Get started with Buzz: Students
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Buzz user manual: Students
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This collection includes all articles from the Student section, organized by tool. Because students may be interested in topics th...
How do I reorder my Course Cards?
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Click Course-Card Settings to manage the cards' order on the Home page.
Click the up and down arrows to reor...
How do I close a Google Drive session in Buzz?
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If your Buzz course is connected with your Google Drive account, you can sign out of Google Drive from Buzz by opening the User Me...
How do I complete a Peer Assessment?
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A Peer Assessment activity asks you to evaluate your classmates' performance using a rubric provided by your teacher. This could b...
How does Multi-Outcome Scoring impact the Performance tool for students?
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In early June, 2016, Buzz released a new Gradebook feature called multi-outcome scoring. This tool allows teachers to alig...
Get started with Buzz: Teachers
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Buzz user manual: Teachers
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This collection includes all articles from the Teacher section organized by tool. Because teachers may be interested in topics that ...
How do I create Grading Categories?
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Grading Categories allow you to apply different grade settings to groups of activities within the same course....
How do I review notes on student Accommodations?
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Teachers have read-only access to students' Accommodations (created at the domain level) at the domain level:
Open the People t...
How do I create and grade group assignments?
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Only one student in a group is required to make a submissions for a group assignment. You can review the submission and assign a...
The Link question option allows you to select and use a single question or a bank of questions from assessments in the other cou...
Get started with Buzz: Parents and Observers
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Buzz user manual: Parents and Observers
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This collection includes all articles from the Parent or Observer section, organized by tool. Because students may be interested i...
Parent/Observer tool breakdown
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Get to know your toolbox
Open your Main Menu to navigate to any of the following tools:
Home: Home...
Visiting Course Home pages often is the easiest way to see how well a student is staying on top of classes
Each course has...
How do I access a student’s Self Assessments?
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Buzz allows students to evaluate their understanding, interest, and effort in a course and communicate the results easily to a teach...
How do I review course activities?
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Review all activities in a course using the Activities tool
Open the Activities tool.
Select the course you want to open ...
Get started with Buzz: Admins
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Buzz user manual: Admins
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This collection includes all articles from the Administrator section, organized by tool. Because administrators may be interested in to...
How do I use the Usage tab?
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Open the Usage tab from the Domain tool. This tab only opens for users with appropriate permissions.
The Usage tab displays:
T...
How do I record Accommodations for existing students?
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Buzz lets you easily record Accommodations that inform Individual Education Programs (IEPs) and compliance with 504, NCAA, ELL, et...
How do I add activity templates to my domain?
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If enabled, Buzz allows you to specify courses from which content authors can copy activities as templates. They can then edit the...
Accessibility and Buzz
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Agilix is dedicated to making Buzz accessible and follows 508 and WGAC 2.0 standards in design and development. These effo...
Release Notes (2017-06-22; v2.0.108)
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A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Buzz platform in version 2.0.108, available on June 22, 2017.
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Release Notes (2017-06-15; v2.0.107)
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A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Buzz platform in version 2.0.107, available on June 15, 2017.
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Release Notes (2017-06-08; v2.0.106)
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A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Buzz platform in version 2.0.106, available on June 8, 2017.
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Release Notes (2017-06-01; v2.0.105)
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A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Buzz platform in version 2.0.105, available on June 1, 2017.
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Release Notes (2017-05-25; v2.0.104)
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A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Buzz platform in version 2.0.104, available on May 25, 2017.
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Release Notes (2017-05-18; v2.0.103)
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A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Buzz platform in version 2.0.103, available on May 18, 2017.
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Project-based learning (PBL) with Agilix Buzz
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Buzz facilitates effective and manageable project-based learning (PBL) endeavors of varied scope and complexity
Project-ba...
Competency-based learning with Agilix Buzz
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Take advantage of the efficiency and individualized pacing that competency-based learning models allow without losing community and ...
Blended learning with Agilix Buzz
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Buzz is poised to help educators implement blended learning solutions
Blended learning doesn't mean just getting "tec...
Personalize learning with Agilix Buzz
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Buzz can help you increasingly personalize your students' learning experience
Personalized learning is an educational stan...
Use Buzz to keep notes about students
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Buzz can help you record your students' needs, interests, and circumstances
Providing a personalized learning path for every...
Help late-enrolled students get oriented
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Make sure joining your course late doesn't leave your students permanently behind
Joining a course late can present various ...