I have a group of about 5 students who work for me throughout the week as Office Assistants, and I have tried several different methods for assigning tasks to them and tracking the results. Most recently I was using a spreadsheet on our network drive, but I couldn't access it when I was away from the office (which is often). Enter RTM!!!

I didn't want to just have them each sign up for an account and share a list with them, since they sometimes leave mid-year and I can't unshare with them later. Instead, I:

1. Set up one account that they can all log into
2. Shared a list I created called "OA Tasks" with that account
3. Under settings, I set up reminders to be sent to each of their individual email addresses, which I can later delete if they leave my team. This lets everyone receive a daily list of what needs to be worked on.
4. Instructed them to enter notes on a task when they've made progress or completed it, and enter their names in [brackets] so I know who to talk to if I have questions.

I also tag tasks with their names if I want a specific person to work on something, or tag it "All" if I just need someone to take care of it soon. This way, when someone leaves the team, I can just change the password on the account and I've taken care of the sharing issue.