Buzz: Product Feedback

Share your thoughts and make suggestions about Buzz.

Feature ideas (LEVEL 1)

Lockdown browsers for tests

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Jodi Hook
March 14, 2017 20:08

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Hi all I would like for Buzz to create a lockdown brower for when students are taking tests. Google and Google Translate pages are just a...

Flip Grid type discussion boards

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Melissa Moreno
May 09, 2018 20:30

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

I love the fact that you have added the ability for teachers to give students audio and video feedback when grading assignments. I also ...

CK12

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Melissa Moreno
June 19, 2017 18:46

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Could you investigate adding CK12 to the Library resources? They work with Canvas, Blackboard, Google Classroom, and Schoology, so they...

Force-submit homework and assessments

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Bruce Sharp
November 04, 2016 14:18

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Can you please add the feature to homework (maybe assessments already do this?) to have an option to force submit homework activities? Ma...

Curving Assignments

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Flew Flewelling
December 02, 2015 20:31

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

I'd love to see the ability to curve an assignment in ways other than simply adjusting the top score. Some examples: In my AP Course, ...

Adjust assessment question grading feedback (from Bruce Sharp)

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Jeremy Walker
September 03, 2015 12:09

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Bruce writes: [Look at] the difference in feedback here. In both examples below 2 [words] are [matched] correct[ly] and 1 is incorrect. ...

Feedback on essay type assessments not appearing

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Harry Williams
March 01, 2024 11:29

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

We've noticed that feedback is no longer appearing on essay type assessment questions. This is a change: it was previously visible when s...

Numerical range for computation questions

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Witold Ferens
May 15, 2020 22:10

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Science topics often require students to calculate. Currently Buzz does not offer a possibility to specify an accepted range for an answe...

Student gradebook for auto zeros

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Betsy Springer
September 03, 2024 16:20

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

If not already a feature, can students see a 0* in the grade book when a due date passes rather than just a 0. Teachers see 0* but it is ...

Plagiarism & Word count

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Kimberly Johnson
February 10, 2022 19:46

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Is there a way to imbed a plagiarism checker and word counter into the buzz app on the grading pages. This feature would support both stu...

Can students receive a zero but not be marked complete?

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Bo Gorcesky
October 23, 2020 18:40

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

A received some feedback from one of my virtual teachers that we wanted to share with you guys: Can the developers change the software s...

Agilix Help Center Bug

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Bruce Sharp
September 25, 2020 13:21

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

There is an unexpected behavior on this site. When I create a new post the menu showing rich text options, and buttons to add images, lin...

Ability to Mark Retry on Assignment

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Kevin McBride
September 12, 2018 22:45

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Currently on an assignment-type problem, I am unable to mark that a student is able to retry this assignment. The retry icon in the grade...

Enhancements for communication tools needed

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Jeremy Walker
October 19, 2016 15:47

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

We've been struggling with how to email groups of kids and email their observers at the same time. Elizabeth Laba created a quick list in...

Equation editor for drop down matching

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Jeremy Walker
September 15, 2016 03:06

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

We've suggested this for the old editor, but we don't see it in the new editor so we're suggesting it again. It would be really swell if ...

Activity Grader suggestion

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Bruce Sharp
March 10, 2016 16:44

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

I often enter grades for several assignments at a sitting. I generally use the activity grader window to enter scores. After entering stu...

Students being able to recognize the standards

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Darleen Maas
December 10, 2015 16:26

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Within our courses, we have connected standards to each of our questions. The students are unable to see which standard goes with which ...

Grade by question feature

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Jeremy Walker
October 16, 2015 00:14

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

We would really love to see Buzz have the grade by question feature that BrainHoney has once you click on the test item. That was a real...

Ability to add students from the clipboard to a particular group

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Jeremy Walker
September 02, 2015 20:54

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

We have teachers who teach special subjects (Music, for example) at multiple buildings. Our groups are set up by our SDS by school, by g...

Grading by question

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Jacob Paulson
September 29, 2023 16:41

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Hello! It would great if we could grade by each question. So when there are 5 written questions, to be able to grade responses from stude...

Late assignments allowed until a date

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Katelynd DeSanctis
January 04, 2021 18:06

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

In my district we currently have to allow students to correct/hand in work up until the end of the marking period. It would be a huge tim...

Expand lesson content to full screen

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Lizzie Donovan
October 28, 2020 17:33

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

There isn't a way to make the lesson content go full screen unless it's a video, because of the top and bottom bars. As a result, there's...

Assessment Feedback in Gradebook

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Noelle Thomas
October 24, 2019 17:35

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

The rubrics in the gradebook allow teachers to select the "Leave Feedback" text so teachers can leave feedback on individual parts of a r...

Last submission date

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Melissa Moreno
April 18, 2019 14:32

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Would you please add a column to the gradebook that says "Last submission date"? This is more useful than the "Last Login Date". Studen...

Changing default on Performance/Grades screen to Syllabus order

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Meri Tunison
February 21, 2018 21:12

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Currently the default view for students looking at their Performance/Grades screen for the first time is Categories. I would love to eith...

Exporting assessments

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Pat Gyles
February 02, 2018 19:33

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

I understand there is a way to export assessment responses but is there a way to export actual assessments or the questions that are in t...

Feature Request - Fractions!

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Bruce Sharp
October 25, 2016 16:42

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

One of my top needs in Buzz is the ability for it to handle fractions. Mostly, some sort of function to reduce fractions to simplest form...

assessment review settings

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Joshua Graegin
September 20, 2016 19:18

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

We would love to see a feature that gives us an option when creating an assessment that would allow students to view what they missed on ...

Drop and Drag

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Jeremy Walker
September 15, 2016 12:18

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

Brooke Yeager suggested the other day that it would great if the students had the ability to drag and drop the matching options so that t...

Google Doc Suite and Add-on's Integration in Buzz

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Jennifer Parzych
April 20, 2016 15:30

Feature idea (LEVEL 1)

We have been trying to utilize Buzz in conjunction with the Google Doc Suite since we are a GAFE school. Our institution also utilizes th...