Reviewing Assignments as a Test Student

 

How to Review Assignments:

1. Log into Experiential Learning Cloud using your test student account.
2. Click the Assignments tab to view the sample class assignments.

Take notes while testing

1. As you complete assignments, record issues, unclear instructions, or desired changes.
2. Log which steps failed or behaved unexpectedly and note the expected behavior.
3. Use Task Type to prioritize testing (tracks, reports, forms, uploads, offline).

Track assignments

• There should be one Track assignment.
  • Click Start to review track UI and activity options.
  • Test selecting an active track and adding sample time entries.
  • Contact the Services Team to make track edit request

Note: A test student cannot log time until a direct supervision rule links them to an approved site and supervisor.

Report (timesheet/report) assignments

• Verify report frequency matches your desired cadence (weekly, biweekly, monthly).
• Submit sample reports to the intended approvers (site supervisor, faculty) to test routing.
• Since report assignments copy behavior, reviewing one representative report is often sufficient.
  
  As you’re reviewing, ensure that the assigned report configures the hours in the way you want it to.
  • Submit the report to a site supervisor/field instructor and faculty member (or yourself) to see how reports move from person to person. 
  • Since report assignments are copied from one another, you only need to review one report assignment.
    
    

Form assignments

• Complete each form to confirm it collects required data and moves through the correct signer sequence.
• Verify the “Completed by” and approval order are correct.
• If changes are needed, create a copy of the assignment in the assignment builder and update “Completed by” for testing.
  
  
  

Upload assignments

• Test an upload assignment end-to-end (select file, enter metadata).
  • If the upload asks for liability insurance, confirm the expiration date field is required and validated before upload.

Offline assignments

Practice marking an offline task complete to verify student experience and any follow-up instructor actions.

 

Make and verify changes
1. From your admin account:

• Go to Program Management -> Staff & Students.
• Open the Groups/Classes tab and expand the desired class.
• Select the Assignments tab and choose the assignment to edit.
• Make changes and save.

2. Return to the test student account to re-run the assignment and confirm fixes.
3. For assignments already in progress, follow additional guidance in Updating Assignments In Progress.

Submitting edit requests
For form or track edits that require Services team changes, submit a form/track edit request using the Help button in ELC.

Best practices

• Prioritize testing submission and approval flows (student → site supervisor → faculty).
• Test edge cases: missing required fields, invalid dates, duplicate submissions, and overdue tasks.
• Keep a change log linking each reported issue to the affected assignment and screenshots.

 

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