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Add and use a Test Student account in Blackboard

Posted on by Chrysanthi Tseloudi

While you can view courses as a student by using Student Preview, if you want to thoroughly test an activity, such as online submission, it is better to use a Test Student account instead. You can set up, add and use a Test Student as follows:

Setting up a Test Student account

If you already have a Test Student account, see how to add it to to your course and use it. You will only require one Test Student account for all of your courses and organisations.

If you don’t have a Test Student account, please email digital-education@bristol.ac.uk, including the subject line “Test Student Account Request” and provide your Blackboard username and the purpose for your having a Test Student account.

Please make requests for Test Student accounts ahead of their needing to be used. Whilst the DEO makes every effort to provide these accounts quickly, this is not an instantaneous request and may be further delayed in busy periods.

You will receive an email that confirms the account details, including the username and password.

Once you have a Test Student account:

  1. Either open a private or incognito tab in your current browser or open another browser.
  2. Navigate to the Blackboard login page in this private/new tab and click Guest Login.
  3. Enter your Test Student’s username and the password provided by the DEO.
  4. Click on the profile tab on the left-hand side of the screen. This will be denoted by your Test Student’s name (usually Your First Name Test[Your Initials]).
  5. Click on Update External Account Password.
  6. In the panel that opens:
    1. Follow on screen instructions to update your password.
    2. Store your new Test Student account password securely, or use a password that is easy for you to remember.
    3. Click Save.

You must keep these details confidential in line with IT Services’s Code of Conduct for the use of computing facilities. You are responsible for any Blackboard use undertaken using this username and password.

Adding your Test Student account to your course

After setting up a Test Student account, you can add them to your course:

  1. In your administrative Blackboard account, navigate to the course where you want to add your Test Student.
  2. Using the side menu, click on View everyone on your course under Class register.
  3. Click on the + button in the top-right corner of the screen
  4. Enter your Test Student’s username into the text box.
  5. Click on the + button next to your Test Student’s name, changing it into a green tick.
  6. Ensure the box beneath your Test Student is set to Student, using the drop-down menu to change it if needed.
  7. Click Save.

If you have any release conditions on content or assessment items, you will need to ensure your Test Student meets the conditions to access these.

Using your Test Student

  1. Either open a private or incognito tab in your current browser or open another browser.
  2. Navigate to the Blackboard login page in this private/new tab and click Guest Login.
  3. Enter your Test Student’s username and password.
  4. Navigate to the course you have enrolled your student into, using the Courses option in the left-hand menu and searching for the unit ID or name.