One of my classes is very short (eight sessions), so I don't have a lot of time to do long introductions. When teaching Game Audio, I ask each student three things: 1) Their name 2) Their interest in the subject 3) Their favorite game The second is not nearly as useful to me as the the third. I found early on that if I only asked them their name and their favorite game, some would attempt to impress me with a critically-acclaimed game, which doesn't tell me as much about them as what they really enjoy in their spare time. The hope from this is that I receive a window into their motivation and how they view the subject in general. With the second question in place, they get the "impress the teacher" out of the way there, allowing for a more casual answer for the third question. Admittedly, this is something I have learned from practice, but are there further ways I can improve this?