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Implemented feature ideas and fixed bugs

Gradebook Issues

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Laurie-Ann Wyse
July 22, 2019 14:58

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

The new gradebook format has several issues that are making it very difficult or impossible to use. While on a PC, I can scroll in the g...

Continuous Enrollment Due Dates

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Dennis Killmer
September 28, 2015 22:03

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

We use the continuous enrollment course type and assignment due dates are automatically calculated using enrollment start and end dates. ...

Scrolling Issues

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Kelly Calderone
April 18, 2017 15:52

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

There is a bug with scrolling in Buzz Groups and Gradebook. When using the mouse wheel to scroll in the gradebook, the screen barely move...

Audio Feedback

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LeRoy Nelson
December 15, 2015 16:55

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Is Buzz capable of giving student feedback via voice recorder? I often find it quicker and more personal to give verbal feedback to stud...

Discussion Board Grading

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Katie Larson
November 06, 2015 21:39

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

When a student's discussion board assignment is opened up in the grading queue, all the replies are nested, and inconvenient to click thr...

Issue with Hover

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Chad T. Lower
May 02, 2022 18:38

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

On the 4/28 release, you mention, "Resolved a hover style issue with Activity grader when horizontally scrolling over a pinned column." I...

After Today's Update: Difficult to Use Gradebook

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Wendy Cooley
December 14, 2018 12:30

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Hi! The update from 12/14 has made it much more time consuming for me to work in the teacher Gradebook part of Buzz. It is quite a big ...

Final Grades when using Groups

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Ryan Josephson
March 03, 2016 20:37

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

When using an external SIS, we have to transfer grades manually from Buzz(Gradpoint actually) to the SIS. My problem is that I have a Bu...

Customize Editor Buttons for Grading Feedback

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Michael Miller
October 27, 2015 20:27

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Is it possible to add or customize the buttons on the grading feedback boxes? If not could we have a command sheet reference?

Link to Edit Assignment from Gradebook

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Kevin McBride
September 20, 2015 19:42

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Teachers would like a link to edit an assignment from the gradebook. Currently, in order to change relative weight, due date, or score in...

Submit Final Grade remains in SBG course despite being disabled

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Marc Collins
February 15, 2022 18:51

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

I have "Enable Final Grades" toggled off in the Admin App Features tab, but in our Standards Based Gradebook courses, it remains available.

Gradebook

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Karen W. Thorne
July 23, 2019 15:17

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

I prefer the old format, too. In addition to what has been mentioned, the contrast was greater on the old gradebook, making it easier to...

Teacher Course Cards

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Dennis Killmer
November 30, 2017 23:17

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Hi there, Our teachers would like to rearrange their course cards in Buzz like students can do. Is this a planned feature? Our K-8 teache...

Discussion Board Post Visibility

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Ryan Josephson
March 09, 2016 16:21

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

I have had a teacher request for an added discussion board feature. We would like to be able to hide all student posts until the student ...

Buzz navigation requests (from Sara Wietbrock)

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Jeremy Walker
September 09, 2015 15:11

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Sara writes: Buzz still seems to be really difficult for the students to navigate. I think it has to do with everything appearing togeth...

Latest update broke assessment grading

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Jason Albertson
September 13, 2019 12:39

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

After yesterday's update, some quizzes and tests will not load for teachers to grade anymore. When a teacher either tries to bring up the...

Buzz Beta Editor needs the tool bar moved.

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Wendy Cooley
July 20, 2016 17:25

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Hi! In Buzz Beta Editor, the editing toolbar is at the top of the given page. This scrolls up out of sight when I am down at the bottom...

Print assessments (from Dan White et al.)

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Jeremy Walker
September 01, 2015 15:27

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Several teachers have asked how they can print out their assessments for those instances where a student has been placed on restriction o...

Observers (i.e. Parents) seeing enrollments past end date

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Jeremy Walker
September 01, 2015 13:30

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Parents have been complaining that they see all of the past enrollments for their children, including those of graduated children. They ...

How do teachers create their own badges for use in their own courses?

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Jeremy Walker
August 27, 2015 22:12

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Teachers are asking how they can design and use their own badges in their own courses. Thanks, Jeremy

Day and Date on Agenda Calendar

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Bruce Sharp
September 04, 2020 13:07

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Could you please add the day of the week to the date navigator on the agenda? I'm often writing agendas a week or more in advance. I like...

Final Grades Name Sort

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Ryan Josephson
March 17, 2016 20:22

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Final Grades won't allow a sort by last name. Clicking on the column header for name gives the sorts below regardless of what the conten...

Printing Grades

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RCSD eLearning Team
February 02, 2016 15:26

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

When printing the grades for students (not a report but just printing their grades from the gradebook), it seems to work better in BH tha...

Collapse Grades from Previous Grading Periods in Grades View

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Kevin McBride
November 16, 2015 14:16

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

We would like to see the ability to collapse the grades from a previous grading period in a course in the grades view. Preferably, it wou...

Issues with files with # in the title

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Jeremy Walker
October 02, 2015 02:32

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

I've recently gotten several reports of files with # in the name no longer being available in Buzz (one was an attachment, two were image...

Filters added to People

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Jeremy Walker
September 02, 2015 20:49

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Currently the filter on the People page only allows you to search for a particular name. It would be great if the filter would also allo...

Library Issues

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Chad T. Lower
July 22, 2022 16:02

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

I am trying to go into the Library, select another course, and copy a folder from that course into my current course. It looks like I can...

Weekly Agenda

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Ccarey
August 26, 2020 18:23

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Hello, Is there a way that I as an adminstrator and the students as well could view the agenda in the weekly view form? Since the updat...

Grey dots no longer showing in grade book.

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Melissa Beach
August 30, 2019 13:02

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Previous version of the grade book would show grey dots for an assignment for a group that they were not in. When 2 versions of a test w...

Linking Passages with Question Banks

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Annie Lorek
April 06, 2017 22:36

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

We are running into an issue as Literature teachers while using question banks. We build passages as a question (passage) to link to cer...