It is especially important<\/strong><\/span> to do this if you use publisher content (McGraw-Hill Connect<\/em>, Cengage, Pearson, Wiley, etc.) that integrates with your Blackboard <\/em>course (for example, grades for assignments in your M-H Connect <\/em>course download into columns in your Blackboard <\/em>Grade Center).<\/p>\n Why? <\/strong><\/span>If you have integrated publisher content, assessments, etc., you need to be able to see from a student\u2019s perspective that that publisher material is functioning correctly. In order to do that, your previewuser <\/strong>must be enrolled in your publisher course site, which can only happen if your previewuser <\/strong>is permanently enrolled in your Blackboard <\/em>course. And you can only get that<\/strong> <\/em>result if you change your student preview settings in Blackboard <\/em>so that your previewuser <\/strong>and data are retained.<\/p>\n Here<\/span> <\/strong>is a quick review of the steps for doing that.\u00a0 First, select the Enter Student Preview <\/strong>button that appears to the left of your Edit Mode toggle control:<\/p>\n Next,<\/strong> <\/span>to retain your previewuser <\/strong>and data, do the following:<\/p>\n As an additional recommendation,<\/strong><\/span> you should change your student preview settings before<\/span> <\/em><\/strong>you integrate publisher content with your Blackboard <\/em>course(s).<\/p>\n Use the following link to download a printable version of this Bb tip of the week: Download the Tip<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Use the following link to view previous Bb tips of the week: BBTOTW-Archive<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/acaddb.hvcc.edu\/~m.petersen\/bbtotw\/images\/090314\/01.png\")
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