How does the dashboard course page differ between instructors and students?

asked 2015-12-22 18:14:32 -0500

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I want to understand what my students will see when they log in to the dashboard.

For the most part all the data shown to an instructor on the dashboard is also shown to the students.

As of August 2018, these are the main differences:

Students do not have the ability to edit the course description, timeline, etc.
Students can only assign themselves articles to write or review, while instructors can assign articles to anyone in the course.
- Enrollment code and enrollment tools are only available to the instructors; instructors can add and remove students manually, while students can only remove themselves from the course.

To see the difference feel free to review these questions:

How do students change their assigned articles includes screen shots of the My Articles section of the Home page, which is one of the few places on the Dashboard where the students can see something that instructors don't.
How do students assign themselves available articles? includes screen shots of student view and instructor view of the Articles tab
How do I re-assign an article? includes a student view of the My Articles section of the Home tab and an instructor view the "assign articles" option on the Articles tab.

All the rest of it — the full timeline, the activity feed, the contributions of any student in the class — are visible to everyone.

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