Buzz: Questions & Answers

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

Bulk edit to allow for multiple documents?

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Shane Foglesong
October 11, 2016 19:25

Feature idea (LEVEL 2)

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

Assessment variables

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Jeremy Walker
October 07, 2016 15:45

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Is it possible to use fractions as variables? We were trying to use variables to build equations where students had to identify the slope...

Discussion Board - Approve Student Posts

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Kelly Calderone
September 30, 2016 14:26

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Is there a way teachers can vet posts before they go live to the class? I'd like to be able to approve posts before other students see th...

Zero after Due Date (Red or Black?)

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Kevin McBride
September 28, 2016 14:36

Answered

In the course options,. I have "Automatically assign zero scores to past-due activities." I really like that the score will automatically...

Batch update empty scores

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Flew Flewelling
September 28, 2016 14:27

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

We have our course set to automatically zero after the due date. Occasionally we change the due date in class, but forget to change it i...

inability to sort in Analytics

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Patrick Yaggy
September 26, 2016 21:31

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

About two weeks ago, I lost the ability to sort in the Analytics on an Assessment. I used to be able to order questions by Difficulty or...

Remove course from Buzz library

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Byron Heath
September 23, 2016 14:34

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Is there a way to make a course completely unsearchable in the Buzz library? I’m working with teachers who have bought a specific number ...

Security of assessments over split periods

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Jeremy Walker
September 20, 2016 21:23

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Amy Berchem shared how she deals with administering assessments over a split period (their lunch occurs in the middle of class): I am giv...

Removing videos from Edit window

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Susan Valentine
September 20, 2016 18:54

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

I'm having difficulty removing videos once I add them to a rich-text activity page. I'm also having difficulty adding spaces or typing be...

Student Activity Stream

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Byron Heath
September 15, 2016 19:38

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Is there a way to change what information is updated in the student activity stream? For instance, if a teacher wanted to keep preassessm...

Save to My Resources

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Elizabeth (Liz) Steele
September 15, 2016 18:02

Answered

Can I be in a course, add something to the course, and then from the course, select the item and Save to My Resources?

Due Dates

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Laurie Jensen
September 14, 2016 22:07

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One of the posts stated that teachers have the option to set due dates under the editor tool, selecting the assignment, going to gradeboo...

Gradebook Score and Grade are missing

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Jennifer Parzych
September 13, 2016 19:18

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I have a user, she has a course: Earth Sci 9 (R) Honors-Prokopienko. She has two assignments already graded in her gradebook. However, he...

Printing tests

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Flew Flewelling
September 13, 2016 14:15

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We have a lot of students that get concussions and need their tests printed out for them. I see that I can do this in the Activity tab. ...

Buzz on iPads

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Swazenkewitz
September 13, 2016 14:04

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Having trouble loading and submitting assessments on iPads with updated software. Any solutions to this?

Due Dates

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Tara
September 07, 2016 13:53

Answered

How do I add a due date on the teacher level?