Companion account

The Moodle plugin auth_companion gives teachers the possibility to log in with a companion account. This will enable them to view and review a course from a participant’s perspective.
Companion account
As a teacher, you would like to view and test your course from a participant’s perspective.
Unfortunately, the standard method via “Switch role to” does not always bring the desired result.
With the companion account you have the possibility to temporarily switch to a student account.
With this student account you can test the course just as if you were a real student.
Installation
Copy all files into the folder auth/companion inside your moodle installation.
Run the installation process in moodle.
You can find more detailes to the installation process here: https://docs.moodle.org/en/Installing_plugins#Installing_a_plugin
Settings
Before you can use this plugin, you must enable the “companion” authentication method.
In the settings you can define a suffix that will be attached to the companion account.
If you need increased security, you can enable “forcelogin” in the plugin settings.
With this a new login will be requested after each change to the origin account.
Usage
If you are a teacher and you are on a course page, you will find a new entry Switch to companion in the user menu.
To switch back you will find the entry Switch back at the same place.