Give specific students hints

When students get stuck, hints offer just enough support to keep them moving forward—without giving away the answer. This new accommodation helps students stay engaged and confident while showing what they know.

What’s new

• A new Hints accommodation joins your existing Accommodation toolkit (dyslexia fonts, Read Aloud, translation, and font more)

• Hints appear directly in an Assessment for selected students

• Each hint guides thinking with a subtle prompt - never reveals answers

• Available math, science, social studies, and ELA Assessments

Setting up Hints

1. Open your Assessment.

2. Go to the Accommodations panel.

3. Enable Hints for students who need it.

4. Students see a hint icon next to supported questions.

5. One click reveals a brief thinking prompt for students.

A classroom example

Your 6th-grade social studies class is working through an assessment on the causes of the American Revolution. 

One student has Hints turned on. When they reach a question: 

“What caused the Boston Tea Party?”

They can click the hint icon to see:

“Think about how Britain’s taxes affected trade.”

That quick hint may be all they need to connect the dots and demonstrate their knowledge.