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Buzz’s AI-powered features, BusyBee, are designed to support teaching, learning, and productivity in ways that are safe, transparent, and responsible.
This FAQ answers common questions about BusyBee safeguards, data sharing, and administrative controls. For a broader overview of how AI is designed and governed in Buzz, see AI in Buzz: Our Principles and Practices.
Does BusyBee use student data to train AI models?
No. AI interactions in Buzz are not used by Agilix or the model providers to train or improve foundation models.
What safeguards are in place to prevent inappropriate or unsafe AI conversations?
Foundation models used for BusyBee tools include built-in safety mechanisms designed to reduce harmful or inappropriate outputs.
To promote safe and appropriate use by students, teachers and other authorized school staff have access to Get Help and Chat Activity conversations for monitoring.
Chat Activities include additional automated monitoring. When potential inappropriate content related to self-harm, sexual content, or illicit activities is detected, the chat may be ended and notifications may be sent to authorized staff. These alerts are designed to support school staff in monitoring student activity and are not a substitute for school-established safety procedures or emergency response protocols. While BusyBee is designed to identify concerning content, it may not detect all instances.
Can students use BusyBee to cheat?
BusyBee is designed to support learning, not to hand students answers or do their work for them. It redirects off-task requests, avoids writing for students, and uses guiding questions to encourage thinking and problem-solving instead.
While AI systems may occasionally produce incorrect or incomplete outputs, our testing shows strong results, and we’re continually improving how BusyBee supports academic integrity. BusyBee does not include AI-detection features; instead, it focuses on guiding learning and building AI literacy so students are prepared to use AI responsibly and effectively.
Can BusyBee tools be enabled and disabled in Buzz?
Yes. In domains where BusyBee is available, each BusyBee tool can be turned on or off at the domain level. When enabled for a domain, additional controls are available:
- Grading Assistant can be enabled and disabled at the course level.
- BusyBee Study Tools (Get Help, Check My Understanding, Review Key Concepts, and Help My Student) can be enabled or disabled for individual activities.
Can districts opt out entirely?
Yes. Districts can disable all BusyBee tools at the domain level.
Can teachers see BusyBee conversations?
Yes. Get Help and Chat Activities conversations can be accessed by teachers or other authorized school staff to support learning and ensure appropriate use.
Does Grading Assistant automatically grade and return work to students?
No. The Grading Assistant does not return grades directly to students. Using activity content and rubrics, it generates predictive grades and shares them with teachers to review, edit, and release to students.
How is personal information protected when using BusyBee?
BusyBee uses the same secure system architecture that protects all personal information in Buzz. Personally identifiable information (PII), such as names and email addresses, is stored only in designated, secure areas built specifically to handle sensitive data.
How is personal information entered in free-form text areas protected when using BusyBee?
Although free-form text areas, such as course content, student submissions and answers, and BusyBee conversations, are not intended for storing personal information, users may include it unintentionally. To protect this data, Buzz applies security safeguards—including encrypting any text shared with AI services and limiting access to authorized teachers and administrators.
Are BusyBee conversations stored by Buzz?
Yes. Get Help and Chat Activities conversations are stored as part of normal learning records so users can return and review or continue them, and so teachers and other authorized school staff can review student conversations.
For Students:
- Get Help conversations are stored for 12 months after the last message is sent.
- Chat Activity conversations are stored for 12 months after the last message is sent.
For Teachers:
- Get Help preview conversations are immediately reset.
- Chat Activity preview conversations are stored for 12 months after the last message is sent.
What data is shared with AI models by BusyBee tools?
BusyBee shares only the information needed to support learning within a specific activity. This typically includes the activity’s instructions, content, and the messages a user exchanges with BusyBee in that activity. BusyBee does not share information from other activities or courses.
The following table details the inputs shared with AI for each BusyBee tool.
| BusyBee Tool | Author input shared with AI | Student input shared with AI |
|---|---|---|
| Get Help |
The activity's Content,
Description, and aligned
Learning objectives The html template file when used in Assessment templates Assessment questions when used in assessments |
Messages sent by the user to BusyBee and BusyBee’s responses, limited to the specific activity in which Get Help is used. |
| Chat Activities (including Evaluations and Class Performance summaries) |
All content entered in the Chat Activity
Editor by the activity author, including attached
resources Chat Character names, avatars, and descriptions as provided by the activity author A limited number of recent AI-generated student Evaluations are used for Class Performance summaries (available to teachers and administrators only) |
Messages sent by the user to BusyBee and BusyBee’s responses, limited to the specific Chat Activity being used |
| Grading Assistant |
The activity's Content,
Description, and aligned
Learning objectives The html template file when used to grade Assessment templates Assessment questions and Passage questions when used to grade assessments The activity’s Rubrics and, when used with assessments, question Rubrics The activity’s grading calculations information (points possible and max points) |
All parts of student submissions for grading, including attachments |
|
Check My Understanding Review Key Concepts Help My Student |
The activity's Content, Description, and aligned
Learning objectives The html template file when used in Assessment templates Assessment questions when used in assessments |
No student input shared |
| Question Assistant |
The source activity's Content,
Description, and aligned
Learning objectives The html template file when using Assessment templates as the source activity Assessment questions and Passage questions when using assessments as the source activity Selected and/or entered values for Question difficulty, Desired number of questions, Question types, and Additional instructions |
No student input shared |
Learn more about AI in Buzz
Explore how AI is designed, governed, and applied within Buzz.
- AI in Buzz: Our Principles and Practices
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BusyBee: Your intelligent teaching & learning companion
- Grading Assistant - BusyBee's teacher aid
- BusyBee Chat activities - Immersive learning
- Get Help - BusyBee's interactive tutoring tool
- Check My Understanding - BusyBee's self-quiz tool
- Review Key Concepts - BusyBee's flashcard learning tool
- Question Assistant - BusyBee's companion for teachers
- Help My Student - BusyBee's companion for parents and observers