Crossword

A crossword suits vocabulary and key terms that students should be able to produce from their meaning. The clue gives the meaning, and the letters shared with words already solved give a second way in. That makes it a good way to revise a topic's terms at the end of a unit.

1. In a worksheet, use the + between two items and choose Crossword.

2. Click the pencil and write the instruction at the top, for example “Solve the crossword.”

3. Write the first Clue and its Answer. Click Add Word for every further word.

4. Watch the Preview: the grid is rebuilt each time you change a word, and a counter such as 3/3 words shows how many words fit into it.

5. Under Settings, Show letter count in clues adds the length of each answer to its clue.

6. Click the tick when you are done.

An answer can contain only letters and numbers, at least two characters and no spaces, and each word can appear only once.

Students see an empty grid with the clues listed under Across and Down. They click a clue or a square and type, and the letters fill the word in order. When the grid is done, they click Submit. Capital letters do not matter.

The crossword is checked word by word. If every word is right, the answer is correct; if only some are, it is partially correct and shows how many words were right. Open Results to see each student's filled-in grid and their score.

• Words need shared letters to cross. If one cannot be placed, the preview says so and names it. Change or remove that word: until every word is in the grid, students' answers are not checked automatically.

• Write a term of two words as one word, or choose a single-word term.

• Make the clue about meaning, so the crossing letters help rather than give the word away.

• Keep the crossword in Full view. Open view shows it already solved.