Uploading an IA or Extended Essay draft creates a real privacy question. The file may contain your name, candidate number, school details, teacher comments, original research, and months of work. Before submitting it to any online study platform, you should understand what is collected, why it is processed, and what control you retain.
So, is RevisionDojo safe? Its published policies describe safeguards including restrictions on AI training, access-controlled storage, data rights, and security controls. The accurate answer is that RevisionDojo provides documented protections, but no online service can make handling personal data completely risk-free.
This guide explains those protections and shows you how to prepare coursework, manage uploads, secure your account, and delete work you no longer need.
What RevisionDojo collects and why
RevisionDojo needs some information to operate accounts and provide study tools. Its current Privacy Policy identifies categories including contact details, device information, academic content, communications, and user-generated content such as messages sent to Jojo AI.
Different activities produce different records. Answering a Questionbank problem may create performance data, while uploading an IA requires the platform to process the document. A support request or school affiliation can create further information with a separate purpose.
Before sharing anything, ask:
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Collection: Does this feature need the information?
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Purpose: Is the reason for processing clear?
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Access: Who can access or process it?
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Retention: When is it deleted or anonymized?
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Control: Can you access, correct, export, or delete it?
AI privacy matters because students use chat tools frequently. In RevisionDojo's 2026 State of Learning Survey of 2,975 students and teachers, 35.7% of students selected Jojo AI chat as one of the most impactful features. These company-run, self-reported findings describe experiences and do not constitute an independent privacy audit.
How student work is handled
RevisionDojo's Student Data and AI Privacy page says identifiable student work, personal information, and educational records are not used to train or fine-tune foundation AI models. Its Privacy Policy says de-identified or aggregated usage information may be used to improve the service and its AI systems.
That distinction matters. RevisionDojo may examine overall usage patterns without treating your identifiable IA draft as model-training material. It also says contracted AI providers are not permitted to retain prompts and outputs for independent model training, although limited processing may occur for security, fraud, or abuse monitoring.
The platform publishes a list of subprocessors used for services such as hosting, authentication, AI processing, analytics, support, and error monitoring. This shows that specialist providers may process relevant data rather than RevisionDojo acting alone.
What happens to coursework uploads
RevisionDojo's coursework file privacy guide says Delete my file after 48 hours is selected by default when an individual student submits a file through the Coursework Grader.
If the setting remains selected, the original file expires 48 hours after submission. The report, grade, criterion comments, and annotations remain because they are stored separately. You cannot view the expired document or continue discussing it, but you can still read its feedback.
You may untick the deletion setting before submitting if you want the file to remain accessible. Automatic 48-hour deletion is therefore the default workflow, not a universal rule for every record.
| What you are considering | Published handling |
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| Original coursework file | Expires after 48 hours when the default option remains selected |
| Feedback and comments | Remain after the original file expires |
| Entire submission | Can be deleted manually with its grade, comments, and annotations |
| AI model training | Identifiable student work is not used to train foundation AI models |
| Provider processing | Content is sent to providers needed for the selected feature |
A submission is normally available through the account that uploaded it. Authorized staff may access it when investigating a support issue. If you enable optional checks, your text may also be processed by the providers responsible for those checks.
Step-by-step: upload an IB draft more safely
A privacy policy cannot remove personal details for you. Prepare a clean working copy before using coursework feedback, IA Feedback, or EE Support.
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Save the original locally. Keep an unchanged copy in secure or school-approved storage.
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Create an upload copy. Do not edit your only version immediately before a deadline.
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Remove unnecessary identifiers. Delete your name, candidate number, address, school, signature, and unrelated comments unless required.
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Inspect hidden information. Check headers, footers, tracked changes, document properties, comments, and the file name.
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Use the official page. Open the IB Coursework Grader through a bookmark, not an unexpected message.
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Review optional checks. Enable only the processing you want.
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Check the deletion option. Keep Delete my file after 48 hours selected if continued document access is unnecessary.
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Save useful feedback. Retain what you need before deleting the full submission.
For example, a Biology student might have a file called Maria_SchoolName_FinalIA.pdf. A safer upload would be Biology_IA_Feedback_Copy.pdf, with the candidate number and teacher comments removed. The analysis remains available for feedback, but fewer identifying details are exposed.
Account security and your responsibilities
RevisionDojo's Trust Center lists encryption in transit using TLS 1.2 or newer. It also describes controls including single sign-on, email-code two-factor authentication, roles, permissions, user provisioning, and audit logging, particularly for institutional accounts.
These controls cannot compensate for a compromised login. A reused password, unlocked library computer, or fraudulent sign-in page can expose an account without defeating the platform's infrastructure.
Use this routine:
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Create a unique password not used for email or school systems.
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Use your school's approved sign-in method when provided.
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Enable additional authentication when available.
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Never share an email verification code.
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Log out of shared computers and remove downloaded files.
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Contact support if you notice unfamiliar activity.
RevisionDojo says personal Jojo AI transcripts are not automatically visible to a connected teacher or school. A chat becomes public if the student chooses to share it. School-managed records may still be governed by institutional agreements and permissions, so ask your teacher or IB coordinator what their workspace allows.
Cookies and connected services
RevisionDojo's Cookie Policy describes cookies for authentication, security, analytics, support, preferences, and product operation. Optional cookies may support advertising, attribution, or session replay when allowed.
Review the consent settings and disable optional categories you do not want. Blocking every cookie can prevent sign-in or support functions from working correctly.
The Privacy Policy also covers connected Google services. RevisionDojo says it accesses the Google Workspace information required for chosen features and does not sell that data or use it to train generalized foundation models. Connect an account only when you intend to use the corresponding function.
How to delete a submission or account
Deleting the original file after 48 hours does not delete its feedback. To remove the complete record:
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Open Coursework Grader and find Recent Submissions.
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Open the submission menu and select Delete.
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Confirm the action.
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Remember that the grade, comments, and annotations will also disappear.
RevisionDojo's account deletion guide directs website users to Settings, Account, Danger Zone, and Delete my account. An active subscription must be cancelled first, and deletion cannot be reversed.
The guide says sign-in access is removed when deletion starts, with account and study data removed in the background. AI memory cleanup follows a 24-hour safety window. Some creations may remain in an unlinked form, meaning they are no longer associated with your account.
Common safety mistakes
Uploading more than the feature needs
A title page, candidate number, school logo, and teacher email rarely improve feedback. Remove details that the review does not require.
Assuming everything disappears after 48 hours
The default applies to the uploaded coursework file. Reports and comments remain until you delete the submission, while practice history and support messages follow separate retention rules.
Pasting personal details into Jojo AI
Ask about the concept without including names, candidate numbers, medical information, or another student's data. Paste only the section needed to explain your question.
Forgetting security after exams
After exams, review stored reports, connected services, and account access. Delete records you no longer need or close the account if you have finished using it.
A balanced answer for IB students
RevisionDojo publishes meaningful safeguards, including restrictions on training foundation models with identifiable student work, privacy rights, a subprocessor list, security controls, and default 48-hour expiration for individual coursework files.
Students still control important parts of the process. Use a unique password, minimize identifying information, inspect deletion settings, and remove old records. Once those habits are in place, pair clean coursework uploads with Study Notes, Questionbank, and Flashcards for the rest of your revision routine.