Customize your Buzz experience.
To access your user settings, click the User Menu and select Settings.
From here, you can edit:
- The Email Address you want used (if allowed).
- If you have not verified your email address, you will see a prompt to do so. You must verify your information to get email.
- Your Profile picture (if allowed).
- Your Sidebar navigation preference. Choose your preferred Activities tool layout from two options:
- Full View shows the course tree structure in the sidebar when you open folders.
- Simplified shows only the contents of the folder you’re in.
- LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) Privacy. Some course authors use LTI to integrate external applications, like Turnitin.com, to enhance your experience. You can choose to hide your email and/or name from these external websites by checking the appropriate boxes.
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Other by choosing to:
- Turn on additional visual indicators if color indicators are not effective for you.
- Hide scores in activity stream and course home. When this box is checked, Buzz displays a checkmark next to completed activities instead of the score. Check this box if you want to hide your scores when working in public spaces.
- Hide excused items. Use to control the visibility of excused items.
- Notification Preferences. Provide your phone number and Carrier if you want to receive SMS notification on your phone.
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Scores and feedback notifications. Indicate what you want to be notified about and how you want to receive notifications:
- By SMS and/or Email
- If you have not verified your email address or phone number, you will see a prompt to do so. You must verify your information to get notifications.
- Daily and/or Weekly
- By SMS and/or Email

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