{"id":3663,"date":"2025-09-16T15:21:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T19:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/?p=3663"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:31:32","slug":"act-as-student-for-advisors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/act-as-student-for-advisors\/","title":{"rendered":"Advising Navigation to Act as Student"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These instructions cover how advisors can navigate to the Act as Student mode.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Act As&#8217; function allows advisors to view student information similarly to how a student would view their information. Note: there may be some differences in activities that can be performed by a student and by an advisor in the Act As mode. <\/p>\n<p>This resource outlines <strong>navigation specific to advising pages only<\/strong>. For information on viewing pages while in the Act As mode, please refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/act-as-student\/\">Act As Student resource<\/a>. Those instructions include the following enrollment and academic pages:   <\/p>\n<table style=\"border:0px;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\" style=\"border:0px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Schedule\n<li>Shopping Cart\n<li>Enrollment Dates\n<li>Schedule Builder\n<li>Programs\n<li>Test Scores\n<li>Course List\n<li>Student Milestones\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>View Graduation Status\n<li>View Unofficial Transcript\n<li>Grades\n<li>Advisor Information\n<li>Transfer Credit\n<li>Student Groups\n<li>Degree Progress and What-If information can be reviewed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/advisors-degree-progress\/\">Degree Progress &#038; What-If resource<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Navigation for Advisors<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Use the Advisor Dashboard widget or go to the left menu and select Advisor, then Advisee &#038; Student Lookup page.<\/li>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>If the desired student is appearing in the Dashboard My Advisees widget, then clicking the <strong>Act As<\/strong> button can be performed from here. <\/li>\n<p><a href=\"\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_dashboard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_dashboard-636x301.png\" alt=\"Imigae shows student tiles in My Advisees widget. Includes Act As button.\" width=\"388\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_dashboard-636x301.png 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_dashboard-1024x485.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_dashboard-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_dashboard.png 1094w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>Otherwise, clicking on the <strong>View More<\/strong> link from the My Advisees widget on the Dashboard will open the Advisee &#038; Student Lookup page. Navigating from the left menu will open that same page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_advstulookup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_advstulookup-636x209.png\" alt=\"Image shows Advisee &amp; Student Lookup landing page.\" width=\"636\" height=\"209\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_advstulookup-636x209.png 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_advstulookup-1024x336.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_advstulookup-768x252.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_advstulookup-1536x504.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_advstulookup-2048x672.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>From the Advisee &#038; Student Lookup page, click on the arrow next to the Open button to view the menu. Select Act as User.<\/li>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>Choose to launch to the student\u2019s Dashboard, Degree Progress, View Unofficial Transcript, or Schedule Builder page.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_indivmenu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_indivmenu-636x378.png\" alt=\"This image shows the open actions menu for a student, with the Act As options available.\" width=\"367\" height=\"219\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_indivmenu-636x378.png 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_indivmenu-768x456.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_indivmenu-992x594.png 992w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/09\/actas_indivmenu.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>Acknowledge the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) message by clicking Continue. Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/academics\/ferpa\/\"> BU Registrar\u2019s website<\/a> to learn more about FERPA.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<p>The desired page will open. Navigation to other pages while Acting as that student is available via the left menu. For guidance on reviewing the allowable information in the Act As mode, please refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/act-as-student\/\">Act As Student resource<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-bottom:1rem;\">This page was last updated October 2025. To download a PDF copy of this resource, print this webpage as a PDF.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-top: 10px solid #669999; text-align: right; margin-block-end: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/mybu-student-glossary\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Glossary\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/06\/Glossary-icon.png\" alt=\"Glossary Icon - Click here for MyBU Student Glossary.\" width=\"75px\" height=\"75px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These instructions cover how advisors can navigate to the Act as Student mode. 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