Buzz: Product Feedback

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Implemented feature ideas and fixed bugs

Extensions by student

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Betsy Springer
October 06, 2022 23:01

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

I would like to have the option to extend a due date for a student. We had a student with a religious exemption and she needs to complete...

Add more detail to attachment error message

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Meri Tunison
September 13, 2022 15:05

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Hello! We had a student who was running into "Unable to add attachment" errors when trying to add an image on their iPad. The Code and Me...

Start/End Dates no longer visible on Past Courses page for Admin

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Jordan Bender
August 11, 2022 16:15

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

With the recent update to the Past Courses page it appears that the Start/End Dates aren't visible any more for Administrators. There is ...

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...

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...

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...

MOS Editor > Weights tab issue

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Marc Collins
April 01, 2022 00:03

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

It looks like there is an issue in the multi-outcome scoring editor, on the weights tab. The text for displaying the % each category con...

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.

Request: Max word count on assessment essays

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Jason Albertson
October 22, 2021 14:15

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Essay questions would be enriched by having the option to limit input to min/max lengths. Character counts would probably be the easiest....

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

New Preview of Uploaded/Linked Assignments

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Flew Flewelling
April 20, 2016 16:16

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

When grading assignments, I LOVE how you added the box under the link that shows the file. This is AWESOME! I'd like to suggest that the...

Editing Groups - names unpinned

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Anna Westaby
February 23, 2021 16:37

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

I have a class in Buzz that I use MANY groups for differentiation. I noticed today that when I scroll through my list of groups, the stud...

Major Improvement Idea to Audio and Video Feedback

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Ivan Traylor
February 28, 2021 01:29

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

It would be incredible to be able to move the Audio//Video recorder over so that we could see the work our students have done while recor...

The new "Capture Image" tool in Buzz assignment text editor makes images too small

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Meri Tunison
February 09, 2021 17:37

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Hello, below is a video and screenshot showing how small the "Capture Image" tool inserts images into the Comments area when compared to ...

Ability to highlight text in the feedback box

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Jeremy Walker
October 13, 2015 19:05

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

The BrainHoney feedback text editor allows for the highlighting of text which many of our teachers have used over the years in various wa...

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...

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...

Moving the microphone for feedback?

Bo Gorcesky
October 23, 2020 14:14

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

I got this question/concern/feedback request from one of the teachers that I work with and wanted to share: I use the microphone to give...

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...

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...

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 ...

Inability to view discussions until first submission

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Margaret Colella
December 11, 2019 17:15

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Is it possible to have the settings for discussions to include the inability to view peers' posts until the student submits his/her initi...

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...

Click on Due Date Footer to add/adjust due date

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Flew Flewelling
November 13, 2019 14:37

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

A function that would streamline the gradebook would be to add the ability to click on the Due Date Footer in the gradebook and adjust th...

New Grade Editor doesn't display past due assignment dates with red font

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Jason Albertson
September 13, 2019 13:55

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

The new grade editor doesn't display the dates for past due assignments with red font anymore. Please bring this back--it's a big help to...

Grade book space - too spread out

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Marc Collins
September 08, 2019 21:16

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

There is too much space wasted vertically with such thick rows. Perhaps a 'compact display density' similar to what Gmail has. And tryi...

New Grader

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Wendy Cooley
September 12, 2019 23:16

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

The new grader is very difficult to use quickly. 1. The question, the student answer, and the Sample Answer all look the same in black a...

Rearranging and resizing course cards

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Mike Morone
January 11, 2018 13:20

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

We would love to have the ability to rearrange or resize course cards. Some of our teachers teach 10-15 courses, and they want the abil...

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 Posts Changed Again =(

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Linda Schuerman
September 28, 2019 14:05

Implemented feature idea or fixed bug

Oh no . . . I SO liked the change you made this past summer with the discussion board posts being on one page and the rubric on another w...