Creating assignments
Write a short wellbeing questionnaire, or let AI draft one for a topic, then send it.
An assignment is a short wellbeing questionnaire. It is the easiest way to hear from every student, including the ones who do not say much in class. Writing one takes about two minutes.
Creating one
- Details
Give it a title and a line of context for students: why you are asking, and roughly how long it will take. Pick a topic, a deadline at least a day away, and who gets it: the whole class, or specific students.
- Questions
Choose Draft them for me and AI writes four to six age-appropriate questions for your topic, mixing choices with one open question. Add context to make them sharper, for example: exams start next week and a few students seem withdrawn at lunch. Or choose Write my own and start from an empty question.
- Edit
Click any question to rewrite it, change its type, edit the options, or remove it. The phone beside the editor shows exactly what students will see.
- Review and send
Before you send gives you a few honest notes on the draft. Then Send to the class. Every student it goes to gets an email.
The twelve topics
| Topic | About | Topic | About |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emotional wellbeing | How they feel day to day | Family life | Home and the people in it |
| Stress management | Pressure, worry, exams | Social skills | Speaking up, teamwork |
| Friendship | Belonging and friend groups | Resilience | Bouncing back from setbacks |
| School life | Lessons, workload, routines | Motivation | Drive, goals, energy |
| Self care | Rest, habits, screen time | Mindfulness | Noticing and slowing down |
| Physical wellbeing | Sleep, food, movement | Compassion | Kindness to self and others |
Question types
- Multiple choice, pick one, or pick many. You can mark the answer you hope to hear. This is optional, since most wellbeing questions have no right answer, and students never see it.
- Written answer, up to 1,500 characters. Written answers go through the safeguarding review.
Tips from Before you send
- Up to six questions is a comfortable length. Short check-ins tend to get more honest answers, and completion usually drops after six or seven.
- Include at least one open question. One space to write freely is often where the most useful answers come from.
- Give students at least two days. Most answers arrive in the first 48 hours.
Drafts and editing
- Drafts save themselves as you write. An unfinished draft waits on the Assignments page with Keep writing and Discard.
- Sent assignments can still be edited. Students who have not answered yet see the new version.
- The Assignments page shows what is open and what has ended, response rates, a two-week calendar of deadlines, and which topics you have asked about so far.