Create course-specific objectives/standards or import objectives/standards from the domain.
Buzz lets you create your own course-specific objectives/standards and/or import objectives/standards using those that have been added at the domain level. Once imported or created, you can align them with activities to specify course objectives/standards and support competency-based learning models.
Import existing objectives/standards
Navigate to the Editor using the Main Menu, and:
- Expand the left panel using the arrow at the bottom.
- Select the Target [Objectives/Standards] tab.
- Click the List [Course objectives/standards] icon in the bottom, left corner.
- Click Import standards.
- Search for the standards you want from existing objectives/standards in your domain.
- For example, you might want to specify location, grade, and subject for a list of available Common Core standards. The screenshot shows objectives/standards for Arizona, Grade 3, and Math.
- Click the boxes for the objectives/standards you want to import.
- Note: If you there is an expandable list nested within an objective/standard as you see in the image below, you are choosing from a list of parent and child objectives/standards. Review the instructions below to learn how these work.
- Click Import selected standards.
Parent and child objectives/standards
Some objectives/standards include child objectives/standards nested within them:
- Click the arrow next to the parent objectives/standards to show the child objectives/standards nested within them.
- Check the parent objective/standard box to select all of the child objectives/standards within it (this doesn't include the parent).
- To include the parent objective/standard, click the slide toggle next to it.
- If you want only some of the child objectives/standards to be included, check the boxes next to those you want.
- Review the number of objectives/standards you have selected at the bottom of the screen. In this example, there are three included:
- 3.G.A which is a parent standard, and is included because its slide toggle is enabled.
- 3.G.A.1 a child standard that is included because its box is checked.
- 3.G.A.2 a child standard that is included because its box is checked.
- Notice that, even though the S2776451 standard's box is checked, it is not included because its slide toggle is not enabled.
Note: Once objectives/standards are imported into a course, the parent/child hierarchy is removed and they are all treated as individual objectives/standards.
Create objectives/standards
Navigate to the Editor using the Main Menu, and:
- Expand the left panel using the arrow at the bottom.
- Select the Target [Objectives/Standards] tab.
- Click the List [Course objectives/standards] icon in the bottom, left corner.
- Open the More menu and click Add objective/standard. Buzz asks you to confirm that you are not intending to import an existing objective/standard; click Manually add an objective/standard.
- Provide an ID for the objective/standard and create it.
- Click Done.
Notes
- Previously, the course-specific objectives created using Add appeared only in the students' Objective Mastery screens. As of January 2016, both imported objectives and objectives created in the course appear in:
- Mastery Reports
- The Performance tool's Mastery screen
- Each student's Objective Mastery screen