Buzz: Questions & Answers

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Continuous Enrollment 365

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Elizabeth Camarena
August 08, 2016 00:25

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I want to copy a derivative child copy of a master course and set it for continuous enrollment. The start and end dates along with the "d...

How to create a "Master" course

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Heath Hamrick
August 04, 2016 01:32

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What are the steps to create or designate a course as a "master" course? I have a created course that I would like my teachers to be abl...

Student Notes

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Wendy Cooley
August 02, 2016 16:25

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Hi! I see something posted from last year saying Buzz was working on getting a student notes section that is private to the teacher/adm...

Overall Activities

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Katrina Pionek
August 01, 2016 18:39

Answered

How is the percentage determined for Overall Activities (compared to gradable activities)?

Embedding a Resource in Rich Text Activity

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Dana M.
July 29, 2016 14:41

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

We've been able to hard code links to other assets in the embed content feature of the new Editor in Buzz, but when attempting to just em...

User Settings: Disabling Hide excused activities

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Dana M.
July 28, 2016 12:29

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Question: In the User Settings as shown below, the "Hide excused activities" default is always enabled. Is there a way we can choose to m...

New Editor: Lost ability to import Common Cartridge modules?

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Heath Hamrick
July 26, 2016 17:04

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

In the new editor, where is the option to import a common cartridge module (like from SoftChalk)?

Please Help with new Buzz Beta Rubric!

Wendy Cooley
July 19, 2016 21:24

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

I love the new Buzz Beta Rubric except that I would like to be able to set my lowest LEVEL score to give a zero grade when clicked on Ri...

FTP resource upload failing: "500 Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

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Matthew Marichiba
July 19, 2016 18:09

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

We deploy custom Buzz features by FTPing files into our domain's web folder. When I tried to deploy yesterday I started seeing FTP errors...

Creating New Classes

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Phillip Knight
July 19, 2016 16:08

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Good morning! I'm a new user to Agilix and I'm having some difficulty navigating. I've looked up the Help topic but it doesn't address my...

Images in Assessments (beta editor)

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Byron Heath
July 12, 2016 16:21

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I'm having some trouble adding images into assessments using the new editor. I can press "New" and choose a file from my computer, or cho...

Teacher Name Display in Buzz

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Dana M.
July 11, 2016 18:42

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Is it possible to adjust or configure the first name field for teachers so that it displays Mr. or Ms. for the student view of Buzz? Ex...

Importing Standards

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Jocelyn Kolle
July 11, 2016 17:32

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I currently teach a variety of Social Studies courses and I would like all of my state standards to be accessible to import. While Buzz h...

How to Edit Images (beta editor)

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Byron Heath
July 07, 2016 18:51

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

How do I resize or re-align an image in the new editor? In the old editor, a user could place a picture, and then click on it again to ed...

Ability to Change Objectives to Standards

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Dana M.
June 29, 2016 19:46

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In Buzz, is there a way to change/configure the wording of "Objectives" to "Standards" so that it aligns to the wording we utilize? Here...

Enrollment Completion Reports (beta editor)

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Byron Heath
June 23, 2016 19:52

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Is there a way to run a student grade report after an automatic enrollment completion? The new editor includes the automatic enrollment c...

Caliper Analytics

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Permanently deleted user
June 21, 2016 21:13

Feature idea (LEVEL 2)

Is there a future for Caliper Analytics within the Buzz Platform, and if so how far out?

Adding from Compass/Odyssey

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Efrancis
June 19, 2016 20:50

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How do I add an activity from Compass/Odyssey to my curriculum? Thanks

Student Portfolio

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Odalis Tavares
June 15, 2016 19:10

Feature idea (LEVEL 2)

Is there a function to add a student portfolio? A place where students could place their best works once complete. Thank you for your h...

Exempting

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Odalis Tavares
June 15, 2016 01:52

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Is there a way to exempt students from assignments through the quick edit gradebook feature?

Does agilix have Tin Can API integration?

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Sam Kong
June 14, 2016 19:00

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Curious whether Buzz/Agilix have Tin Can api integration? I was not able to find any documentation on this topic. Other searches include ...

Get current Domain as URL replacement variable?

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Matthew Marichiba
June 02, 2016 17:59

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Hi, I have a question regarding custom menu items in Buzz. We can use replacement variables in the URL parameter to pass data along to th...

Search for Activity

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Kevin McBride
May 20, 2016 16:39

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Is there a way to search for an activity in the activity view, gradebook, or curriculum map?

I want to be ablet individually turn off "Gated Assignments"

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Wendy Cooley
May 17, 2016 16:40

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As a teacher, I want to build my course in Buzz with "gates" that stop a student from moving on until they complete a given assessment. ...

Course tile or thumbnail images

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Melissa Moreno
May 12, 2016 18:39

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Where are the images used for the course tile or thumbnails saved? I uploaded an image for my course for last semester. However, I hav...

Printing course grades

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Frank McGrath
May 09, 2016 20:44

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

I see the release notes for printing student grades individually. How can I print student grades for a whole course without having to pr...

Inactive courses

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Aaron Carter
May 02, 2016 19:03

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I went to look at a student's work from 1st semester and I no longer had access to my first semester course. How do I reactivate the cou...

Buzz System Requirements

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Dennis Killmer
April 27, 2016 19:39

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Hi there, Is Buzz supported on IOS devices? Thank you, Dennis

Activity Descriptions

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Dennis Killmer
April 25, 2016 16:30

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Hi there, Is there a knowledge base article that describes the purpose and functionality of each type of student activity? Thank you, Dennis

Hiding grades in student view

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Jocelyn Kolle
April 21, 2016 13:50

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Is there a way for an assignment/grade to show up only for the teacher's view once complete? I have an assignment that once done I would...