Buzz: Questions & Answers

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Blog Needs to Notify Student of Comments

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Wendy Cooley
August 12, 2017 21:52

Feature idea (LEVEL 2)

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...

Questions about Teacher Start/End Dates and Course Visibility

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Burt Lo
August 10, 2017 21:27

Answered

I am under the impression that a teacher can see a course for a period of time past their end date in the course (@30 days). I believe th...

Grading Periods

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Marc Taube
August 09, 2017 21:45

Answered

Hello, We are having a problems with grading periods. I have the choice in 2 of 3 of my classes. In one course that I co-teach the opt...

Help with eval function and feedback

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Bruce Sharp
July 13, 2017 15:06

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Is there anywhere I can find help on using the eval function in writing questions and how to code feedback? I have been using eval for a ...

LTI Domain Credentials Not Recognized

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Dennis Killmer
July 12, 2017 17:34

Answered

We are having trouble getting any LTI activities that we create in Buzz to recognize the domain LTI credentials. It works fine if we crea...

Assessment settings

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Lyn Franklin
July 10, 2017 21:12

Answered

Is it possible in either Buzz version to apply assessment settings to all assessments in a course for visibility.

Can you pre-populate a discussion board?

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Josh Kaplan
June 23, 2017 18:26

Answered

I have to create several copies of a course. I want to prepopulate a discussion board inside the course with threads each time I copy the...

Breaking Connections to a Master

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Lyn Franklin
June 22, 2017 20:51

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We have a vendor that is about to make changes to their courses and our child copies have active students that will be impacted. What is ...

How to award badge for completing 3/5 activities?

Chad Kafka (FPS)
June 15, 2017 23:29

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

I read the badging materials in the Buzz Docs and looked over some previous discussions but did not find my answer. I'm not sure if this ...

Activity Time Capture through a course link

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Rochelle Nelson
June 06, 2017 17:28

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If a link is in a course and a student clicks on it to say like, Google Classroom, will time be captured?

How do i complete "Choose an activity" section in student orientation?

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Minhyeong Kim
May 30, 2017 21:13

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I tried to complete the orientation, but failed because of this section. It shows as you can see above and I can not do anything.

Objective Mastery by completion

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Josh Kaplan
May 17, 2017 13:54

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

I am attempting to have students reach mastery by completing activities rather than by grading them. In other words, I want the objective...

Matching mark correct/incorrect

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Bruce Sharp
May 10, 2017 20:49

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I thought I asked this a while back, but a search didn't turn anything up. Sorry if this is a repeat. I have an Assessment with 1 matchin...

Moving Resources

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Bruce Sharp
May 10, 2017 18:16

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Back when we used BrainHoney, if we moved a resource to a different folder the links to any moved resources would be broken. Is this stil...

Is there a way to use .gif files on the landing page?

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Jennifer Jaworski
May 04, 2017 14:04

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Can anyone help me with adding .gif files on course Landing Pages? When I add a .gif in a custom activity, it works, but I can't seem to...

IEP Accomodations

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Jocelyn Kolle
May 01, 2017 17:35

Feature idea (LEVEL 2)

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...

Audio/Video Comments: available to students?

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Wendy Cooley
April 26, 2017 17:17

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Hi, I just started using the great Audio/Video feedback function when I grade papers. So glad to have this. Question: Do students have ...

Feedback History

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Dennis Killmer
April 25, 2017 20:38

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Is there somewhere in Buzz to view activity feedback history? We can view response versions with the API, but we can't seem to find where...

Questions with workspaces show answers

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Flew Flewelling
April 10, 2017 17:30

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

I have some math questions in an assignment that are number answers. I want the students to show their work to these problems, so I sele...

DLAP API Console - sample command for listenrollments

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Aileen Sweeney
April 07, 2017 20:18

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Is it possible to list all enrollment for child sub-domains under a parent domain using the cmd listenrollments? For Example Parent domai...

Fractions with Variables

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Kevin McBride
April 07, 2017 19:31

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

My students are working on area for various shapes. I would like to use mixed numbers as a variable instead of decimals. Is this possible...

Linking "Passages" with Question Banks

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Devin Lewis
April 06, 2017 22:47

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

I teach English and regularly create assessments where there are passages that link to specific questions. This feature is great! However...

Arc Symbol

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Bruce Sharp
April 06, 2017 20:00

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Is there any way to make an arc symbol in the equation editor? Example: The closest I can come is using the $\widehat{ABC}$ command in La...

Teacher's being able to inactivate student accounts

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Michael Miller
April 03, 2017 18:53

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Is there a simple method to allow teachers to inactivate student accounts in a continuous course so that they may not share answers with ...

add a negative -> subtraction

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Bruce Sharp
March 24, 2017 03:07

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Is there any way for Buzz to recognize that adding a negative can be replaced by subtraction? I want to do something like this: Var: a = ...

SCORM Activity not working with multiple scenes

Josh Kaplan
March 22, 2017 21:01

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Hello, We develop eLearning SCOs in Articulate Storyline 2, which is SCORM compliant. When I upload and host a SCO containing only one ...

Notifications/App

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Jocelyn Kolle
March 20, 2017 14:35

Feature idea (LEVEL 2)

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,...

Printing Student Grades

Dennis Killmer
March 06, 2017 21:55

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Hi there, Is it possible to reformat the printable grade report in Buzz so it looks like the one from BrainHoney? The Buzz version wraps ...

Grey Dots in Gradebook- What do they mean

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Jennifer Parzych
March 03, 2017 14:12

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I know I have seen this before on the Agilix Site but I can't find it. I have a teacher who gave an assessment. She is seeing grey dots (...

Variables within Variables

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Bruce Sharp
February 23, 2017 20:47

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

...or variable-ception for you movie buffs out there. Is there a way to use a variable inside another variable? For example, let's say I ...