{"id":4047,"date":"2021-09-01T15:32:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T19:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/?page_id=4047"},"modified":"2023-11-03T10:27:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:27:15","slug":"using-demo-learner-accounts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/using-demo-learner-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Demo Learner Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Demo Learners (formally known as Demo Students) are specialized testing accounts that allow instructors to view the D2L Brightspace course from a student\u2019s perspective. No actual student is associated with these accounts. The accounts are strictly for course testing purposes.\u00a0 Users in Brightspace who are assigned an instructor role or a TA (full rights) role in a course are able to impersonate Demo Learner accounts. See Brightspace roles and permissions<\/a> for more information on Brightspace roles.<\/p>\n

Demo Learner accounts are unique for each course and are particularly useful for advanced testing of groups, quizzes, discussions, and assignment submissions\/set up. Demo Learner accounts are added to new academic courses, when courses are created by ITS each term. Some courses that were set up early in the Brightspace implementation may not yet have Demo Learner accounts in them.<\/p>\n

Demo Learners appear in the Classlist and course gradebook under the name \u201cLearner#, Demo\u201d (e.g., \u201cLearner33, Demo\u201d). Testing accounts are assigned a “Demo-Learner” role in the course which mimics a student role. If you would like a demo learner added to your course, please complete the Demo Learner Request Form<\/a>. Demo account enrollments will be removed automatically from the course at the end of each term.<\/p>\n

Uses for Demo Learner Accounts<\/h2>\n

Some common uses of Demo Learner account include:<\/p>\n