Describe the course and candidate criteria. Makeform creates a teaching assistant application form for qualifications, experience, references, and comparable availability.
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Audience
Students applying to support a large lecture course
Format
Application with prerequisite and schedule screening
Prompt size
300 chars
Example form structure
Application with prerequisite and schedule screening
Program, year, and student ID
Prerequisite courses completed
Available discussion sections
Relevant teaching or grading experience
Resume or CV
Suggested routing tags
Meets prerequisites
Schedule review
Interview shortlist
Ask candidates for availability in the exact teaching blocks you need to staff, not a vague weekly total.
Step 1
Apply
qualifications, experience, preferences, and files
Step 2
Screen
prerequisites and required answers reviewed
Step 3
Match
availability compared with course sections
Step 4
Shortlist
references and interviews routed to reviewers
Built for selection
Keep course readiness, teaching experience, and timetable fit together for faster comparison.
Require the courses, grades, methods, or subject skills that matter for each selected assignment.
List actual labs, tutorials, office hours, and training sessions as comparable choices.
Use preferences and program details to organize submissions for the right coordinator.
Flexible application patterns
Discussion leaders, laboratory demonstrators, graders, and classroom aides need different evidence.
Check preparation, facilitation experience, section availability, and grading capacity.
Ask about methods, equipment, supervision, training, and lab availability.
Capture subjects, languages, learner groups, and appointment windows.
Collect ranked courses and every schedule block applicants can cover.
Application workflow
Start with the assignment requirements, generate the structure, and refine the review path before sharing the application link.
Name the course, duties, prerequisites, available sections, required documents, and the people who will review applications.
Replace generic availability with real time blocks, make decisive fields required, and reveal specialized questions only for selected roles.
Share one application link and send new submissions to the department inbox or the coordinator responsible for that course.
Use consistent answers to check prerequisites, compare schedules, follow up on references, and prepare an interview shortlist.
Form vs document vs email
Match the application format to the volume of candidates and fixed course schedules.
Field guide
Cover eligibility, course fit, teaching ability, availability, and supporting materials.
Candidate identity
Collect only the identifiers needed to distinguish and contact applicants.
Academic preparation
Collect relevant coursework and expertise consistently, with prerequisites based on the selected assignment.
Teaching experience
Separate tutoring, grading, facilitation, and laboratory supervision so reviewers can assess relevant evidence.
Course preferences
Let applicants rank preferences and mark every assignment they would accept.
Availability and workload
List real teaching blocks and capture other commitments to expose conflicts early.
Files and references
Give clear instructions for files and collect structured reference details with contact permission.
Related tools
Connect the application with availability, reference, interview, evaluation, and student-support forms already available in Makeform.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for course coordinators, department administrators, and school hiring teams.
It is a structured application for supporting a course, laboratory, tutorial, or classroom. It collects academic preparation, teaching experience, preferences, availability, files, and references for consistent review.
Include contact and program details, prerequisites, coursework, teaching experience, role preferences, actual teaching-block availability, other commitments, a resume or CV, and references. Add specialized questions only when they affect selection.
List real lectures, tutorials, labs, office hours, meetings, and training as checkboxes. Ask separately for maximum weekly hours and known commitments so coordinators can compare schedules directly.
Yes. Collect ranked preferences and every acceptable assignment. Conditional questions can ask about a selected laboratory, language, software, or subject without showing irrelevant fields.
Yes. Add file uploads with acceptable formats and naming instructions. Keep each requested document in its own field so reviewers can spot missing materials.
Notify a shared department inbox, organize candidates by course or program, and export responses to a shared workflow such as Google Sheets. Assign prerequisite, teaching-evidence, and interview reviews before publishing.
When references inform selection, collect each referee's name, role, institution, contact details, relationship, and contact permission. A separate reference form can gather consistent answers later.
Yes. Makeform offers unlimited free forms and responses, so you can generate, edit, publish, and collect TA applications without a response cap. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge.
Make every application ready for review.
