Buzz: Questions & Answers

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Pacing Calculator

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Andy Dill
September 03, 2021 18:01

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Is there a possibility of Buzz adding a pacing calculator (with % ahead, % behind, or on pace) to the top of a student's gradebook? Our...

Linked copies from the Library - why do title changes not apply?

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Meri Tunison
September 02, 2021 20:15

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Hello! When you use the Library to pull a Linked version of a resource into a new course, why do changes to the title of the original no...

Teacher Delete Course

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Bridget Alford
August 30, 2021 21:00

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I wanted to grant a custom role/permissions which would allow a teacher to copy their own course sections. When setting up this custom r...

Slow Loading Gradebook

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Ryan Josephson
August 24, 2021 16:24

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I'm looking for guidance on a very slow-loading grade book. It's not the grade book itself, but the names and scores within the grade bo...

All Active Users Report

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Melissa Cotton
August 20, 2021 15:33

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We are trying to clear up our data base and wanted to run a report of all active users in Buzz. When I go to users I am limited to 500. ...

Comma character and equation editor

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Mjorgensen
August 18, 2021 22:38

I am working on an assessment (Course ID# 159412198 Activity 9cd7ae2512b24045bb14fe8c239f2712) and have a question. I am using variables ...

Buzz & touch screen compatibility/scrolling issue

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April Lawson
August 17, 2021 20:20

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Hi all! We're having problems with Buzz and our curriculum working within the app. For Kindergarten math course, the app asks the stude...

Changing the color of the font in the domain header

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Diane Berthoin-Hernandez
August 13, 2021 23:47

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How do we change the color of the font on the log in [age and persisting throughout the site. Our font is black and our header is a very ...

Assignments from suspended enrollments in Needs Grading

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Melissa Myers
August 10, 2021 12:05

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I have assignments from suspended enrollments appearing in the Needs Grading list. Is there a way to get Buzz not to list these?

Missing Value

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Mjorgensen
August 06, 2021 19:03

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

I am using variables to create a table of points to represent linear and nonlinear data sets. For some reason if the eval function resul...

If I enable Google Workspace will students without gmail accounts still be able to submit work with Docs?

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Leigh Sisneros
July 30, 2021 13:46

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Obtaining GUID ID numbers for Batch Loading Objective Sets

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Jill Hettinger
July 15, 2021 03:49

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How do you obtain GUID ID numbers for batch loading objective sets? I have over 3050 objectives to load into 13 different objective sets ...

Reports with All courses and Base ID's Attached

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Zakk Reyna
July 14, 2021 19:52

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Is there a report you can pull that gathers all the courses in your domain with all the base ID's? Even if the courses are not created. S...

"missing" assignments

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Miesha Beck
July 14, 2021 04:25

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Is there a way to put in a code like M for missing assignments that would reflect a 0 for the grade on that assignment in the overall gra...

Teacher Edit Enrollment Dates

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Bridget Alford
July 08, 2021 01:00

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With the role of a teacher, can you edit an enrollment start and end date? From the People tool I am able to manage enrollments, meaning...

Email vs. Notifications Email

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Bridget Alford
July 07, 2021 23:38

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When creating a user manually, what is the difference between the Email field and Notification Email field. Do you have to enter both if ...

Allow students to create own account

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Bridget Alford
July 07, 2021 23:37

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Where do I find Buzz API command? I read the following article on how to create a command token to allow students to create their own ac...

Assignment Activity Settings - Attempt Limit

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Keoni Messer
July 07, 2021 22:16

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Has the number of attempts ever been configurable inside of an assignment? Or has it always been manually controlled with "Allow Retry"?

domain hierarchy

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Kim Hett
July 07, 2021 20:39

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Is it possible to move/turn a subdomain into a parent domain? I'd like to do this without having to redo everything and we have no need ...

Unable to copy template to your Google Drive

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Trish Corcoran
June 30, 2021 17:21

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Our G Suite is integrated and student sees CREATE ATTACHMENT FROM TEMPLATE when attempting to complete activity but receives Unable to co...

Bright Thinker 6th Social Studies A Unit 4 Lesson 1 interactive map issue

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Trish Corcoran
June 29, 2021 17:45

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The interactive map with image title = Lake Texcoco does not appear/function on iPad in Safari. It does appear/function in Chrome browser...

I cannot create subdomain with an admin account

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Tú Nguyễn Đức
June 19, 2021 11:51

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After logging in with my admin account, then open the Domain tool from the Main Menu, and click Subdomains in the tabs bar, BUT I cannot ...

Verification of international numbers

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Scott Finnegan
June 14, 2021 19:25

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Hi We are seeing a few requests for verification of international numbers. Buzz is only allowing 10 digit ('U.S.') numbers to be added (...

Help changing my Dawn URL

C mrt
June 10, 2021 16:52

I am trying to customize my dawn URL. I have my web guy adding the DNS record after I submit a request, but I never get the option to swi...

Buzz : Awarding Badges Manually

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Donna Clapp
June 04, 2021 17:48

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Why is that teachers are not able to manually award badges to individual students without having the Domain administrator add badges? In ...

Observer vs Proxy

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Eldon
June 02, 2021 15:16

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What is the difference between the proxy and observer roles? Does a teacher in the observer role have the exact view as the student being...

Course Public

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Bridget Alford
May 28, 2021 19:15

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On the Course Details page there is a checkbox called "Public" what does this mean? Does this make the course searchable so that it appe...

Accommodations

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Bridget Alford
May 28, 2021 18:02

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When bulk importing users, is it possible to have a field that will trigger the "Ignore time limit on assessments" and "Limit number of o...

edit settings for clipboard assessment

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Bruce Sharp
May 28, 2021 11:43

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I assigned an assessment to absent students through the clipboard (copied, not linked). The test in our master course had a password. I r...

Grading Templates

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Mike Miller
May 25, 2021 16:07

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Is there a way to access teacher feedback templates without having access to the grading editor in the queue?