You can see your course as students see it any time—while you are developing your course, when you are ready to publish, or any time during the quarter. When you switch to Student View, Canvas creates a test student account. As the Test Student, you can see the course as a student and experiment with submitting Assignments and posting to Discussions. Follow these steps to see your course in Student View:

1. Navigate to your Canvas course.
2. In the top right corner on any page, click on the button with glasses and the words "View as Student".

You'll know that you are in student view because two aspects of the interface have changed. In the upper-right corner where your name usually appears, you will now see Test Student. Also, along the bottom of the page is a bar. On the left side is a message that says, "You are currently logged in to Student View." On the right side of the bar are two buttons:

1. Reset Student: When you click Reset Student, you clear the history of any activities you have performed as that test student, and you create a brand new test student account.
2. Leave Student View: When you are ready to switch back to the regular view, click Leave Student View.

Please Note: There is a separate Test Student account for each course in Canvas. Whenever you move to a new course, you will need to activate the Test Student for that course.