Temporary Student Access

Please note: This feature must be turned on by your TestOut account representative.

Student’s may need temporary access to their LabSim course material.  Instructors can share a code with the students to provide this access.

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Steps

1. First verify that the correct product is listed by your class because the temporary code corresponds directly to your class’s product.
   • If you are using an LMS system, click a link within your LMS to get to any LabSim activity and then click the house icon to go to the LabSim home page.
   • If you need to change the product, click the more button (3 dots) across from your class, select Edit Class, change the product if needed and click Save.
2. Across from your class click the more button (3 dots).
3. Select Temporary Access. (Please note that this option is only available during the first 14 days of your class start.)
4. A code is listed for the respective product. Click the copy icon by the code.
5. Now you can paste that code into a post or email it to the students.
   • Tip: If you need to invite students to your class include the temporary activation code with your invitation to join the class.
   • Underneath the code is displayed the valid period.
6. Click the X in the upper right to exit the screen. However, you can always return to this page if you need to access the code again.
7. After the student logs in they will select the Activation Required link across from the class or click Add by My Products.
   • Enter the activation code, copy and paste is the best option.
   • Click Activate.
   • The product is now listed in the My Products
8. During this temporary period students will be reminded once each day they access the product that the code they are using will expire.
   • Students should purchase their activation code prior to the free access period ending for uninterrupted usage.
     • That purchased code can be entered on the Temporary Access page by clicking Enter an Activation Code or from their home page by clicking Add by My Products.
     • The expiration period is automatically updated when their purchased code has been entered.
9. As students begin to use the temporary code you can view who has activated it and when. Across from your class click the more button (3 dots) and select Temporary Access.
   • • • Under Activations Used a list of the student’s names and date the product was activated will be outlined.

This code is only temporary.  Please encourage students to purchase their activation code prior to the expiration of their temporary code.