# Preview a course as a visitor or student

> The Preview dropdown opens your course through three different sets of eyes — a logged-out visitor, a brand-new student, and someone halfway through — so you catch what each one actually experiences before anyone pays.

Last updated 2026-06-01 · Source: https://prolaud.com/help/course-preview

Click Preview on the action bar (or on the course detail page) to open the dropdown. Each option opens the real learner page at /learn/<slug> with an ?as= mode, in a new tab — without touching any real enrollment or progress data.

## As public visitor

Subtitle: 'Logged-out / not enrolled'. This is what a prospective buyer sees — the sales landing page, the curriculum outline with lessons locked behind an Enroll CTA, and only your free-preview lessons playable. Use it to sanity-check your pitch: is the value clear, is the free preview compelling, is the price right?

## As fresh student

Subtitle: 'Day 1, zero progress'. A synthetic enrollment with nothing completed. This is the first-day experience — what unlocks immediately, what's gated by drip, where a new learner is told to start. Use it to check the on-ramp doesn't feel empty or confusing.

## As halfway student

Subtitle: '~50% complete, drip gates open'. A synthetic enrollment with roughly half the lessons (in order) pre-completed and time-based drip gates released. Use it to check the mid-course experience — progress tracking, what later modules look like once unlocked, and the run-up to completion and any certificate.

> **Note:** All three are previews — they're marked internally so nothing you click counts as real progress or shows up in a student's record. Preview your own course as much as you like.

## What to check across all three

- Visitor: free-preview lessons play; everything else is locked behind Enroll.
- Fresh: the right first lessons are open; drip gates show 'Unlocks on <date>'.
- Halfway: progress reads correctly and later modules render once unlocked.
- Everywhere: media plays, attachments download, quizzes load.

## Related

- [Previews & locks](https://prolaud.com/help/course-previews-locks)
- [Publish when it's right](https://prolaud.com/help/course-publish-unpublish)
- [The student journey](https://prolaud.com/help/course-student-journey)