Using AI responsibly
Where AI fits into activATAR, and the guardrails we hold ourselves to.
We think AI can genuinely help students, but only when it's used carefully, especially with young people's work. This page is honest about where we are and where we're heading.
Where things stand today
At present, activATAR's core learning content — questions, worked solutions and notes — is written and reviewed by our team, not generated automatically for students on the fly. Our motivation features, analytics and dashboards don't make automated decisions about students.
What we're building
We're developing AI-assisted markingfor long-response questions on past papers, to give students faster feedback on the kind of extended answers that are otherwise slow to mark. As we roll this out, we're committing to a clear set of guardrails.
Our guardrails
- Assistive, not the final word. AI-assisted marking is there to guide practice and give feedback, not to produce official grades. It supports learning; it doesn't replace a teacher's judgement.
- Student work isn't used to train external models. We don't hand student responses to third parties to train their AI.
- Transparent about limits. AI feedback can be wrong. We make clear that students should treat it as a helpful guide and verify anything important, and we act on feedback when something's off.
- Human oversight. We review how the feature performs and refine it, rather than leaving it to run unchecked.
Keeping this current
As AI features develop, we'll keep this page updated so students, parents and schools always know how AI is being used in the platform. If you have questions or concerns, reach us at hello@activatar.com.au.