---
title: Viewing assigned students
category: teacher-portal
order: 2
lastUpdated: 2026-06-08
featureAvailability: GA
roles: [teacher]
navigationPath: Teacher Portal → My students
relatedArticles: [teacher-portal/teacher-dashboard, teacher-portal/access-requests, teacher-portal/referrals, student-management/co-teachers]
---

## At a glance

- **Who uses it:** Every teacher with portal access.
- **When to use it:** Daily — this is the home of your portal.
- **Permissions required:** Teacher (you see only your own students).
- **Navigation path:** Teacher Portal → My students.

## Purpose

The My Students view is your scoped roster. It only shows students who are explicitly granted Teacher Portal access for them (as classroom teacher or co-teacher). This is the FERPA-aligned default — you don't see students who aren't yours.

## What's on each student row

- **Name** (preferred) and grade.
- **Active case** indicator — open / none.
- **Last activity** — most recent teacher-visible note or feedback.
- **Attention flag** — if an attention rule has fired on this student.

Click a student to open their portal-side detail page.

[SCREENSHOT: teacher-my-students-list]
_Teacher Portal → My students with 12 students listed; two show active-case indicators and one shows an attention flag._

## What you can do from here

- Open a student to see their case list (filtered to cases you're attached to).
- **Submit a referral** if a new concern surfaces — see [Submitting a referral](/help/teacher-portal/referrals).
- **Provide feedback** on an active case — see [Teacher feedback](/help/teacher-portal/feedback).
- **Request portal access** to a student who isn't yours but should be — see [Access requests](/help/teacher-portal/access-requests).

## What you cannot do

- See students who aren't yours.
- See cases on your students where you're not the attached teacher.
- Edit student identity fields (admins do that).

## Tips & best practices

- Pin the My Students tab in your browser — it's the page you'll use most.
- Sort by Last activity when triaging — recently active cases need eyes more than dormant ones.

## Related articles

- [Teacher dashboard](/help/teacher-portal/teacher-dashboard)
- [Access requests](/help/teacher-portal/access-requests)
- [Submitting a referral](/help/teacher-portal/referrals)
- [Co-teachers](/help/student-management/co-teachers)

## FAQ

**A student in my class isn't here — why?**
You haven't been assigned to them yet. Either an admin needs to add you (or assign you as co-teacher), or you can [request access](/help/teacher-portal/access-requests).

**Where's the search?**
Use the search box at the top of the My Students view. It only searches your own roster.