Hi Cathy, We currently have a set amount of temporary usernames in both blackboard and our active directory and assign them to a user for say a week or two so they can test their course. I keep all of the temporary accounts in a spreadsheet and once the two weeks or so is up I disable the username. We have not had much call for this here though. When the username is to be used again I just take the courses out and reset the password. Regards Sam ----------------------- Sam McFarlane Learning Technology Administrator & Blackboard Administrator Canterbury Christ Church University All Blackboard queries: [log in to unmask] Any other queries: [log in to unmask] Telephone number: 01227 782940 ext. 3105 -----Original Message----- From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cathy Colless Sent: 11 July 2006 12:33 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Instructors testing courses with and account that has a student role Hi, Would anyone be willing to share how you accommodate instructors that ask for a user account that they can use to test their course using an account that has a student role ? Thanks in advance! Cathy Colless VLE Application Manager e-Learning Development Team Projects Office Raymond Burton Library University of York York YO10 5DD United Kingdom Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: +44 (0)1904 32 1140 Fax: +44 (0)1904 32 1130 http://www.york.ac.uk/univ/org/vle/