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Oracle

The class AI helper — turn it off for a class, lock it on assessments, and review policy alerts plus how much help students needed on Spark and Flux tasks.

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What Oracle is

Oracle is the floating AI panel students and teachers can open during class work. It follows your school’s AI use policy. It is not a Lab app, and it is not the same as Socrates — the in-task coach inside Spark, Flux, Foundry, and Echo.

Oracle slide-over panel in a class — Oracle panel — chat and Alerts· click to enlarge

Role	Job
Student	Ask for learning help when Oracle is allowed. Off-topic or dishonest use gets a gentle redirect; repeated or serious misuse escalates to staff.
Teacher / staff	Use the same chat for your own questions; review Alerts when policy is breached; on Spark and Flux gradebooks, read a short summary of how much Oracle help each student needed — not a full transcript.

Class on/off and per-task control

You have two levels of control. First, on the class home next to + Module, use Oracle on / Oracle off — when it is off, students do not see the Oracle button in that class at all (staff can still open Oracle for planning and Alerts). Second, on each Spark, Flux, and Echo task, choose Practice or Proper assessment and whether to allow Oracle during that sit. Practice tasks default to Oracle on; assessment tasks lock Oracle by default.

Locking Oracle on an assessment does not remove Socrates. They are separate assistants and can both be available on the same task if you allow it.

Alerts and diagnostics

Outcome	What you see
Policy alert	Serious misuse or three minor reminders in a term escalates to Oracle → Alerts for staff to acknowledge.
Task summary (Spark / Flux)	On the student’s gradebook page: how many Oracle asks they made, with sample questions — enough to see what help they needed, not a full chat log.
Everyday chat	Staff cannot browse ordinary student Oracle conversations — by design, for student privacy.

Oracle chat with a minor policy reminder after an off-topic question — 1 — Minor (1/3): redirected; teacher not notified yet· click to enlarge

Oracle chat blocked for a serious breach with teacher notified banner — 2 — Serious: blocked; teacher notified· click to enlarge

Staff Oracle Alerts tab with a serious breach escalation — 3 — Staff Alerts: escalate → Acknowledge· click to enlarge

Minor reminders count up through the term (1/3, 2/3, and so on). The third minor reminder, or any serious breach, lands in staff Alerts. To review alerts in Role Lab, open a class as Teacher, then Oracle → Alerts.

Oracle without a class

Teachers can open Oracle from the Suite sidebar even when no class is selected — useful for planning, policy questions, or drafting a task before you pick a Module. Class-scoped alerts and student diagnostics still require a class context.

Oracle polish on Flux

On Flux essays, Oracle can run in polish mode after Socrates and drafting — a limited number of consultation passes to tighten wording and exam readiness, separate from in-task Socrates coaching. You set Allow Oracle and polish limits at create time.

Socrates coaches structure and argument while the student writes. Oracle polish is an optional final pass — not a replacement for Socrates or for the student’s own drafting.

Oracle vs Socrates

Assistant	Where	Job
Oracle	Floating panel on class pages	General learning help + school AI policy + staff alerts
Socrates	Inside Spark / Flux / Foundry / Echo tasks	In-task coaching grounded in class and syllabus context, limited by the teacher

Locking Oracle does not remove Socrates. They can both be available on the same task.