Teacher FAQ

Yes. CurricuLLM is purpose-built for schools. Student conversations are monitored for safety, the platform has built-in guardrails to keep interactions appropriate, and all content is aligned to the Australian and New Zealand curricula. The Safety Centre detects behavioural patterns across student conversations over time and surfaces them to teachers as actionable cases for follow-up. It's not a general-purpose AI tool — it's designed specifically for learning in a school context.

CurricuLLM collects the conversations students have on the platform, along with usage data like when and how often they log in. This data is used to provide you with analytics on student progress and to improve the learning experience. Student data is stored in Australia and is not shared with third parties or used for advertising.

Students will try, just as they do with any tool. CurricuLLM is designed to redirect off-topic conversations back to learning. If a student tries to use it for something inappropriate, the platform has safety layers that intervene. You'll also be able to see student activity through your analytics, so nothing happens invisibly.

CurricuLLM achieves 89% accuracy on ANZ curriculum content, compared to around 41% for general-purpose AI tools like ChatGPT. It's built on the curriculum, so the content it draws from is specific and verified. That said, no AI system is perfect. CurricuLLM is designed as a learning guide, not an authoritative source — it encourages students to think critically rather than accept answers at face value, which is a valuable skill in itself.

The analytics show you student issues and achievements at an individual level, and class-level progression across your cohort. Learning check-ins give you baseline progression data when students first engage with a new subject. During a lesson, you can use Live mode to see themes in real time — who's doing well, who's struggling, and where your attention is needed. The Safety Centre surfaces wellbeing patterns that may warrant a check-in. This helps you target your support rather than trying to check every screen.

No. CurricuLLM is a tool that supports what you do, not a replacement for it. You set the tasks, choose the topics, and decide how students engage with the platform. CurricuLLM handles the one-to-one scaffolding that's hard to do when you have 25 students in front of you. It frees you up to focus on the students who need you most, the classroom discussions, and the teaching that only a human can do.

That's up to you. We recommend students use CurricuLLM across at least two subjects or two lessons per week, and they can also use it at home. Some teachers use it as a warm-up activity, others build a whole lesson segment around it, and some set it as an independent or homework task. It's flexible enough to fit into your existing routine.

No, and this is one of the most important differences from general AI tools. CurricuLLM is designed to guide students toward understanding rather than hand them a finished answer. It asks questions, provides scaffolding, and encourages students to think through problems. If a student asks for the answer directly, CurricuLLM will redirect them.

Very little. We provide sample prompts, starter activities, and student guides so you don't have to build anything from scratch. You can also use Studio Mode to upload an existing lesson plan and generate new resources from it. Once students are familiar with the platform, setting a CurricuLLM task is as simple as giving them a prompt to start with.

CurricuLLM works in a web browser on any device — laptops, tablets, or Chromebooks. Students log in at app.curricullm.com with their school email address. There's nothing to install.

CurricuLLM works in class on any school-provided device. Home use is encouraged but not required — students who only use it during class time will still benefit. You can structure your tasks so that the core learning happens in class, with home use as an optional extension.

CurricuLLM covers all key learning areas across the Australian and New Zealand curricula. It works particularly well for subjects with structured content progressions — English, Mathematics, Science, and HSIE — but it can support learning conversations across any subject area.

Start with your school's CurricuLLM coordinator. If they can't resolve it, contact us directly at hello@curricullm.com. During the pilot, we also check in weekly with your lead teacher, so there's a regular opportunity to raise any issues.

We want to hear it. Feedback from teachers is how we make the product better. You can share it during the weekly check-in, pass it to your coordinator, or email us at hello@curricullm.com. We take teacher feedback seriously and it directly shapes what we build next.

When a student first asks about a new subject, CurricuLLM may show them a short quiz (1–5 questions) to understand where they are. This is called a learning check-in. It's not a test or a grade — it helps the AI personalise its responses from that point forward. Students can skip it if they prefer, and it only appears once per subject. Teachers emulating a student will also see it, but the data is tagged as emulated and doesn't affect the real student's progression.

Connected Services let your school plug in external tools and data sources — like web search or a school library catalogue — so the AI can use them during conversations. Your administrator sets up and approves the services, and you enable the ones you need per-conversation from the Connectors menu in the chat composer. The AI then uses them seamlessly when they would help answer your question.

Yes. Right-click any chat conversation in the sidebar and select 'Send to Studio.' The entire conversation is sent to Studio as a source document, and you can then generate podcasts, flashcards, quizzes, presentations, infographics, and more — all grounded in the full context of what you discussed. It's a natural design-then-produce workflow: brainstorm in chat, produce in Studio.

Yes. Any user can click the three-dot menu in a conversation and select 'Export CSV' to instantly download the conversation as a spreadsheet file. This is useful when you ask students to submit evidence of their work to your LMS — they export the conversation, upload the CSV, and you can review their research process.

CurricuLLM's Socratic design is built to prevent overreliance — it guides students toward their own understanding rather than giving them answers to copy. But there are three wellbeing considerations worth being aware of and reinforcing with your class. First, overreliance: even with Socratic prompting, students can fall into the habit of deferring to AI rather than developing their own thinking. Encourage students to form their own view before asking CurricuLLM. Second, parasocial attachment: because the AI holds a natural conversation, some students may start to treat it like a person. It's worth reminding them it's a tool, not a relationship. Third, healthy usage patterns: students should know when to step away — if they're frustrated, going in circles, or just tired, talking to a teacher or classmate is often more productive. The student guides cover all three topics, and we recommend reinforcing them when you introduce the platform.

CurricuLLM runs in a standard web browser and works with screen readers, keyboard navigation, and browser-level zoom and text scaling. The chat-based interface means students can work at their own pace without time pressure, and the AI adapts its explanations based on where each student is. Teachers can adjust content filters and difficulty levels to suit individual needs. For students who benefit from audio, the platform includes voice input and text-to-speech features. If you have students with specific access needs that aren't being met, contact us at hello@curricullm.com — we want to know about gaps so we can address them.