---
- name: a play for a simple loop
  hosts: server
  remote_user: student
  become: false
  vars:
    installstate: directory
    directories:
      - todo
      - donots
      - forgetit
  tasks:
    - name: 'create directory {{ item }}'
      file:
        path: '/home/student/{{ item }}'
        state: '{{ installstate }}'
        mode: 0700
      loop: "{{ directories }}"
    - name: 'show created directories'
      shell: ls -l /home/student
      register: lsout
    - debug:
        msg: "{{ lsout.stdout_lines }}"