Buzz: Questions & Answers

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Turned in Assignments won't load in .doc or .pdf
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  • Sarah Frechette
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In my "Needs grading" window, as I'm grading students' work all of a sudden .docs and .pdfs won't load. I'll refresh the browser and som...
Needs Grading - But has been graded
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  • Ken Zimmerman
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When I grade some items from the Needs Grading section that leads me to the Grade Editor, even after submitting a grade for the assignmen...
Announcements in the Future
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  • William Barnes
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If you create an announcement to post in the future, as soon as you hit post, it disappears. How can you get it back to edit it before it...
Buzz- Printables- Elementary Level
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Our district Pajaro Valley USD just started using Buzz. Parents are asking if there is a way to print all the printables/graphic organiz...
Error ID
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  • William Barnes
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We are getting this error ID when teachers try to log in: Error ID 03fa3ab2b3b54633b4c6508d438cf350. Teachers should be able to log in us...
Allow Late Submissions by default for all assignments etc
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  • David Slavin
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Hello , Is there a way to allow late submission for assignments etc for the whole course? I am hoping to not have to go in set this opti...
Buzz Gradebook Total Points don't match assignment points
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  • Shawn Abele
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I support teachers in my district using Buzz and FLVS so I'm pretty familiar with the platform, however, I had a teacher show me grades t...
Sharing content
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  • Kim Hett
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How do I share course content with other teachers?
Students Course Disappeared
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  • Beth Burson
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I am working on the Traditional Pace with my class and have assigned work for Week 2 in LA and Math. I have students that completed assig...
What Devices are Compatible with Buzz
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  • Cory Mangas
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We are using an iPad, but when we try to test the microphone we cannot get it to work.
Principal
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  • Leigh McGown
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end dates-- time for course
Can I bulk export users to a CSV file?
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  • Jadon Alexander
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I need to do a bulk update to all of my users but do not currently have a complete, up-to-date CSV file to do that with. Is there a way I...
Is there a way to re-use an assignment in another course?
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I would like to use the same icebreaker activity in multiple courses. Is there a way to create it once and then copy it into other course...
Buzz doesn't have a submit botton
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  • Alisha Cash
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My assignments require google docs and it doesn't give me anything to submit it to or attach a link. All it says is Submission with no co...
subscriptions vs. copied courses
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  • Pete Joenks
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Newbie question here...what is the difference between creating a course, then copying it from an existing course, and adding a subscripti...
Pre-made badges in the system?
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  • Michael Eckert
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are there badges that are already created in the system that can just be turned on?>
Student Calendar Not Showing Due Dates
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  • Hannah Rings
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I assigned due dates to each quiz by doing the drag and drop into the calendar on the scheduling tab. But neither I nor my students can s...
Assessment Instructions
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  • Salina Ruffing
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How do I change the Assess It Instructions that are built into the program? The instructions contradict my settings for the test and my i...
Template Questions
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  • Violette Hutchins
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I have a quick question -If you make changes to a master course template after it has been deployed to a course for a teacher, do those c...
Delete Items in My Library
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  • Amy Riff
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Is there a way to delete items out of My Library?
Students disappearing during gradebook scoring
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  • Guy Layfield
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When I was grading I had two tabs open to Buzz. I was looking at student activity with one tab and entering grades in the other. I notice...
Created/modified lessons
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  • Monica Nolen
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I had to modify some lessons due to 504's and IEP's. I also created different assessments (same topic and standard) for my Pre AP classe...
Permissions
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  • Elizabeth Mcleod
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I am trying to allow our teachers to self enroll their students using a code. They apparently do not have the correct permissions. What...
Course Settings
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  • Chelsie Whittaker
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Is there something I can select that will allow every lesson in the course to pop up in a new window, or do I have to go in to each lesso...
Assignments - "Launch in Google's edit mode" - Individual Copy for Students
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When I create an assignment from Google Docs and "Launch in Google's edit mode" will each of my students get a copy of the assignment? I...
How to create submission
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  • Meagan Merkey
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I want to create a dropbox for a google slide assignment and I went through the how-to guide. I don't have the option for "document templ...
Activities not showing up as completed for students
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  • Lainie Adams
In addition to the curriculum resources in Buzz, I have added some of my own activities into Buzz for my students to complete. However, ...
Exam and Answer Keys etc
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  • David Slavin
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I can not seem to find these As per the Instructor teacher guide Assessments Exam and Answer Key information can also be found here.
Having Students Self Enroll
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  • Elizabeth Mcleod
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In the past you could go to the people section and generate an invite code for students to self enroll. I am not seeing that anymore, di...
Powerpoint?
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  • Felicia gonzalez
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How do you upload a powerpoint?