Loyola Support Documentation

How do I view a site as a Teaching Assistant or Student?

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Use View Site As to experience your course site as a different user type. This can help you to spot opportunities to enhance your site or possible points of confusion for site participants.

Open View Site As.

view site as menu below the Sakai profile icon

In the top-right corner of the page, beneath your Sakai profile icon, select the View Site As dropdown menu.

Choose a user type.

view site as menu expanded to show options

Choose a user type, such as Teaching Assistant or Student from the dropdown menu.

Note: Different user types may be displayed depending on whether the site is a course site or a project site.

Sakai course site in student view

Navigate the site as the user type that you selected from the View Site As menu. The user type will display to you near the top of page in the breadcrumb area.

Return to your normal view.

exit student view button

Select Exit Student View to leave the student view and return to your normal account view.

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