Quick Tip: Student View
Canvas has a helpful tool to allow instructors to see exactly what their students see in the course. The Student View can be used to:
- Confirm visibility of published and unpublished content
- Verify quiz and test dates
- Proofread content with a different lens
- Experience the assignment submission process
- View grades from the student鈥檚 perspective
To view a page as a student, click on the Student View button in the upper right-hand corner of your course and a brightly colored border will appear around your Canvas window. As long as this border is present, you are in Student View and will see the student鈥檚 perspective.
While in Student View, Canvas creates a Test Student where you can view and interact with course content and assessments as a demo student in the course. This can give you a sense of the online learning environment you have created in your course. Rest assured, submitted assignments, test scores, and attempts while in Student View will not be included in course analytics. Also, confidential information will not be viewable when in Student View. You will only see what you allow your students to see.
There are only two administrative options when in student mode, Reset Student and Leave Student View. Those options are found along the bottom border of the Student View window.