View student work

At a glance

Learner List lets you select a student and see their live work—the same collaborative document they’re editing—not a graded submission snapshot.

Prerequisites

• Lesson or course view as instructor → Learner List panel.

Steps

1. Open Learner List from the right sidebar.
2. Filter by audience (all learners, cohort, instructional staff, dropped), search, and sort as needed.
3. Click a learner. The banner shows Viewing [Name]'s live work.
4. Walk through the lesson as they would (gates, passwords, locks apply unless you bypass).
5. Use Bypass access restrictions when you need staff preview past learner gates.
6. Click Exit on the banner to leave view-as mode.

Common gotchas

• Do not use Learner List to enter scores—use Lightning Grader for submitted snapshots and rubrics.
• Switching to Lightning Grader while a learner is selected loads submitted work instead of live edits.

Next steps

• Grade a lesson with Lightning Grader
• Access Policy