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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
Buzz allows importing standards from the Achievement Standards Network (ASN)
Standards published by ASN are automatically synced by Buzz for administrators to make available in courses. Review the learning standards available in Buzz.
To inquire about additions or updates, contact Agilix support.
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