What are Hints?
Adding hints to questions enhances the feedback loop and re-enforces formative practices in teaching.
When creating a question, teachers are able to add a hint to support struggling students. When a hint has been added to an activity, the students will be able to request viewing the hint - an action that will then be recorded on their response card for the teacher to view.
How many hints can I add?
Teachers can generate MULTIPLE hints for students! The Hint icon will indicate the number of hints available and students can reveal them one at a time.
Add a hint to a question
Locate the "Add a hint" field below the question and click on it
Type your hint into the text field.
You can use the + button to the far right of the text field to add a hint in the form of an image, a video, an audio recording, an emoji, and more; or to enhance your already written hint with them.
To remove a hint simply click on the trash icon next to it
AI Generated Hints
You can also utilize our AI Hint Generation feature, by clicking on magic AI generation icon:
Our AI agent will display a few options for hints you can use. If the hints provided do not work, please click "Regenerate" for the system to generate new ones. Once you are satisfied with the hint(s) provided, check mark the ones you would like to add and click "Confirm" to populate them in the Hint fields. After a hint has been populated you can also edit it if needed!
How will my students view the hint?
When a hint has been added to a question, students will be able to "request" viewing the hint by clicking the hint icon, which will be located next to the feedback icon. If you did not add a hint, the icon will not appear for the student.
Clicking on the icon will present the student with the hint you have provided, and the request to view the hint will be recorded on their answer card. If you've added multiple hints, your student will need to request one hint at a time, and they will be displayed in the order you entered them.
How do I know if my students used the hint?
Once a student has used the hint option, their request will be recorded on the corresponding response card on your "Responses" tab.
An indication "Student requested a hint X minutes ago" will be displayed on the right-side panel view of the student's responses.
Receive notifications about hint requests
You can opt in or out to receiving notifications when your students request hints.
Click on 'My account' on the left side menu
Select 'Settings' from the dropdown
Locate the 'Notifications'
Toggle 'Student request a hint' ON or OFF at your preference
When toggled ON, you will receive a notification when a student requests a hint. Hint requests will be saved in your Notifications center until you choose to delete them.
