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Weekly release notes for all of the products in our Agilix Learning Suite (Buzz + Publish Anywhere and Dawn).
Group Inheritance in newly created courses [Beta]
How can Group Inheritance benefit me?
Buzz Release Notes
A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Buzz platform, version 3.0.517 available on June 8, 2026.
Group Inheritance in newly created courses [Beta]
We're introducing a beta release of Group Inheritance, available in newly created courses.
Schools often use groups in Buzz to personalize learning for students who need different due dates, pacing, content, visibility, or other activity settings. Group Inheritance preserves all of the features you already have with Groups in Buzz and makes them easier to manage and scale.
Group Inheritance lets course authors create groups and group-specific activity settings once in a base course, then automatically inherit them into newly created derivative courses. This saves time and reduces the need to recreate the same settings across courses.
How Group Inheritance works
- Course authors set up the groups and settings.
- Teachers assign students to the appropriate inherited groups.
- Students consistently receive the learning experience designed for them.
This beta applies only to newly created courses. Existing courses and copies of existing courses are not impacted and will not receive inherited groups as part of this release.
Sign up here if you are interested in learning more about how to use Group Inheritance or how to upgrade existing courses to use it.
How can Group Inheritance benefit me?
Give teachers a simpler workflow - Instead of rebuilding group structures in each course, teachers can focus on assigning students to the right inherited groups. Once students are assigned, they receive the content, due dates, visibility settings, and activity configurations intended for that group.
Support accommodations more efficiently - Administrators and course authors can create groups for common accommodation needs, such as IEP, 504, EL, or other personalized learning supports, and configure the appropriate activity settings directly in the base course.
Enable more flexible personalized learning - Groups can support more than accommodations. They can also be used for differentiated reading levels, alternate pacing, targeted concept instruction, or learning experiences built around student interests.
How can I try Group Inheritance?
To try Group Inheritance during the beta, make sure you have taken the Buzz release version 3.0.517 or later. To check your version, open About in your User menu. If you are behind this version, refresh your browser.
Group Inheritance is currently in beta and may change as we continue to refine the experience. We welcome your feedback as you test it out.
Once you have taken the release:
- Create a new course to act as your Base course. Select New course when creating the course and don't select a course Template.
- Add a Grouping and Groups to that course.
- Add activities to the course and create Group-specific activity settings.
- Create a Derivative copy of the course.
That's it! Your groups and group-specific settings are reflected in the Derivative copy you made. In your derivative course, you can add students to inherited groups and they automatically receive that group's settings and content!
Buzz updates
In this release, we improved Buzz's background processing, making it feel faster, more responsive, and more reliable as you move through courses, activities, grading, and other everyday workflows.
Buzz fixes
Buzz APIs
Updates in version 2026.6.5.3547.
Additions, Removal, or Changes:
- Updated our Buzz API documentation to be more AI-friendly by adding structured, machine-readable formats--including an llms.txt index--and consistent markdown coverage across all concepts, APIs, and types. This makes it easier for AI tools to discover, interpret, and correctly use our APIs, leading to more reliable AI-assisted development and higher-quality generated code.
New and updated articles
- None
Dawn Release Notes
No Dawn release was deployed this week. We continue to work on upcoming improvements and will share details in a future release notes update.