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# Checklist
The checklist feature is a customisable tool for creating and monitoring objectives. As players achieve these objectives can be actively monitored and checked off in real time through the Facilitator Dashboard.
Its versatility is useful for confirming training objectives or reminding players of expected activities.
{% hint style="info" %}
Assign special permission 'checklist' for it to be visible.
{% endhint %}
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Benefit" %}
* Provides a date & time-stamped record of activities completed, available in the exercise report
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Features" %}
* Fully customizable objectives and tasks
* Only accessible to designated players
* Checking objective auto-checks all items
* Evaluation (AAR) feature functions within the checklist - allowing observers to leave comments alongside the checklist objectives to qualify the check
* Player checklist responses are exported in the AAR report
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}
{% stepper %}
{% step %}
### Activate the checklist
1. Create the list
2. Activate it
3. Assign the special permission to a player
{% hint style="warning" %}
Only players with the special permission assigned will see the checklist.
{% endhint %}
{% endstep %}
{% step %}
### Create your objectives
Navigate to `Configuration` > `Exercise setup` in the Editor to create your objectives. Click `Add objective`.
Create sub-objectives/goals by clicking `Add goal`.
{% endstep %}
{% step %}
### Upload your checklist
Upload your checklist to your space in Configuration to see these changes.
{% endstep %}
{% step %}
### Assign the checklist special permission
When running the exercise as Facilitator, you can access the teams table via the Facilitator Dashboard.
Here you can assign players the checklist special permission.
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}
{% hint style="info" %}
Visit the page below to learn more about assigning special permissions:
{% endhint %}
{% content-ref url="/pages/sP1Q6uHHQCXjoOPm6RuB" %}
[Positions and Special Permissions](/feature-documentation/designing-and-running/facilitation/facilitator-dashboard/positions-and-special-permissions.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}
### Checklist & Exercise report
The checklist status of all players with access to the channel is presented in the AAR report. The AAR report can be downloaded from the Review tab.
Refer to the example below to see how Checklist and AAR comments are exported into the Exercise report:
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