Buzz: Questions & Answers

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Multiple Matching with Variables

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Bruce Sharp
February 23, 2017 20:29

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

I'm trying to make a question where students have to classify a given expression by its degree and the number of terms. Since it is going...

Bulk Edit Groups

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Flew Flewelling
February 13, 2017 16:11

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

We have recently gone to stop accepting submissions after the chapter test. The Bulk Edit Feature is great for doing this. However, the...

Post Test Wrong Answer Visibility(Students)

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Zakk Reyna
February 06, 2017 20:57

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

I was wondering if there is a mass setting to allow students to see wrong answers on post tests. From what I can find, this option is on...

Keeping Course Cards from Disappearing

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Flew Flewelling
February 03, 2017 01:58

Answered

What are the rules that govern a student’s course card appearing/disappearing on their Buzz home screen? I teach an AP course that is b...

pacelight measures

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Jocelyn Kolle
January 31, 2017 19:08

Answered

Is there a document describing how the pacelight color is determined? We would like to know for data records. Thank you.

Dynamic Calendar

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Jocelyn Kolle
January 30, 2017 17:49

Answered

Is there a way for students to put in their own start and end dates in the course and have Buzz figure out a pace and adjust if these dat...

Font Awesome Update

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Doug Killmer
January 30, 2017 17:25

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Is there any way to update our Font Awesome files to version 4.7.0? It looks like we're running 4.5.0 and there have been a number of ne...

Comparison of Scores

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Anita Deck
January 20, 2017 16:39

Answered

How do you compare student scores at the classroom and/or school level to the County, State and National Average?

Excused Assignment Visibility

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Pat Gyles
January 18, 2017 21:38

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Currently, when you excuse an assignment, it disappears from student view entirely. I had a teacher request that it still remain visibl...

Print Buzz Agenda?

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Jessica Huseman
January 18, 2017 03:33

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

I use my Buzz Agenda as my lesson plan book and would like to be able to print out the Buzz Agenda for each of my classes. Is this featur...

Student Activity Time API

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Rochelle Nelson
January 10, 2017 15:43

Answered

Did something change on the API call for getting activity time for students?

Reset assignments that automatically receive 0s?

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Shane Foglesong
January 05, 2017 16:01

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

I have a teacher that checked the setting "Automatically assign zero scores to past-due activities" before entering the correct due dates...

Editing student information

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Linda Willoughby
January 04, 2017 02:21

Answered

How do I edit a student name or ID if it has been typed in incorrectly when adding students?

Student must complete before continuing question

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Shane Foglesong
December 14, 2016 16:28

Answered

I have added an assignment to my course and selected the setting "Student must complete before continuing". The course has been active s...

Respond to Discussion Board in Activity Grader

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Kevin McBride
December 08, 2016 01:31

Feature idea (LEVEL 2)

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 ...

Submit button redundancy

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Daniel Toomey
December 06, 2016 18:48

Answered

Is there a way to remove the "Do you want to submit now?" prompt after the Submit button is selected?

Resetting Multiple Passwords

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Alea Thompson
December 06, 2016 16:15

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Hi Buzz community, Sometimes I have to give users all the same password as per the request of the instructor. That's easy to do when I'm ...

Roles of Teacher Creator vs Teacher vs. Student when adding students to courses

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Michael Arcuri
December 01, 2016 17:43

Answered

Hi, I have created a class on Buzz and am enrolling students, what is the difference in role title between a teacher and a teacher creator?

Change Activity Type

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Kevin McBride
November 18, 2016 17:11

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Is it possible to change an activity type? For example, if an activity has been set up as a journal type, but we later realized we would ...

Student-Centric Tools?

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Dennis Killmer
November 17, 2016 23:15

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Hi There, Our K-5 staff are teaching all subject areas and I wondered if there any student-centric tools in Buzz that would allow them to...

Assessments: Giving negative points for wrong answer

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Byron Heath
November 16, 2016 17:32

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Is there a way to assign negative points for a wrong answer on an assessment? There are some teachers that I'm working with who have stud...

Grades restore

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Sherry Batten Monce
November 15, 2016 14:35

Answered

I had to redo my course. When I did it deleted all my students work. Is there a way I am able to restore them? I am just the teacher o...

Journal not submitting

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Gideon Seaman
November 14, 2016 20:58

Answered

Hello, I've had a teacher report that several students in her class tried to submit a journal response, but when they went to click the s...

iPad not fully logging in

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Katelynd DeSanctis
November 11, 2016 19:33

Answered

In class yesterday students used the iPads to complete Buzz assignments. There were 2 iPads on the cart that would not get past the initi...

Final Test

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Scott Flanary
November 09, 2016 18:06

Answered

I have a student who is trying to take the final test. I set the password in the editor and on the student side it is saying the passwor...

Rich Text Formatting Gone???

Kelly Calderone
November 08, 2016 13:41

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Hello, I (and other teachers) have noticed an issue in Buzz. Some of the rich-text formatting options are gone from Buzz in the Assessmen...

Throw out a question

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Gideon Seaman
November 04, 2016 20:12

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Is there a way to throw out a question (other than giving a curve to a class) from a test that they have already submitted (and where the...

Group grades when a member of the group does not participate

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Laurie Jensen
October 29, 2016 15:52

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Is there a way to assign a zero to a group member who does not help the group on a group assignment. When I enter the grade for one membe...

group priority

Bruce Sharp
October 20, 2016 15:35

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

In the old Buzz editor there was a place to rank group priority with respect to the settings. If a student is in 2 groups that have 2 dif...

Buzz Blog and Choice Assignment

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Ken Sajdak
October 13, 2016 01:26

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OK . . . Have a choice activity -- select 1 --- submit a paper, or do a blog post and response. Problem . . . when the Blog is chosen, th...