I've been thinking about this from the perspective of the teachers who can be asked to write dozens of letters a year. After some interviews, my hypothesis was

I've been thinking about this from the perspective of the teachers who can be asked to write dozens of letters a year. After some interviews, my hypothesis was that having students be more involved would lead to more engaged teachers and better letters. So I started with this ( https://tinyrecommendations.com/ https://tinyrecommendations.com/ ) interactive blog post which walks you through the steps of requesting a letter (and even generates an example email to get you started).