightspace. |
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The Viewing As feature is not 100% comprehensive, features in Brightspace that require you to be a specific student (e.g., Groups) will not show an accurate representation of the student view. |
Previewing Assessments
Quizzes, Surveys, and Self-Assessments offer the ability to Preview assessments from the perspective of a student. This can help instructors see how students encounter assessments.
Click the drop-down arrow next to an assessment in Quizzes, Surveys, or Self-Assessments and select Preview. Additionally, Quizzes can be previewed in the quiz editor in the Quizzes Area.
