What’s Happening
If you notice that names or text on your LiveSchool page look different - like a student’s name has been changed or a funny message appears - it’s most likely a harmless prank. Some students use a built-in browser tool called Inspect to temporarily edit how a webpage looks on their own device.
This trick isn’t specific to LiveSchool. You can do the same thing on any website - Google, YouTube, or your school homepage. It simply changes what’s displayed on that one screen and doesn’t affect the real data or anyone else’s account.
What to Know
These edits happen using a browser feature called HTML editing. HTML is the basic code that controls what you see on any website.
Students can right-click a page and select Inspect to open a panel where they can change the visible text.
The change only affects their local view - it doesn’t change what’s stored in LiveSchool or what other users see.
Refreshing the page immediately removes the change and restores the original text.
What It’s Not
It’s not hacking.
It doesn’t access or change any student data.
It doesn’t require a password or permissions.
It doesn’t stay after a refresh, logout, or device restart.
Quick Example
If a student changes “Point Balance” to “Green Salad” using Inspect, that text appears only on their screen. Once the page reloads, it reverts to “Point Balance” for everyone - including that student.
 Initial screen |  After changing the HTML
 After refreshing the screen |
How to Handle It
If this happens, reassure your staff that no data was altered. You can have students refresh their browsers to reset the screen. No account resets or security actions are needed.
Summary
This is a lighthearted prank made possible by browser tools that enable anyone to temporarily modify a page's appearance. No LiveSchool data is ever modified, stored, or shared as part of this.
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