Write concise questions
Podsie questions should not take longer than 30 seconds to answer
It may be tempting to jam too much into one question to get the "most bang for your buck". However, remember that questions will show up again and again in the Personal Deck over the course of the school year. So, if every question requires students to write a mini essay in order to answer, then over time, reviewing the Personal Deck becomes an extremely demotivating experience. In addition, if a question is testing a student's knowledge on several different components, then it becomes harder to isolate where the gaps are if students miss that question. In general, try to have each question test only one concept.
A helpful metric to evaluation the concision of your questions is how long you expect for your students to take to answer the question. If it's more than 10 - 30 seconds, then consider making the question more concise. Note: we're not saying to water down the quality or difficulty of your questions on Podsie. Rather, we're saying to find the balance between concision and desirable difficulty.