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Buzz allows you to create and save Feedback templates that you can easily insert when grading activities.
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Create new Feedback templates
You can create new Feedback templates and edit existing templates in the following places:
- The Grade Editor by clicking Edit templates under the Messages rich text editor or the Private note rich text editor.
- The Needs grading screen by clicking the Feedback templates icon in the toolbar.
Doing either of these opens the Edit template screen where you:
- Click Create template.
- Note: You can also Create groups to organize your templates.
- Give the template a Title.
- Choose a Group if desired.
- Enter the content using the rich text editor.
- Note: Replacement variables are available for customization.
- Click Done.
Styling tips for creating templates
- For best results, create templates in our Create template editor rather than pasting content from en external text editor.
- Remember that any highlights you add will appear in a colored message bubble.
- When copying and pasting from an external text editor, paste as plain text to remove hidden styles. To paste as plain text use Ctrl + Shift + V on Windows and Cmd + Shift + V on Mac.
- To remove styles from existing templates open the template editor, copy the text and delete it, then paste it in as plain text.
The new Feedback template now appears in your list of templates and can be inserted as feedback by clicking it. If you don't save a template as part of a group, it is saved under the Ungrouped label at the top.
Use groups to organize feedback templates
Categorize your Feedback Templates using groups:
- Open the Grade Editor and click Edit templates under the Messages rich text editor.
- Click Create group.
- Give the group a Title.
- Click Done.
Once the group is created, it appears in the Insert template screen. Click Edit templates to edit groups or put existing templates into a group.
Insert Feedback templates
To insert feedback templates, place your cursor where you want to insert and click the template.
Replacement variables
Replacement variables allow you to easily personalize feedback, even in templates.
To use them, place variable codes (outlined in the table below) between dollar signs ($) in your feedback.
Buzz automatically replaces the variables with dynamic values drawn from user information.
Replacement variables for feedback
Replacement variables are allowed in various places throughout Buzz, but only the variables outlined in this table are available in feedback.
Simply set the variable code between dollar signs ($) to activate the variable, like this: $VARIABLECODE$.