Buzz: Questions & Answers

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Feature ideas (LEVEL 2)

Ryan Richins (Agilix team member)
July 23, 2015 17:37

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Welcome to Agilix Help Center Discussions! This is where you can most actively engage with your peers and the Agilix team. These discussi...

Q&A Guidelines

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Ryan Richins (Agilix team member)
July 23, 2015 18:04

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Use Buzz’s Questions & Answers forum is to look for answers to your questions, answer other users’ questions, and post important question...

Feature request

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Amy Rountree
April 28, 2020 17:54

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Hello, In the grading window I wish there was an "I" for "incomplete" option when grading student work. I don't like giving students a z...

Remediation Assignments in Buzz

Amy Schuster
December 09, 2019 00:43

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I would like an assignment where if they do not get a certain score (say 70% or lower) a student must then complete a follow up assignmen...

Notifications for Administrators

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Varshini G
December 06, 2019 14:29

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Is there any notification feature for the Administrator role? For example, when a user/enrollment/course is added/removed/edited?

Student To Do List Reports

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Jennifer Jaworski
September 30, 2019 23:15

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When parents ask "What is my child missing?" as of now, I can direct observers to the To Do List in the gradebook view, but it would be n...

Selecting multiple documents when returning feedback

Shannon Dillman
September 19, 2019 13:35

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Is there any way to select more than one file when you "browse" for an attachment when returning feedback. I am trying to attach two doc...

Modified Assessments

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Jada Callahan
September 12, 2019 15:49

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Can I give just ONE student extended time on an assessment? I have groups established all ready but one example ONE student in a particu...

LTI 1.3 & LTI Advantage

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Gary Gilbert
April 30, 2019 16:22

Feature idea (LEVEL 2)

Can you provide any insight into the roadmap for Buzz to adopt the new LTI 1.3 / LTI Advantage standards?

Downloading complete courses

Gary F
April 05, 2019 17:17

Feature idea (LEVEL 2)

Has anyone downloaded complete courses to use offline? I heard that's an option.

Capping a 2nd attempt test grade.

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Ellyce Ernest
March 29, 2019 18:45

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If I have a student that takes a test and fails it the first time, but gets a 90% on it for the 2nd attempt, is there a setting I can use...

Allow "Retry Arrow" and "Excuse" Function Directly in Gradebook Mode

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Wendy Cooley
January 22, 2019 18:35

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Linking to Course Activity from Feedback

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Lyn Franklin
August 02, 2018 13:52

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I see similar questions about this dating back over 2 years; however, I do not see any answers. In Brainhoney, teachers could hyperlink ...

Uploading documents for assessment essays

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Micah Stetson
July 31, 2018 17:02

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Is there a way to allow a student to upload a file, like a Word document, as the answer to an essay question in an assessment?

Multi-Outcome Scoring Questions

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Andrew Teumer
April 19, 2018 01:52

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Hello, I've been experimenting this trimester with multi-outcome scoring. It fits our school competency model extremely well but I have ...

Replying to Feedback

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Ericksoncecilia
February 16, 2018 18:37

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Hi! I was wondering if there is a way for me to reply to teacher's feedback, is that at all possible?

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

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Bruce Sharp
January 24, 2018 03:36

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I know that Buzz can evaluate trig functions. I can, for example use tan($anglea$*pi/180) to calculate the tangent of an angle in degrees...

Can I delete a badge

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Tammy Betz
October 13, 2017 15:50

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i accidentally awarded a badge--can i take it away?

Announcements with Date Parameters Appearing Right Away with Active Link in Activity Stream

Michele Nickels
September 24, 2017 19:55

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Many of our online teachers like to get their announcements ready ahead of time and use the start and end date to control when they appea...

responding to feedback

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Editor
September 13, 2017 21:58

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Is there a way for students to respond to the teacher's feedback on a particular assignment so that there is a mini-discussion thread be...

Is there a way we can email students their login info individually through Buzz?

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Shamila Hashim
September 05, 2017 02:17

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I am new to Buzz and as an Admin I created student profiles with their login details. I am trying to find a way to send this information ...

Blog Needs to Notify Student of Comments

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Wendy Cooley
August 12, 2017 21:52

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Hi! I am trying the student Blog activity for the first time. It could be great, but PLEASE, PLEASE fix a few things as quickly as pos...

IEP Accomodations

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Jocelyn Kolle
May 01, 2017 17:35

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Right now it seems that Admin accounts are the only ones that can make accommodations based on an IEP. Can you make this possible for tea...

Notifications/App

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Jocelyn Kolle
March 20, 2017 14:35

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Is there discussion on when an app could be developed for Buzz? It would be nice for a student to get notifications of nearing due dates,...

Respond to Discussion Board in Activity Grader

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Kevin McBride
December 08, 2016 01:31

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Is it possible to respond to a discussion board post within the activity grader? I often find that as I grade discussion boards, I would ...

Bulk edit to allow for multiple documents?

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Shane Foglesong
October 11, 2016 19:25

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Is there a way to bulk edit so that all assignments allow for multiple documents?

Caliper Analytics

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Scott Rudy
June 21, 2016 21:13

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Is there a future for Caliper Analytics within the Buzz Platform, and if so how far out?

Student Portfolio

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Odalis Tavares
June 15, 2016 19:10

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Is there a function to add a student portfolio? A place where students could place their best works once complete. Thank you for your h...

Exempting

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Odalis Tavares
June 15, 2016 01:52

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Is there a way to exempt students from assignments through the quick edit gradebook feature?

Student-Teacher Communications

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Dennis Killmer
February 01, 2016 17:44

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Hi there, In Washington State we are required to document weekly, two-way contact between teachers and students taking online courses. Ha...