Viewing a course as a test student using Student View

Viewing a course as a test student using Student View

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. 


Open Student View by clicking the Student View button in the upper right-hand corner.

Additional instructions can be found in the following Canvas guide:
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