Student lists

Use a student list when the answers should come from the students rather than from you: ideas for a problem, goals for a project, hypotheses before an experiment. A list asks for several separate ideas, not one polished paragraph.

With a rating added, it also works for self-assessment: students list what they have learnt and say how sure they are of each.

1. In a worksheet, use the + between two items and choose Student list. If it is not in the short list, find it under View all.

2. Click the pencil to open it and write the question at the top, for example "How could our school use less paper?"

3. Under List settings, add a Description if students need more guidance.

4. In Name for one answer, write what one entry is called, for example Suggestion. Students then see that word on their add button, and you see it in the results.

5. Set Minimum answers and Maximum answers. They are 1 and 5 unless you change them.

6. For self-assessment, tick Ask students to rate each answer, say what the rating judges and edit the steps. They start as Not yet, Partly and Achieved; Add step adds another.

7. Click the tick when you are done.

Students write their first entry in the field, then add more with the add button, which carries the name you chose (Add Suggestion, for example), up to the maximum. They can remove an entry they no longer want. If you turned rating on, they pick a step for each entry.

They can submit once they have filled in at least the minimum number of entries.

Lists are not marked automatically. Open Results on the question to read each student's list, with their ratings if you asked for them. Give points and feedback in the Grading Dashboard if the list counts towards a grade.

• Raise the minimum to two or three when you want students to go beyond their first idea.

• Name the entry after what you are asking for. "Add Suggestion" tells students more than "Add Answer".

• In a live session, open Results to collect ideas from the whole class and discuss them together.