When editing your courses on eClass, it’s normal to wonder what the course you’re making looks like for your students. Thankfully, eClass gives you a couple of options to test that out. You have the option to switch your role to a student for a quick look at how content appears, or enrolling as a DemoStudent to get a true immersive experience.
Switch your role to Student
Switching your role to a student gives you a quick view of how a student sees your course.
- From within your eClass course, click on the arrow to the right of your profile picture - if you have not uploaded any profile picture, your initial will be displayed - at the top right corner and select Switch role to...
- Click the Student button, which will then redirect you to your course main page
Now you are viewing your course as a student, congratulations!
Use the DemoStudent Block
Using the DemoStudent View block you can go through the course the same as an enrolled student can. Follow the steps below to enroll as a Demostudent:
- While on your main course page turn Edit mode on
- Click on the Block drawer button on the right to expand the block drawer
- Click on Add a block in the block drawer
- A pop-up with a list of all available blocks will appear. Scroll down to find the DemoStudent Block and select it
- With the DemoStudent View Block now in your block drawer, you need to enrol a DemoStudent. Click the Create a DemoStudent button, and your DemoStudent is now enrolled in your course.
- In the same block select the Switch to DemoStudent button to experience your course as a student in its fullest capacity. You can participate in your course just as a student. You can view content, take quizzes, submit assignments, anything you like.
- At any point you can revert back to your instructor role by clicking the Return to my Instructor role button in the DemoStudent view block
- You can then take a look at any of the work that your DemoStudent has done and grade it to see how that looks on the Instructor side of things.