Overview
You can view a course the same way that your students view your course through Student View. Enabling Student View creates a Test Student in your course The student perspective allows you to troubleshoot issues that students may have in your Canvas course (such as when a student reaches out to you and says they can't access an assignment). The test student view also allows instructors to take quizzes and submit assignments as real student to test the content and see if it works as intended.
Instructions
Open Student View
You can access Student View from most areas of the course including: Home, Modules, Assignments, Announcements, Discussions, Quizzes, Pages, Syllabus, and Outcomes.
To view the page as a test student, click the Student View button.
View Course
You can now view the course as a student user would see it. For example, students cannot see the Settings navigation link like instructors can.
You will know if you are in Student View because of the persistent box on the bottom of the screen indicating you are logged into Student View.
Reset Student
You can also reset the Test Student by clicking Reset Student. This action will clear all activity that does not include any student interaction.
For example, if you created an assignment and submitted it as the Test Student but then forgot to add a certain submission type, you can click the Reset Student button and submit the assignment again as the Test Student.
Leave Student View
To return to your course in the instructor view, click the Leave Student View button.
Questions? Need Help?
If you have questions or need some help, please let ITS know by submitting a Raven Solutions request.