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Switching roles to see what students see

Switching roles to see what students see - Moodle Tutorial

From the course: Moodle 2.8 Essential Training

Switching roles to see what students see

- Sometimes, it can be useful to view the course from another perspective. For example, a student might report not being able to see something, or you might want to try submitting an assignment or attempting a quiz to see what students experience. To try this out, let's go to the Administration block on the left-hand side. We'll expand the Switch role to menu, and we'll select Student. Now you can view resources and participate in activities just as the students would. Note, you won't see anything you've hidden. You can take a quiz or submit an assignment to make sure you've set up the activity correctly, but the results will not be saved. When you're finished investigating the environment or whatever the student reported, go back to the Administration block, and click select Return to my normal role. As a side note, you can also select this option in the top-right corner, where it says you're logged in as. If you want, you can also switch your role to non-editing teacher or even…

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