Do students pay for AI, or do I?

Neither, per run. Your plan includes a monthly credit balance. You hold it for the class and students draw from it, so no student buys anything and you are not billed each time an agent runs.

Is student data safe on real AI models?

Trace removes a student's direct identifiers before content goes to a model, sends every request with a zero-retention setting, and does not use student work to train models or sell it. Agents can only call the tools Trace provides.

What grades and subjects does it fit?

The lessons are written for high school today, from first ideas about AI to building agents. Versions of each chapter for younger grades are planned. Pick the depth that fits your class and the subject you already teach.

Can students use it to cheat?

You see the work behind every submission, including each model turn and tool call, so a shortcut shows up in the record. An assignment-aware integrity mode that stops the AI from handing over finished answers is planned.

AI lessons, ready for your class.

Choose readings, labs, quizzes, and agent projects from the library and assign what fits. Then open a submission to read the student's answers and follow every step their agent took.

Set up a class Browse the library

Start with one class. Add the next chapter when you are ready.

Assignments

3 of 3

Language models

Build a research agent

18 of 26 students complete · 3 waiting for review

Maya R. · Submitted agent

Why did you add a second tool?

My first run made up a source, so I gave it search and told it to quote the page it found.

model turnResearcher → Model
Asked for the Search tool
tool callResearcher → Search
search("tide pool species California") · 4 results
tool callResearcher → Search
Timed out after 8s. Maya changed the query and reran.
message sentReply
Quoted two sources.

Reviewed records that you looked. It is not a grade.

An example class. Names and work are made up, and Trace does not show invented scores. Pick an assignment to open a submission.

Choose what fits your next lesson.

Readings, quizzes, interactive labs, and agent projects are already written. Assign one piece or a whole chapter, and it shows up for your class.

Readings

Short explanations in order, written for high school.

Quizzes

Questions on the reading, with each student's answers kept.

Labs

Change one setting and compare what comes back.

Agent projects

A build that runs, submitted with the runs behind it.

Students get the published version you assigned, so a later edit never rewrites work already underway.

Classroom AI credits are included in your plan.

Students build on the same models a professional uses, through a visual builder rather than code. Your plan includes a monthly credit balance for those runs. You hold it for the class, so no student signs up for a model account and nothing is billed to you per run. Credits refill each month and do not roll over.

See what each plan includes

Class balance

AP Computer Science · 26 students

Refills monthly

Credits left this month

24,180of 30,000

Recent runs

Build a research agent
24 students, 61 runs
−512
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26 students
−143
Tokenization warm-up
26 students
−64

Students pay nothing

You are not billed per run

Unused credits do not roll over

Example figures on an Educator Pro plan, which includes 30,000 credits a month.

Know who needs a look before the due date.

The progress list puts every student against the chapter, with a plain reason next to anyone who has stalled: no activity, failed runs, a lab never opened. Open their work from there.

Progress

Language models chapter · 26 students

3 need a look

Priya S.
12/12
On track
Maya R.
9/12
On track
Leo M.
6/12
3 failed runs on the project
Devon K.
4/12
No activity in 6 days
Sana A.
2/12
Has not opened the lab

A flag is a reason to open the work, not a grade.

An example class. Trace flags activity; it does not score students.

Privacy enforced on every model call.

Trace rewrites the request and sets retention on it before it reaches a model provider. Here is the same message on both sides of that line.

What a student types

Inside Trace

Hi, I'm Maya Chen. Can you check the notes I emailed from [email protected]? My student ID is 4471029.

What reaches the model

After Trace rewrites it

Hi, I'm [REDACTED_STUDENT_IDENTIFIER]. Can you check the notes I emailed from [REDACTED_EMAIL]? My [REDACTED_STUDENT_IDENTIFIER].

Sent on the same request

"provider": { "data_collection": "deny", "zdr": true }

The provider is told not to keep the request or use it for training.

Not used to train models

Not sold

Only tools Trace provides

An example message. Trace also redacts phone numbers, addresses, and dates of birth.

Read the exact wording in our Privacy Policy.

Your first class in three steps.

Pick a first chapter for the students and subject you already teach. Start small and adjust from there.

1
Create a class
Name it and share the join code. Students join with the code, so there is no roster to import to start.
2
Assign a first lesson
Choose a reading, lab, quiz, or a whole chapter from the library and give it a due date.
3
Open the work
Follow who has started and finished, then open a submission to read the answers and the runs behind it.

Common questions

What teachers ask before they set up a class.

No. You assign published readings, labs, quizzes, and projects, then guide the discussion. Students build agents by connecting blocks, so nobody writes code unless a lesson asks for it.

Start with the class in front of you.

Trace gives you the material to assign and a record of what each student did.

Educator starter is free: 2 classes, 30 students each, and 2,000 credits a month.

Set up your first class