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- What is changing and when?
- Key dates
- How to get Grammarly for Education
- Benefits of Grammarly for Education
- Students (non-employees or non-student workers)
- Not approved for use with protected health information
- Additional resources
What is changing and when?
The free and premium versions of Grammarly, an AI-powered writing service, will no longer be available for use by employees and student employees across the four UM System campuses due to privacy and security concerns. This change will go into effect Jan. 9, 2025.
We are making this change because certain versions of Grammarly incorporate AI tools that can scan users’ screens and collect the data that is being displayed. This poses security and privacy concerns due to its potential to collect sensitive information, such as protected student data, protected health information, personally identifiable information and more.
To protect the security of our information, employees and student employees will have the option to use the approved UM System Grammarly for Education license, which ensures data protection and security.
Key Dates
- Dec. 16, 2024: Grammarly for Education license available for purchase.
- Jan. 9, 2025: Deadline for existing users to switch their email address to their email address ending in @umsystem.edu.
- Jan. 9, 2025: Employees and student employees will no longer have access to Grammarly using their University of Missouri email address unless they have signed up for Grammarly for Education.
How to get Grammarly for Education
Starting Dec. 16, 2024, employees and student employees who wish to continue using Grammarly may purchase or request an approved version of Grammarly for Education through their respective Information Technology office, noted below.
- Users at University of Missouri-Columbia or UM System: Grammarly for Education can be purchased through the Division of IT Software Sales page. Employees and student employees should work with their fiscal officer to purchase Grammarly using their departmental MoCode.
- Users at University of Missouri-St. Louis: Request the software here.
- Users at University of Missouri-Kansas City: Department fiscal officers can purchase new licenses on behalf of faculty, staff and student employees using the Grammarly Order Form. Existing paid users of Grammarly should contact umkc-software@umkc.edu to transition your account to the approved UM System Grammarly for Education license.
- Users at Missouri S&T: Request the software here.
Please note that if you are currently signed up for Grammarly using a campus domain, such as @umkc.edu, @umsl.edu,@missouri.edu and @mst.edu, you will need to change your email address to your @umsystem.edu email by Jan. 9, 2025, using these steps. This will ensure that you do not end up with two separate Grammarly accounts and don’t lose any of your data/preferences in the process.
Benefits of Grammarly for Education
Grammarly for Education offers a robust set of features, including:
- Access to more advanced suggestions with unlimited prompts.
- Tone selection based on the type of content.
- Access to Grammarly’s plagiarism and AI text checkers.
- AI guideline reminders for students.
- Access to fluency support and Grammarly’s translation feature.
- Access to up to 2,000 generative AI prompts.
- Single sign-on access.
Students (non-employees or non-student workers)
To continue using Grammarly, update your Grammarly login information to your personal email address by Jan. 9, 2025.
Grammarly incorporates AI tools that can scan users’ screens and collect the data that is being displayed. This poses security and privacy concerns due to its potential to collect sensitive information, such as protected student data, protected health information, personally identifiable information and more.
If you no longer wish to use Grammarly’s generative AI features, they can be switched off. Open your account settings, go to the Feature customization page, and switch off the generative AI settings.
Individuals who use their personal email address to access Grammarly should only use the service when working with public data classified as DCL1 because the free and premium versions of Grammarly allow the AI model to be trained using the information on your screen.
Not approved for use with protected health information
Due to enhanced privacy and security requirements, Grammarly - including Grammarly for Education - is not approved yet for use at MU Health Care, the MU School of Medicine, the MU Sinclair School of Nursing and the MU College of Health Sciences. Individuals in these areas, as well as anyone who accesses protected health information, should refrain from using or purchasing Grammarly while the software is under review.
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Reviewed 2025-01-13