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What are Course cards?
Course cards appear on the Home page for you and your students. They display different things for each audience.
What do Course cards display for teachers?
In the teacher app, Course cards show:
- A course title, term/dates, color, and image: These are all managed through the Editor (see instructions below).
- Tool shortcuts: The buttons along the bottom let you quickly jump to the Activity Player (Activities), the Gradebook, the People tool, and the Editor.
- The More menu: Expand this menu to quickly add or Edit course nickname (these only appear for you), Hide course, and Create a copy of the course.
What do Course cards display for students?
For students, Course Cards can display:
- A course title, term/dates, color, and image: These are all managed through the Editor (see instructions below).
- Students grade/score: The Course Card displays the student's grade. You can define in what form (letter grade, points, or percentage) the grade is displayed (see instructions below).
- Course progress: If a course is set up to display student progress, students see a progress bar that indicates how many of the gradable activities they have completed. To remove this, check the Hide student course-completion percentage box in the Editor > Settings > Gradebook > Options (see instructions below).
Manage Course Card title, term/dates, color, and image
To manage the the course title, term, color, and image that appears on a Course Card:
- Open the Editor tool.
- Select Course settings from Tools in the toolbar.
- Define the Title, Term, and Start and End dates.
- Upload a course image.
- Recommended thumbnail file type: PNG or JPG (Buzz converts all files into PNGs)
- Ideal thumbnail size: 400px x 400px (Buzz automatically resizes images, so uploading images smaller than 400px x 400px may reduce quality)
- Assign a course color using its hexadecimal number.
- Save.
Manage Course Card grade display
To manage the way grades are displayed on a Course Card:
- Open the Editor tool.
- Select Course settings from Tools in the toolbar.
- Check the box(es) next to the preferred display(s) under Course grade view in the Gradebook options card. If you choose multiple formats, the Course Card shows only one form; Letter grade takes priority, then Points, and then Percentage.
- Save.
Hide course completion indicator
To hide the course completion indicator:
- Open the Editor tool.
- Select Course settings from Tools in the toolbar.
- Check the Hide student course-completion percentage box on the Advanced options card.
- Save.
Hide Course Cards and To-do list from Needs grading
Buzz allows you to hide and show all of your course's Course Cards and/or the activities in your Needs grading To-do list.
- Click Manage Courses in your Home page toolbar.
- Select View/Delete.
- Check the Hide boxes next to the Course Cards you want to hide.
- Notice that the Hide to-do box is automatically selected when you hide a Course card. This hides any activities that are listed in the Needs grading tool for that course. You can check the Hide to-do box alone to hide activities in the Needs grading tool without hiding the Course card.
- Close.
