Student FAQ

You don't have to. Rumi saves your work to the cloud automatically as you type, so there is no save button to press. You can close the tab and come back later and everything will be exactly where you left it.

Just remember to click Submit when your finished document is ready to turn in.

No. Work in as many sessions as you like. Cloud saving keeps every change, so when you reopen the document you pick up right where you stopped. Nothing is lost when you close the tab.

Close the Rumi AI chat panel first if it is open, then click the Submit button at the top-right of the page. You'll see a confirmation once it goes through.

The Rumi AI panel is almost certainly open and sitting on top of it. Close the panel (or hide it with View → Show → Rumi AI) and the Submit button will be waiting at the top-right of the page.

Yes, up until your instructor grades it. Once a document has been graded, unsubmitting is only possible if your instructor allows it, so check with them first.

Yes. Rumi works across tabs and devices with no data loss, and you can even have the same document open in more than one place at once. Your edits sync in real time.

Yes. Everything lives in the toolbar at the top of the page:

• Font family dropdown: Arial, Times New Roman, Helvetica, Calibri, Verdana, Georgia, Roboto, Avenir, Tahoma, and Courier.
• Font size: the number box with − / + steppers.
• Font color: the "A" with the colored underline.
• Highlight: the highlighter icon, with a color palette.

Bold, italic, underline, links, images, line spacing, alignment, indents, and lists are all there too.

Open the Format menu in the top bar. It includes:

• Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough, Superscript, and Subscript
• Headings (Normal Text, Heading 1 to 4)
• Align & indent (left, center, right, justify)
• Line spacing (Single, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, Double)
• Numbered, bulleted, and checklist lists
• Clear formatting

Both are in the Format menu. Format → Indentation includes a hanging indent option (handy for reference lists). Format → Page Margins opens a dialog where you can set page margins, first-line indent, and header/footer size.

Insert a page break with Insert → Page Break. Text after the break starts on a fresh page.

Headers and footers are added in Print Preview, not in the main editor. Open Print Preview, add your header or footer text (a running head, your name, page numbers), and it will appear on every page when you print or export.

If your instructor has enabled Page view for the assignment, you can also set headers, footers, and margins directly while you write.

Go to View → Layout → Page view to see paginated pages instead of one continuous page. This option only appears when your instructor has left the choice open for the assignment. The Ruler toggle lives in the same spot.

Quite a lot. The Insert menu includes:

• References and a formatted Reference Section
• Links, tables, images, and horizontal lines
• Math equations (with LaTeX rendering), charts, and code blocks
• Google Docs and Google Slides embeds, and YouTube videos
• Page breaks
• Accent, for accented and special characters
• Voice typing, to dictate instead of type

There's also a drawing tool for sketches and diagrams, with tablet and stylus support.

Rumi shows a live word count in the editor. If you don't see it, turn it on with View → Show → Word Count. If Rumi AI is enabled for your assignment, you can also ask it to count the words or sentences in a specific passage, or to help you trim to a target length.

It's probably just toggled off. Open the View menu and look under:

• Layout: Page view, Ruler
• Spelling: Enhanced Spell Check, Browser Spell Check
• Show: Comments, Assignment Info, Pasted Text Source, Word Count, Rumi AI
• Accessibility: High Contrast Mode

Yes, two modes. Enhanced Spell Check is Rumi's built-in checker, and Browser Spell Check uses your browser's dictionary. Switch between them under View → Spelling.

Yes. Turn on View → Accessibility → High Contrast Mode. Rumi is also built to WCAG 2.1 AA standards and publishes a VPAT accessibility report.

Yes, unless your instructor's assignment settings say otherwise. Pasted text is recorded as part of your writing process and your instructor can see it. You can review your own pasted passages with View → Show → Pasted Text Source.

Yes. Rumi keeps your full revision history, so you can rewind a document and see how it developed. This is the same history your instructor sees, which is what lets Rumi show your process instead of just the final product.

Usually an editor placeholder or marker that got copied by accident. It's safe to delete. If you're not sure what a symbol is, check the Knowledge Hub or email support@rumidocs.com.

Use Rumi's built-in reference tool rather than formatting by hand. Go to Insert → Insert Reference, pick your style (APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, or IEEE), fill in the source details, and Rumi drops a numbered marker into your text.

Choose Insert → Reference Section. Rumi builds the formatted list from every reference you've inserted, in the style you selected. Add or edit references later and the list updates.

Disclosing AI use is an academic integrity matter, so follow your instructor's policy first. Many instructors also want a short note explaining how you used the AI (brainstorming, grammar, outlining, and so on).

Then use the style-appropriate format for a generative AI source:

Swap in the tool, model version, date, and URL you actually used. If you used Rumi AI, your instructor already has your prompt history, but you should still cite it if your instructor requires it.

APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and IEEE. Pick the one your instructor asks for when you insert your first reference.

Rumi AI is the chat panel inside your document. Depending on your instructor's policy, it connects you to the latest ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude models, and you can use one or several on the same assignment.

Your instructor sets an AI policy for every assignment:

• No AI: Rumi AI is turned off for this assignment.
• Partial AI: only a limited set of prompts is available, such as "Fix grammar and spelling" or "Improve sentence structure."
• Full AI: unrestricted use, with your AI history saved for your instructor to review.

Check View → Show → Assignment Info to see the policy for the document you're in.

Yes. Every prompt you send through Rumi AI, and the response, is part of your document's process record. That transparency is the point: it lets you use AI openly within the assignment's policy without worrying about being accused of hiding it.

Toggle it with View → Show → Rumi AI. Closing the panel also uncovers the Submit button at the top-right.

No. The AI engines Rumi uses are licensed under agreements that prohibit training on student-generated content.

Only draft data, related analytics, and AI prompt usage, similar to what Google Docs already records. The difference is that Rumi shares this data openly with you and your instructor instead of keeping it hidden.

Rumi does not lock your browser, monitor other tabs, record your screen, or ask for any extra device access.

No. Your screen is never recorded, and no other browser tabs are observed or tracked. Rumi only knows what happens inside your Rumi document.

Your instructor can see how much time you spent typing, your full edit history, any copy and paste actions, and how you used the AI tools. This shows your process and engagement, not just the final text, and it also protects you against false accusations of AI use.

No. Rumi doesn't guess whether text was written by AI, and we advise schools against relying on detectors because they're inaccurate. Instead, Rumi shows how a document was actually written, which is far more reliable and fairer to you. Read why detectors fall short.

No. Rumi retains data only as long as FERPA requires, and student writing is never used for cross-comparison with other students' work. See the Data Ownership section of our Terms of Service.

No. Rumi is a modern writing workspace, not a restriction tool. You can open other tabs, switch devices, and work the way you normally would. What Rumi adds is a transparent record of your writing process inside the document itself.

Yes. Rumi is SOC 2 Type II audited, FERPA compliant, and publishes a full HECVAT, a VPAT, and a CSA STAR listing. You can check live uptime on the system status page.

Ask your instructor. Only instructors can reassign students between groups.

Yes, when your instructor sets up a group or peer-review assignment. Everyone drafts, comments, and edits in one shared document in real time, and each person's contributions are attributed as they happen, so your own work is always credited to you.

Select the text and add a comment from the toolbar. If you can't see existing comments, turn them on with View → Show → Comments.

A live class discussion inside Rumi Docs. You post, reply, and build on classmates' ideas as it happens, and the same AI policy and process visibility apply as on any other assignment. Your instructor will link you to the board from your course.

Yes. Rumi integrates with Canvas, D2L Brightspace, Blackboard, and Moodle. Open the assignment from your course and Rumi launches with your account already connected. Grades your instructor enters in Rumi flow back to your LMS gradebook.