"Student View"

Question:

How can I see what the students see in D2L?

When I use the Role Switch or "preview" function in the Dropbox and Quizzes, I don't see the submissions when I switch back to my role as an Instructor!

Answer:

Although the Role Switch and the "preview" links in various tools are both designed to show an instructor what an "average" student SEES ... it doesn't fully mimic what a student DOES.

Neither Role Switch nor "preview" is actually associated with a real USER in the D2L database -- so operations you perform in these "student view" roles do not have the same effect as when a real student performs them.

In other words, since there's no real user attached to the Role Switch or preview, there is no place for the instructor to *see* a quiz attempt or a file submitted to a Dropbox.

(The Role Switch student will also not see restricted Discussions!)

A special note about Grades:

Using the Role Switch, the instructor will be unable to see anything in Grades, since there is neither grade data nor an actual user associated with this view.

To see a *particular* student's view of their own Grades, click on the name of the student in the Enter Grades area, then click on Preview.

D2L 9.2.1 SP3 – September 2011