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Buzz allows you to update certain course components in bulk. There are two types of Bulk updates:
- Update Field values allows you to directly change select fields in multiple courses at once.
- Apply Template settings allows you to create a template course that has the settings you want and apply them to multiple courses at once.
Update Field values
Buzz lets you bulk update the following Field values for your courses:
- Type of enrollment schedule (range or continuous)
- Days the course should be available for students if you choose continuous
- Start date
- End date
To do so:
- Open the Courses tool.
- Check the boxes for the courses you want to update and select Bulk update from the More menu.
- On the Field values tab, you can edit the following settings by checking the appropriate box and editing the field:
- Type of enrollment schedule (range or continuous)
- Days the course should be available for students if you choose continuous
- Start date
- End date
- Bulk updates are permanent and should be handled carefully to ensure you are editing the correct courses. Because of this, Buzz requires you to check the box reading:
- I have verified that the courses I am about to permanently update are the correct ones, and I confirm that I want to update them with the field values shown above.
- Once you have checked this box, click Update and the updates are applied to the courses you selected, above.
Apply Template settings
If your domain has defined course templates, you can apply settings from an existing course template.
If your domain does not have defined couse templates, you can them easily: How do I add course templates to my domain?
To apply settings from a course template:
- Open the Courses tool.
- Check the boxes for the courses you want to update and select Bulk update from the More menu.
- In the Template tab, select the template with the settings you want from the dropdown.
- Check the boxes next to the settings options you want.
- Bulk updates are permanent and should be handled carefully to ensure you are editing the correct courses. Because of this, Buzz requires you to check the box reading:
- I have verified that the courses I am about to permanently update are the correct ones, and I confirm that I want to update them with the field values shown above.
- Once you have checked this box, click Update and the settings are applied to the courses you selected, above.
Bulk update setting options
The listed Bulk update setting options align with configurations managed for each course in Course settings.
When updating courses with this feature, review the settings in the course template that align with the update option(s) you select. All of the template's values and configurations aligned with the option(s) selected will be applied to the course(s) you've selected to update.
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General: Selecting this option copies the following values from the course template:
- Gradebook options > Passing score
- Gradebook options > Minimum activity score
- Objective mastery > Objective mastery threshold
- Course-grade view: Selecting this option copies the template's Gradebook options > Course grade view.
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Grade scales: Selecting this option copies the following values from the course template:
- Grade scales
- Gradebook options > Grade scales
- Objective mastery > Grade scales
- Grading categories: Selecting this option copies the template's Grading categories
- Grading periods: Selecting this option copies the template's Grading periods
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Options: Selecting this option copies the following settings from the course template:
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Advanced options:
- Allow students to see comparative class statistics
- Hide student course-completion percentage
- Automatically mark past-due activities as missing
- Automatically allow retries for below-passing activities
- Hide teacher names in student reports
- Students must complete each activity in order
- Disable BusyBee grading assistant in this course
- Provide less time for activities that require only viewing (applicable to continuous enrollment courses only)
- Assign the same due date to activities within a folder (applicable to continuous enrollment courses only)
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Publisher options:
- Prevent content edits in derivative courses
- Show indicator for edited content in derivative courses
- Student tasks > Enable student tasks
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Advanced options:
- Enrollment completion: Selecting this option copies the template's Enrollment completion
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Formative assessment: Selecting this option copies the template's Objective mastery:
- Formative assessment > Minimum number of questions
- Formative assessment > Minimum score
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Remediation assessment: Selecting this option copies the template's Objective mastery:
- Remediation assessment > Minimum number of questions
- Remediation assessment > Minimum score
The "Automatically assign zero scores to past-due activities" setting is not copied
The settings that are copied when selecting Options include all of Course settings > Advanced options except for Automatically assign zero scores to past-due activities.