Question 1

What is HeyOtto for Schools?

Accepted Answer

HeyOtto for Schools is student-facing AI for K–12 — classrooms, clubs, STEM electives, after-school, and camps. Students use Otto as an assistant; advisors keep visibility, tool controls, and Real-Time Alerts. It is not a core-curriculum classroom operating system.

Question 2

How does HeyOtto keep students safe?

Accepted Answer

Every conversation is monitored in real time. Alerts are scored Low, Medium, High, or Critical for fast triage, and HeyOtto tracks how a student’s conversations shift over time so slower-building concerns can surface earlier.

Question 3

Can schools control what students can access?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Schools choose which tools students can access. Teachers and admins keep full visibility, with classroom- and district-scale controls for values, topics, and tool access.

Question 4

Does HeyOtto support special education needs?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Accommodations are built into the product — including text-to-speech, dyslexia-friendly formatting, ADHD focus tools, autism support mode, and scaffolded learning — not offered as an add-on.

Question 5

How does the HeyOtto teacher dashboard work?

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The HeyOtto teacher dashboard gives one teacher live oversight of 20–30+ students at once: every conversation is visible, concerning content triggers an automatic alert, conversations are archived and searchable, and teachers control which tools (like image generation, code, or web search) are turned on, by grade level or by class. Teachers also get their own AI chat, separate from student accounts, for lesson planning, brainstorming, differentiation, and classroom activities — then share what they built as artifacts.

Question 6

Can I use Otto for lesson planning and differentiation?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Your teacher chat is a separate space for planning, brainstorming, and adjusting the same activity for different readers or supports. Students only see what you choose to share as an artifact.

Question 7

How does HeyOtto support academic integrity in class?

Accepted Answer

Student Otto is hint-first and question-led so students still do the thinking. Teachers can monitor live conversations, review archives, and set tool and integrity controls. See Academic Integrity for how the student side works.

Question 8

Do I have to read every student conversation?

Accepted Answer

No — flagged content alerts surface what needs your attention, and archives are there for spot-checking or looking something up.

Question 9

Can I set different rules for different classes?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Tool access, content filtering, and time-based restrictions can all be set per class, not just per school.

Question 10

What happens outside the hours I set?

Accepted Answer

Otto simply isn’t accessible. Students see it’s unavailable rather than getting a limited or unsupervised version.

Question 11

Is my own AI chat the same as what students use?

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No — the teacher chat is a separate space for planning and building materials. Students only see what you choose to share as an artifact.

Question 12

Can students just ask Otto for the answer?

Accepted Answer

Otto is designed to guide before it answers and to encourage students to explain their reasoning along the way. The goal isn't to promise that no student will ever try to misuse AI. It's to make the learning path more useful than simply copying an answer.

Question 13

What if a student pastes in the entire assignment?

Accepted Answer

Otto is designed to recognize when a student is asking it to complete assigned work and respond in a guided, question-first way rather than simply producing a finished answer to submit.

Question 14

Can teachers see student conversations?

Accepted Answer

For supervised school use, conversations can be made visible to the appropriate teacher or advisor, giving educators insight into how students are using AI and where they may need support.

Question 15

Does this work across subjects?

Accepted Answer

The underlying approach is designed to work across subjects — from writing and research to math, science, coding, and creative projects. Specific school configurations can be tailored to the age group and instructional goals.

Question 16

Does HeyOtto support students with IEPs or 504 plans?

Accepted Answer

Yes. HeyOtto includes built-in accommodations for diverse learners — text-to-speech, dyslexia-friendly formatting, ADHD focus tools that break tasks into steps, an autism support mode with clear and literal communication, gifted enrichment with advanced challenge problems, and scaffolded learning that guides students to solutions at their own pace.

Question 17

Does turning on these accommodations require a separate license or add-on?

Accepted Answer

No — accommodations are included in the core HeyOtto for Schools product.

Question 18

Does HeyOtto replace assistive technology a student already uses?

Accepted Answer

No — it’s built to work alongside existing assistive technology and IEP/504 accommodations.

Question 19

Is this covered under the same student privacy and classroom controls as the rest of HeyOtto for Schools?

Accepted Answer

Yes — accessibility features don’t change how student data is handled. Built with student privacy and classroom controls in mind. See our Security & Trust Center for details.

Question 20

What can students use HeyOtto for?

Accepted Answer

Students can get help with homework, writing, research, coding, and building AI literacy — inside age-appropriate guardrails and with teacher visibility on every conversation.

Question 21

Does AI Tutor just give students the answers?

Accepted Answer

No. AI Tutor is designed to guide students with hints, questions, and step-by-step scaffolding so they still do the thinking.

Question 22

Can teachers see what students ask Otto?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Student conversations are teacher-visible, with flagged-content alerts and archives so educators can spot-check or follow up when needed.

Question 23

How does HeyOtto teach AI literacy?

Accepted Answer

Students practice asking better questions, checking AI output, citing assistance appropriately, and understanding where AI helps versus where it can be wrong.

Question 24

How does Classroom pricing work?

Accepted Answer

Classroom is for one class of up to 30 kids. Request a quote for a rate.

Question 25

What is included in Classroom?

Accepted Answer

Unlimited messages, web search, general-purpose AI chat for teachers and admins, teacher tools, quizzes, classroom group chat, tool management controls and guardrails, 250 tokens per user per month, advanced AI models, advanced memory, school personalization, faster responses and image generation, extended cloud storage, early access to new features, basic support and professional development, and priority support.

Question 26

When do we need Custom?

Accepted Answer

Custom is for more than one classroom, larger programs, or a district rollout. It includes everything in Classroom plus integrations, SSO, tool and platform customization, advanced safeguards and moderations, advanced data dashboards, onboarding, and professional services. DPA, SLA, and School Services Agreement available on request. Request a quote for a rate.

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