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title: "Preview an assessment as a student"
slug: "preview-an-assessment-as-a-student"
updated: 2024-08-22T13:57:46Z
published: 2024-08-22T13:57:46Z
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# Preview an assessment as a student

## 1. Add the Preview Student to the Gradebook

1. Access the module in which the assessment has been set up.
2. Click on **Student Preview** at the top right of the screen and click on the **Start Preview** button. ![Student Preview Content page](https://cdn.document360.io/8ea693b1-555d-4973-acf4-f29e9965c563/Images/Documentation/Student%20Preview%20Content%20page.jpg)
3. Click on **EXIT** at the top right to exit the preview.
4. Click on **SAVE** to keep the preview user in the **Gradebook**. ![Student Preview Exit and Save.jpg](https://cdn.document360.io/8ea693b1-555d-4973-acf4-f29e9965c563/Images/Documentation/Student%20Preview%20Exit%20and%20Save.jpg)

## 2. Make the test visible ONLY to the PreviewUser

1. On the **Content area**, click on the **Name** of the assessment you want to inspect.
2. Click the **Submissions** tab. ![Assessment Submissions tab](https://cdn.document360.io/8ea693b1-555d-4973-acf4-f29e9965c563/Images/Documentation/Assessment%20Submissions%20tab.jpg)
3. Find your PreviewUser in the list of students.
4. Click on the **Ellipsis** next to the PreviewUser name.
5. Click on **Add or edit exceptions**. ![Assessment add or edit exception](https://cdn.document360.io/8ea693b1-555d-4973-acf4-f29e9965c563/Images/Documentation/Assessment%20add%20or%20edit%20exception.jpg)
6. Click on **Show On** and set the date and time you wish to access the assessment with your PreviewUser. (Normally it is the current date and time)
7. Click **Save**.

## 3. Do the test as the Preview User.

1. Enter the module as a **Preview student.**
2. Navigate to the test and complete it.
3. **Exit** the Preview mode.
4. Depending on what you want to do, you can either **Save** the attempt (e.g. if you want to see how you will mark the submission) or **Discard** the attempt (e.g. you just wanted to see what a student.  

![Student Preview Exit and Save](https://cdn.document360.io/8ea693b1-555d-4973-acf4-f29e9965c563/Images/Documentation/Student%20Preview%20Exit%20and%20Save.jpg)