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[The student experience](https://www.gonurture.com/signal/faq.md#student-experience)

Yes. Students can paste into written answers and explanations, and there’s no setting to block it.

When a student pastes text into a written answer, their browser reports it to Signal. If the pasted text is still there when they submit, their response shows a Pasted in flag and the pasted words are highlighted, beside how long they spent typing. Text pasted as plain text is flagged too. Text that was pasted and then deleted is never flagged.

Signal only records what happens in the session: it never sees other tabs, apps, the student’s screen or another device. A student may have pasted their own notes, so treat a flag as a reason to talk to them, not a verdict.

## Signal features

-   [Behind every answer](https://www.gonurture.com/signal/behind-every-answer.md)

## Step-by-step tutorials

-   [Seeing which answers were pasted in](https://www.gonurture.com/tutorials/signal/results-insights/seeing-which-answers-were-pasted-in.md)

## More in The student experience

-   [Can students submit handwritten or written work?](https://www.gonurture.com/signal/faq/submit-written-work.md)
-   [Why can’t a student submit their Assessment?](https://www.gonurture.com/signal/faq/student-cannot-submit.md)
-   [Can students go back and change their answers?](https://www.gonurture.com/signal/faq/change-answers.md)
-   [Can I see what a student answered if they didn’t submit?](https://www.gonurture.com/signal/faq/see-unfinished-work.md)
-   [Can I reply to an individual student’s answer?](https://www.gonurture.com/signal/faq/reply-to-a-student.md)
-   [Can students get feedback straight after each question?](https://www.gonurture.com/signal/faq/feedback-after-each-question.md)
-   [Can Signal write a model answer from my success criteria?](https://www.gonurture.com/signal/faq/model-answers.md)
-   [Do I see AI feedback before my students do?](https://www.gonurture.com/signal/faq/ai-feedback-to-students.md)
-   [What happens if a student’s connection drops?](https://www.gonurture.com/signal/faq/connection-drops.md)
-   [Can students answer anonymously?](https://www.gonurture.com/signal/faq/anonymous-answers.md)
-   [What happens at the end of an Assessment?](https://www.gonurture.com/signal/faq/end-of-an-assessment.md)

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