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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 Release Notes
A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Buzz platform version v3.0.425, available on October 29, 2024. There will be no release on Thursday 10/31.
Say Hello to BusyBee!
Your intelligent teaching & learning companion from Agilix Labs.
BusyBee offers a range of tools tailored to different needs in the learning journey that work together to improve student outcomes, reduce teacher burden in a way that allows them to focus on students, and promote parent involvement.
You'll find that BusyBee is more than just a generic chatbot. It's a friendly companion, ready to jump in whenever support is needed, helping explore tricky questions, fostering independent learning, and sparking curiosity!
Learn more about what BusyBee has to offer: BusyBee: Your intelligent teaching & learning companion
Buzz updates
In this release, we enabled BusyBee > Get Help for LTI activities using the Metadata > Description field and aligned learning objectives as source content.
Buzz fixes
In this release, we also:
- Fixed an issue in Assessment templates using iframes where, if a student opened the print dialog during the assessment and then closed it, their assessment answers weren't saved.
- Fixed an issue in Domain Settings > Menu editor where the selected values for the User’s required domain rights to see the menu field would be saved but weren't being displayed correctly.
- Fixed an issue in the Activity grader where titles were not being displayed for the Activity grader and Analytics tabs.
Buzz APIs
Updates in version 2024.10.30.2417.
Additions, Removal, or Changes:
- None
Fixes:
- None
New and updated articles
Teachers:
- How do I use the Course home/Activities tool? (updated)
- How do I use Activity editors? (updated)
BusyBee:
- BusyBee: Your intelligent teaching & learning companion (new)
- Get Help - BusyBee's interactive tutoring tool (new)
- Check My Understanding - BusyBee's self-quiz tool (new)
- Review Key Concepts - BusyBee's flashcard learning tool (new)
- Question Assistant - BusyBee's companion for teachers (new)
- Help My Student - BusyBee's companion for parents and observers (new)
- How do I enable BusyBee tools for my domain? (new)
TutorKit Release Notes
A round-up of all improvements and changes to the TutorKit platform available on October 29, 2024.
No updates
TutorKit courses
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Dawn Release Notes
A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Dawn platform available on October 29, 2024.
No updates