Quick Toggle Student View

[ian_heung]

Being able to toggle into Student View within my classes in order to double- and triple-check to make sure "everything is as it should seem" is a wonderful feature built into Canvas.

FEATURE IDEA: Have a quick toggle button located at the upper-righthand navigation that allowed me to toggle Student View ON/OFF easily, would improve my workflow and efficiency in setting up new assignment / pages / etc.

This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas

For more information, please read through the Canvas Release Notes (2020-12-19) - Canvas Community

[kona]

Deactivated user​, maybe I'm missing something, but I went to Beta and I don't see where anything is different. Where specifically should we be seeing something different/new?

[mcsmith]

In your feature options, you need to turn on the "course and user search". Then click on courses and you will see the new UI. From there, there is quick access to "masquerade".

[Stef_retired]

Deactivated user, maybe I'm missing something as well, but I'm not seeing that feature option in beta; so far, I've checked three different accounts in which I have admin privileges.

[marthazumack]

I do not see this option under Feature Options in beta – this is all I see:

[kona]

I'm not seeing it either.

[mcsmith]

Eeeek, I need to make a correction. The "user and course search" is not yet available in beta to all users. We have a few more tickets that need to be completed prior to releasing it to the public beta. My apologies!

[ahardesty]

This is a great idea. The Student View is such a great feature, but sort of a pain to get to. Thanks for suggesting!

[lindalee]

I'm looking forward to trying this after it's available in beta!

In the meantime, a question: Is this easier access to masquerade (become) functionality? Or will this be something that instructors (who aren't also admins with the permission to masquerade) can take advantage of? Deactivated user​'s post from January seems to indicate that the new feature Deactivated user​ described was an improvement already in the works, rather than an implementation of this  feature idea. Thanks!

[Renee_Carney]

June 2016 update from Deactivated user​

We are revamping our user search page to include a quick link to "masquerade". The implementation we went with may not be exactly as described in this thread. However, it is a drastic improvement to current workflow.  We'll let you know when it's in beta.

[marthazumack]

Great news! I look forward to seeing this in beta