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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 get help for Buzz?
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Buzz provides help, tailored to where you are in the app
Help is always available at the bottom of the Main Menu and in the t...
How do I add User Notes to courses, folders, and activities?
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On July 25, 2019, we introduced a new Buzz Activity Player. In order to ease transition, we are allowing users to continue using the ...
How do I use SpeechStream's text-to-speech tool?
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The SpeechStream toolbar, from Texthelp, supports accessibility in a variety of ways, and Buzz makes it easy to integrate it.
With S...
How do I manage notifications?
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You can set up Buzz to notify you when certain actions and changes occur.
You can choose to receive the following notifications:
Yo...
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 r...
How do I add User Notes to courses, folders, and activities?
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On July 25, 2019, we introduced a new Buzz Activity Player. In order to ease transition, we are allowing users to continue using the ...
How do I use the Teacher Dashboard?
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The Teacher Dashboard aggregates and displays data about student performance, progress, and teacher responsiveness. Access it from...
What assessment tools can I enable for my students?
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Buzz has a wide array of settings and configurations that make it a powerful tool for educators in a variety of contexts. Sometimes, ...
How do I create a Google Doc activities in Buzz?
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If your domain is integrated with G Suite, you can create Google Doc activities in Buzz.
Open the Editor.
Click + To button.
Sele...
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...
How do I join a course as an observer?
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The course's teacher or an administrator can provide the registration code you need to join a course.
To join a course:
Open the Us...
How do I manage notifications?
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You can set up Buzz to notify you when certain actions and changes occur.
As an observer of a student, you can choose to receive the...
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...
How do I use the Activities tool and Course Home pages?
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Visiting your Course Home pages often is the easiest way to keep on top of your classes.
On July 25, 2019, we introduced a ne...
Get started with Buzz: Admins
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Buzz System Requirements
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Accessibility and Buzz
Buzz's HTML editor
Customizable icons in Buzz (Font Awesome Pro)
Data limits
Experimental features
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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 ...
How do I build a Resource Library?
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Resource libraries are collections of categorized content pages that are built at the domain level and can be searched, bookmarked, s...
How do I use QuickNav easy navigation?
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The QuickNav tool allows you to quickly navigate to any screen in Buzz from wherever you are in the application! This includes activi...
How do I create User Metadata fields?
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Create metadata fields that allow you to record and track additional information about a user.
To do so:
Open Domain Settings.
Cli...
Mastery-based Grading Survey: Feedback requested
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We would love to hear your thoughts on how we can build and improve technology to solve problems in education. We are researching mastery...
Release Notes (2019-10-10; v3.0.142)
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A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Buzz platform in version v3.0.142 available on October 10, 2019.
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Release Notes (2019-10-03; v3.0.141)
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A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Buzz platform in version v3.0.141 available on October 3, 2019.
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Release Notes (2019-09-26; v3.0.140)
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A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Buzz platform in version v3.0.140 available on September 26, 2019.
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Release Notes (2019-09-19; v3.0.138)
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A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Buzz platform in version v3.0.138 available on September 19, 2019.
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Release Notes (2019-09-12; v3.0.137)
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A round-up of all improvements and changes to the Buzz platform in version v3.0.137 available on September 12, 2019.
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Simpler logins with Google SSO
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Single Sign-on (SSO) allows a users to authenticate into Buzz with same credentials that are used for various applications. For example, ...
Use Assessment Templates to enhance your curriculum and improve your students’ understanding
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Assessment Templates allow a course author to integrate assessment questions into rich, HTML content, and decide where the questions shou...
Use Variables to personalize and optimize content authoring and distribution
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Variables provide another way to simply and uniquely personalize each user's learning experience. Place variable codes in your content, a...
Use Content Templates to improve branding, functionality, and authoring
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Content Templates allow authors to create activities using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS with fields that can be opened and edited using Buzz...
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-b...
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 an...
Publish Anywhere student view
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Publish Anywhere activities and tools appear inside an LMS's activity window:
Grade details button allows you to review additional...
Publish Anywhere teacher view
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Publish Anywhere not only allows students to complete activities, but teachers can also review and grade those activities inside your...
Publish Anywhere publisher steps: How to export courses
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Publish Anywhere, powered by Buzz, enables publishers to deliver best-in-class courses and learning content to their customers, regar...
Publish Anywhere educator/distributor steps: How to import course content
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This article outlines how educators and distributors can import Publish Anywhere content they receive from their publisher partners. ...
Publish Anywhere activity types
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Publish Anywhere exports support the following types of Buzz activities.
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Assessment
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