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Weekly release notes for all of the products in our Agilix Learning Suite (Buzz + Publish Anywhere and Dawn).
Buzz Release Notes
A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Buzz platform, version 3.0.499 available on February 12, 2026.
Enhanced "Needs grading" insights
Formerly labeled Responsiveness and represented only by a color indicator, this feature has been expanded and renamed Needs grading to more clearly reflect what it measures.
Needs Grading insights provide clear, real-time visibility into grading workload and turnaround, now surfaced directly in two key places:
Admin App → Domain Teacher Summary
Administrators can see a list of teachers in the domain with:
- Total submissions that need grading
- Submissions approaching the grading deadline
- Submissions past the grading deadline
Each teacher row also includes a status signal (green, yellow, or red) that reflects the teacher’s overall responsiveness across their courses. This signal represents an aggregate view of “needs grading” activity, helping administrators quickly understand whether grading backlogs are isolated or indicate a broader concern.
Learn more: How do I use the Domain tool?
Teacher App → Teacher Dashboard
Teacher App → Teacher Dashboard
Teachers see their own courses listed with the same metrics, making it easy to understand grading status at a glance.
Each course includes a status signal that reflects grading needs for that specific course. Courses with any submissions beyond the thresholds are clearly highlighted so teachers can quickly spot where immediate attention is required.
Formerly referred to as Responsiveness, the updated Needs Grading metric more clearly communicates what it measures: where student work is waiting for review and where attention may be required.
Learn more: How do I use the Teacher Dashboard?
Key benefits from Needs Grading insights
- Clear, intuitive metrics: Needs grading insights make it immediately obvious where work is pending.
- At-a-glance awareness for admins: Quickly identify which teachers may need support or follow-up.
- Actionable dashboards for teachers: See grading priorities across courses without digging.
- Proactive intervention: Spot submissions nearing or past deadlines before they affect students.
- Reduced manual oversight: Eliminate the need to investigate individual courses one by one.
- Improved consistency: Encourage reliable grading timelines across programs and schools.
Administrators and program leaders gain centralized visibility into grading backlog and risk across the domain.Teachers get clear, course-level insight into what needs attention next. Students benefit from faster, more predictable feedback that keeps learning on track.
Buzz APIs
Updates in version 2026.2.11.3304.
Additions, Removal, or Changes:
- None
Fixes:
- None
New and updated articles
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Teachers:
- How do I use the Teacher Dashboard? (updated)
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Administrators:
- How do I use the Domain tool? (updated)
- How do I set up Teacher Dashboard data? (updated)
Dawn Release Notes
A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Dawn platform version 2026.0211.112913, available on February 12, 2026.
Dawn updates
Get Ready for a New Dawn!
As you may have noticed, a refreshed version of Dawn is now available. You're not required to migrate yet, but all new features will be released exclusively in the new experience.
We recommend taking a few minutes to review Getting oriented in the new Dawn experience
Our help center content is currently being updated to reflect the new layout, with more updates coming soon. Explore at your own pace. We're excited for you to see what's next in Dawn!
In this release, we made the following updates to Dawn 2.0 (released for preview use 12/5):
- Improved error messages for credit card payment errors.
- Updated Mastery award for essay interactions in the progress detail report to display correctly
- Added a warning when trying to request a custom hostname for a root domain
- Fixed an issue with older authored content not displaying correctly in the new UI
- Updated section headers in player to correctly hide in catalog entries with single sections