{"id":71,"date":"2017-03-02T21:30:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T21:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/support.isucomm.iastate.edu\/devinstrcourses\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2017-03-06T16:21:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T16:21:57","slug":"switching-to-student-role","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/support.isucomm.iastate.edu\/courses-instructors\/getting-started\/switching-to-student-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Switching to Student Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--Switching to the Student Role Page includes formatting--><p>Welcome! In this tutorial, you will learn how to view your courses in different roles.<\/p>\n<p>Each user has a default role in Moodle, for example\u00a0<em>instructor<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>student<\/em>. Depending on your default role, you may be able to switch to other roles. This function is especially useful for instructors to check how the course site looks from the students&#8217; viewpoint.<\/p>\n<p>In order to switch to roles, follow the following steps:<\/p>\n<h2>Step 1:<\/h2>\n<p>After you&#8217;ve turned on editing, find the administration block. Click on &#8220;Switch role to&#8230;&#8221; and select the desired role from among the list (e.g., &#8220;student&#8221;).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4791\" style=\"width: 182px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/support.isucomm.iastate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/2015\/03\/Switch-role.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4791\" src=\"http:\/\/support.isucomm.iastate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/2015\/03\/Switch-role.png\" alt=\"This is a screenshot explaining how to switch to the student-view mode.\" width=\"182\" height=\"385\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Switching to student view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Step 2:<\/h2>\n<p>To switch back to your normal role, click on &#8220;Return to my normal role&#8221;, also in the administration block.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4793\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/support.isucomm.iastate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/2015\/03\/Switch-Role-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4793 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/support.isucomm.iastate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/2015\/03\/Switch-Role-2.png\" alt=\"Screenshot showing how to switch back to instructor view\" width=\"292\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Switching back to instructor role<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!--footer--><!--include code: [rps-include blog=7911 post=12 filter=\"true\"] -->\n<h2><strong>For Support<\/strong><\/h2>\nIf you encounter difficulty during any part of these tasks, please e-mail us at <a href=\"mailto:olt@iastate.edu\">olt@iastate.edu<\/a> for assistance, or\u00a0stop by 306 Ross during our scheduled support hours.\n\nIf you cannot 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