Running sessions
Yes.
- On an open answer question, choose a short, medium or long answer, or set your own minimum number of characters. Students can’t send an answer shorter than that.
- On a multiple choice question, you can ask students for a reason. Make the reason required and you can set a minimum length for it too.
In an Assessment, the confidence comment and reflection at the end also have a minimum length. Open check-ins in Engage sessions don’t have one.
A minimum stops one-word answers, but length isn’t quality. Signal also flags low-effort answers, so you can follow up on answers that are long but say little.
Step-by-step tutorials
More in Running sessions
- What types of session can I run in Signal?
- What’s the easiest way to start using Signal?
- What question types can I use in Signal?
- Can I add questions during a lesson?
- Can students move on at their own pace in a Live Quiz?
- Do I have to schedule a session in advance?
- Can AI write questions for me?
- Can I create questions from my lesson materials?
- Can I reuse sessions and share them with colleagues?
- How do I keep my classes separate?
- Can I mute or remove one student without stopping the session?
- Can questions include images, video or links?
- Can students write fractions, indices and maths working?
- Can I switch off the suggested responses students see?
- Can I shuffle the answer options?
- Can I put a timer on a question?
- Can I show the class the correct answer?
- I ended a session by mistake. Can I reopen it?
- I set the wrong correct answer. Can I fix it after students have answered?