Louisiana Teachers and Administrators
Teachers have the ability to impersonate as students through the Student tab and the Gradebook.
Written by Priya Pawar Lakshmi Narayanan
Updated at February 21st, 2025
How do teachers impersonate as students ?
Teachers have the ability to impersonate as students through the Student tab and the Gradebook.
Updated February 21st, 2025
Impersonate as a Student
To impersonate as a student, there are two ways :
Impersonate as a Student via Student tab
Log in to the GO ! application and navigate to the Student tab.
Teachers will need to use the filters on the left side of the Student page to locate the individual student to be impersonated and click on the Apply Filters button.
After locating the student's name, click on the ellipsis icon next to the student details and click the Impersonate option.
The teacher will notice a modal pop-up - Impersonate User with the name of the person impersonated. The user can either click on the Impersonate button to continue the impersonation or click on X icon of the modal to close the Impersonate User modal.
The teacher will be redirected to the dashboard page of impersonated user in a new tab of the same browser. The user will notice a blue button “Close Session” along with the text , “You are currently logged in as impersonated user. Closing this session will clear all history and all data for this user” that stays on the top of the screen until the user closes the tab.
The “Close Session” label will stay on the screen during the entire impersonation session and it will be reflected in all modules of the GO ! application.
Impersonate as a Student via Gradebook
Log in to the GO ! application and navigate to the Gradebook tab.
Then select the class the student is rostered in.
Click on the 
icon next to the student's name to impersonate as that student.
The Student Information modal will be displayed to the teacher. The user can click on the Impersonate button.
The teacher will notice a modal pop-up - Impersonate User with the name of the person Impersonated. The user can either click on Impersonate button to continue the impersonation or click on X icon of the modal to close the Impersonate User modal.
The teacher will be redirected to the dashboard page of impersonated user in a new tab of the same browser. The user will notice a blue button “Close Session” along with the text , “You are currently logged in as impersonated user. Closing this session will clear all history and all data for this user” that stays on the top of the screen until the user closes the tab.
Module Access
Teachers have READ - ONLY access as an Impersonated User. The changes completed by Teachers will not be saved.
The modules teachers will be able to READ - ONLY access are :
- My Assignments
- Courses
- Announcements
Exiting an Impersonated Session
Click on Close Session button. Impersonate User modal will be displayed. Click on Exit Session button. The impersonated user session ends and the user will be returned to the previous browser tab where the user is still logged in.
