Buzz: Tips & Tricks

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Tips & Tricks Guidelines

Ryan Richins (Agilix team member)
July 23, 2015 18:05

Feature idea (LEVEL 2)

We hope that one of the greatest strengths of the community will be the opportunity to learn how Buzz is being used to optimize learning ...

Configure an FTP Client or ClassLink to Sync OneRoster File to Buzz

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Brian Williams (Agilix team member)
December 06, 2022 20:53

For users that desire to upload a OneRoster file through an FTP client or import from an SIS like ClassLink, the example video and supple...

Crossword Assessment Question

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Jason Albertson
February 06, 2024 21:57

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A colleague asked me today if we could somehow create a crossword quiz question in Buzz. It turns out you can! It just takes a fill-in-th...

Buzz

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Kyla Tracey
October 26, 2020 17:55

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A easier way to acess buzz is if you bookmark buzz into your bookmarkss then it's all right there when you open up google and you don't h...

Fixing Custom Assessment Templates

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Jason Albertson
July 29, 2019 15:23

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With the update in the Buzz player, some features of custom assessment templates don't display quite the same as they did before. I've wo...

How to create a custom Links/Bookmarks page

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Brad Marshall (Agilix team member)
July 25, 2017 20:41

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In the new Buzz UI, the previous option of "Links" (or "Bookmarks") no longer exists. We actually have a better option to provide a list ...

Sorting To-Do List by assignment date in Buzz

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Sarah Peterson
October 14, 2016 04:36

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

I have just joined my school and have a lot of back work to grade. I know that the oldest assignments kind of seem to be listed first but...

Transfer grades on assignments?

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Shane Foglesong
May 12, 2016 19:34

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If a student enrolls late and has a transfer grade, what is the most efficient way to enter the transfer grade to the covered assignments...

Teacher To Do changes requested (Flewelling)

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Jeremy Walker
October 16, 2015 00:40

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Jerome Flewelling has been playing around with the suggestion to use the save draft option until he has all of a particular assignment gr...

Create and Configure Custom Menu Entries Using Replacement Variables

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Steven Martins
February 09, 2023 23:10

For users that desire to create and configure custom main menu entries using replacement variables, the example video and supplemental ar...

Mastery Test

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Chadrik Powell
December 11, 2020 19:45

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First time using a mastery test. Can I set test questions to be attempted twice if first choice is wrong? I noticed that you could give...

iPad single sign on issue

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Brooke Tyree
September 11, 2020 18:23

We use a SIS (Genius) and have some schools who are using iPads. On other devices the SSO works great. For some reason even when follow...

Ordering courses

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Weight, Shelley
April 09, 2020 02:52

I like that you can order the courses. If I were a student, I would reorder them based on due dates each day. This would allow me to st...

Batch creating observers and aligning them to students

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Brad Marshall (Agilix team member)
November 02, 2016 17:09

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I sometimes get asked how to create many observers and align them to their respective students. This tip will show how you can do this in...

Alternate Assignments/Modifications

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Anna Westaby
September 19, 2016 15:45

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Let me start by saying that I already know how to create and assign activities in clipboard. I am trying to do a little more than that. I...

Student email

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Odalis Tavares
June 13, 2016 17:31

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

When a student is enrolled in the course, do they receive an email confirmation? Or can they be emailed?

How to create a course invitation code for clubs and non SIS integration solutions

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Thomas Collette (Agilix team member)
July 14, 2015 19:26

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Course enrollment invitation codes - works well for clubs and schools that don't have SIS integration. https://youtu.be/4pCTl7MoI_Y

Proficiency based grading... what to do?

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Thomas Collette (Agilix team member)
July 14, 2015 19:25

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This is a quick video to discuss what we do today with grading and where we could go with Proficiency based grading.. https://youtu.be/f...

Looking at For Me (Choice Activities)

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Thomas Collette (Agilix team member)
July 14, 2015 19:18

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This is a quick video showing where the For Me items tool is and how to use it. https://youtu.be/wEA-M3Xdxvo Thanks, Thomas.

Themes

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Annie Vassar
March 13, 2024 14:38

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Is there a way when doing themes to make the entire folder a theme that trickles down to each activity within the folder? Would LOVE for ...

Bulk Edit

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Julianne Cochran
August 30, 2023 15:59

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We have many items in our courses that we would like to change settings for. Is there a way to bulk edit settings such as students markin...

Turnitin LTI 1.3 Integration with Buzz

Jessica Enderson
June 09, 2023 01:02

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To avoid receiving an error message from Turnitin, and successfully integrating, the following steps were helpful. I have attached an ima...

New year...new subdomain?

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Kim Hett
April 26, 2022 18:47

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How do you begin a new school year? Do you keep the same domain and edit the title and domain settings to match the year? This I think ...

Current Recommended Screen Settings

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Melissa Piette
September 15, 2021 19:45

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I'm wondering how I can make sure that my learners have the most content real estate on their screen. I have users on Chromebooks and Ma...

Buzz on mobile?

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Savannah Wenger
August 27, 2021 22:04

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We have a client that wants to use Buzz on hundreds of students' mobile devices - is there a way to access Buzz on a mobile like Dawn? (K...

Generate Progress Report

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Ashlyne Walton
January 17, 2021 17:26

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How do I generate a report for all students including current grade and % of progress in course?

Feedback Template Groups

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Jamie Moen
November 05, 2020 21:50

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Is it possible to create subgroups in the Feedback Template Groups? For example, if I have a Math Group, can I create a test subgroup, an...

Beth Olthoff

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Beth O
October 23, 2020 14:16

Answered

How do you modify the number of attempts in a module game?

Clipboard or Duplicate Activity

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Amanda McBriar
October 05, 2020 14:35

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When adapting assignments to meet the individualized needs of students with IEPs, what is the easiest/fastest way. Should you duplicate t...

Mark as Done (for students to use)

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Tim Madden
September 23, 2020 19:41

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How do I set an activity so that students can mark it as Done, but they would not be submitting anything to the Buzz web site? Otherwise...