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Contents
Weekly release notes for all of the products in our Agilix Learning Suite (Buzz + Publish Anywhere, TutorKit, and Dawn).
Buzz Messages in Grade editor and Grade details
Insert feedback templates from the rich text editor
More discoverable feedback messages for students
Communications tool renamed Announcements
Buzz Release Notes
A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Buzz platform version v3.0.414, available on August 29, 2024.
Buzz Messages in Grade editor and Grade details
We have enhanced the way teachers can send feedback Messages to students from the Grade editor.
Teachers can still create a feeeback message while grading and it is automatically sent when they click Submit or the other submission action buttons.
But now, teachers can send a feedback message at any time without submitting a score, before or after grading. Just compose your message and click the dropdown button next to Submit to Send message now. The message is sent, and you can continue grading the activity.
The feedback message appears under Messages with a timestamp, and teachers can edit or delete it. Teachers can click the Read/unread status button to see if the student has seen the message (and those messages are now easier to find for students).
Learn more: How do I send feedback Messages to a student about an activity?
Insert feedback templates from the rich text editor
Teachers are still able to create and insert feedback Templates in the Grade editor.
Previously, feedback Templates were located under the feedback editor. They can now be accessed from a tool in the Messages rich text editor.
Learn more: How do I create and use Feedback templates with replacement variables?
More discoverable feedback messages for students
When teachers send a feedback message, students are notified in their Activity stream with a link that takes them to Grade details, so they can read it while looking at the activity and scores.
Teacher feedback messages are now prominently displayed in Grade details, so students can easily find them.
With Inbox enabled, students are able to respond to messages from Grade details.
Buzz Inbox beta
As previewed, we are releasing the new Buzz Inbox as an optional beta feature enabled for a domain by administrators!
Prepare your school, teachers, and students before switching to Inbox
Enabling Inbox provides a lot of powerful communication features, but switching from external email to internal messaging might require training. Administrators should review Inbox documentation to ensure your school is ready.
Learn more: How do I enable and use the Inbox?
The Inbox is a beta feature and subject to change. Contact your Agilix account manager or Agilix support with questions.
Currently, there are no public APIs for Inbox. Contact Agilix support if you need API access.
The Inbox tools:
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Streamline communication between students and teachers with an easy-to-use Inbox that doesn't rely on external email services.
- Teacher: How do I use my Inbox? (Teacher)
- Student: How do I use my Inbox? (Student)
- Enable two-way, contextualized interactions about student submissions with messaging tools built into the Grade editor for teachers and Grade details for students.
- Support student learning and simplify teacher workflows by allowing students to message teachers directly from activities and automatically providing direct links in those messages for teachers.
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Improve parent and mentor involvement by giving them access to their student's messages.
- Observer: How do I view a student's Inbox?
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Give administrators message moderating capabilities, allowing them to review all messages in Buzz and delete them when necessary.
- Administrator: How do I enable and use the Inbox?
Communications tool renamed Announcements
The tool formerly known as Communications has been renamed Announcements. As part this change we also removed the extra Announcements notification that appeared on the Home screen; users are now notified about new announcements in the toolbar icon only.
Learn more:
Buzz updates
In this release, we also:
- Added the ability for teachers to filter their Inbox threads by Recipient.
- Added a Return to folder option to the Update selected menu in the Inbox to allow users to unarchive message threads in bulk.
- Changed the Has feedback tool tip to Has messages in the Gradebook, Grades screens, and Grade editor.
- Moved the Analytics and Badges tabs to the student Dashboard tab in the Student Grades screen.
Buzz fixes
In this release, we:
- Fixed an issue where archiving the last thread in an Inbox resulted in an infinite loading message.
- Fixed an issue that was causing Activity stream entries from being returned correctly.
Buzz APIs
Updates in version 2024.8.28.2304.
Additions, Removal, or Changes:
- None
Fixes:
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GetAttempt: Fixed an issue where a question pool may return a question passage without any aligned questions.
New and updated articles
Students:
- [Beta] How do I use my Inbox? (Student) (new)
- How do I use the toolbar messaging tool? (new)
- [Beta] How do I send messages from Grade details? (new)
- How do I manage notifications? (Student)
- How do I use the Announcements tool? [Student]
- How do I use the Activities tool and Course Home pages?
- How do I use the Home page?
- How do I view my progress (Grades screen)?
- How do I use the Main Menu?
Teachers:
- [Beta] How do I use my Inbox? (Teacher) (new)
- How do I use the Performance/Gradebook tool? (updated)
- How do I use the Activity Grader? (updated)
- How do I use the Needs grading tool? (updated)
- How do I use Home? (updated)
- How do I use the Clipboard to email parents/observers? (updated)
- How do I send feedback Messages to a student about an activity? (updated)
- Why wasn't my message/email sent with Buzz? (updated)
- How do I manage notifications? (Teacher) (updated)
- How do I use the Announcements tool? [Teacher] (updated)
- How do I create and use Feedback templates with replacement variables? (updated)
- How do I use the Grade Editor? (updated)
- How do I use the Student Grades screen? (updated)
- How do I create announcements? (updated)
- How do I send messages with Buzz? (updated)
Observers:
- [Beta] How do I view a student's Inbox? (new)
- How do I manage notifications? (Observer) (updated)
- How do I view a student’s progress? (updated)
Administrators:
- [Beta] How do I enable and use the Inbox? (new)
- How do I enable/disable Features in my domain? (updated)
- How do I use the Users tool? (updated)
- How do I manage data limits in Buzz? (updated)
TutorKit Release Notes
A round-up of all improvements and changes to the TutorKit platform available on August 29, 2024.
No updates
Dawn Release Notes
A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Dawn platform version 2024.0828.213511, available on August 29, 2024.
New Groups tab for administrators
Administrators now have a Groups tab in Dawn where they can:
- Create new groups
- Filter groups by catalog entry and organization
- Search groups
- Edit/delete groups
- Select a group to edit and delete it, search for group members, and add group members.
Dawn fixes
In this release, we fixed an issue where administrators could get an error when editing groups for multiple catalog entries.