A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Buzz platform in version v3.0.121 available on June 27, 2019.
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Coming on July 11: App Chooser, Resource Libraries, and a New Buzz Activity Player!
Coming on July 11: App Chooser, Resource Libraries, and a New Buzz Activity Player!
Turnitin integration enhancements!
We have enhanced our Turnitin integration to streamline configuration and grading, including:
- When a student submits a Turnitin LTI activity, Buzz now displays the activity as "needs grading."
- When a user accesses a Turnitin LTI activity, Buzz now sends the activity's due date, grace period rule, grade release date, and points possible to Turnitin. This significantly reduces a teacher's need to configure the activity directly in Turnitin, allowing them to just adjust the settings in Buzz and have it automatically reflected in Turnitin.
Updates
In this release, we:
- Updated the Final grades screen to match the new Buzz material design UI.
- Updated the Activity Stream for Teachers and Observers to match new Buzz material design UI.

Fixes
In this release, we:
- Fixed an issue where modal bars were not using correct color.
- Fixed an issue that could prevent a user from receiving a “forgot password” email.
- Fixed an issue that could display the wrong user's name for the person that deleted a course in the Restore Courses tool.
APIs
Updates in version 2019.06.26.3871.
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NavigateItem
: When launching an LTI activity, new LTI parameters are sent to the LTI Tool Provider. These include:custom_duedate
,custom_duedate_extension
,custom_feedbackreleasedate
,custom_late_accept_flag
,custom_maxpoints
,ext_outcomes_tool_placement_url
. See “LTI Links” for more information. -
ResetPassword
: Fixed an issue that could prevent a user from receiving a “reset password” email. -
ListCourses
: Fixed an issue where themodifiedbyuser
could have displayed the wrong first and last name.