How to view your course as a student

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.

  1. 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...
  2. 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:

  1. While on your main course page turn Edit mode on
  2. Click on the Block drawer button on the right to expand the block drawer
  3. Click on Add a block in the block drawer
  4. A pop-up with a list of all available blocks will appear. Scroll down to find the DemoStudent Block and select it
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. 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. 



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