How to Preview a Student View of the Course in OLI Torus

Preview a Student View of the Course

This article describes how to preview the course from a student view

Overview

This mode of preview is for instructors to see their course as a student would with interactive questions on the pages. 

How to Preview the Student Home View and Entire Course

Make sure you are in the “Manage” tab of your preferred Course Section. For more information on selecting a Course Section, see How to Navigate "My Courses".


Make sure you are seeing "Manage" at the top of your screen.

Once in “Manage”, scroll down to the “Curriculum” tab on the page. To the right of the tab menu, select “Preview Course as Student”.


Clicking on this link opens the course in a new tab with the student's Home view. In the top banner, the course title shows the text "(Preview Mode)" at the end. From here, go to the views on the left to see the course contents: Learn, Schedule, Notes, and Assignments.

To drill into the content, choose Learn on the left menu, then click on the Units, Modules, and Pages to view.


Preview Specific Content

Another way to access the student view, is from the Overview tab at the top.

Choose Overview on the top banner from the Manage page, then use the left and right arrows around the Curriculum title to move through the content.

To view an item, click the drop-down arrow on the far right and choose Open as Student.

Clicking a module title moves to a module view, then using the left and right arrows moves through the modules.

Clicking a page title opens the page in student view.

Overview Tab


Student View of a Page


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