Buzz: Product Feedback

Share your thoughts and make suggestions about Buzz.

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Product Feedback Guidelines

Ryan Richins (Agilix team member)
July 23, 2015 17:57

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Welcome to the Buzz Product Feedback discussion. Here, you can share your thoughts about Buzz, make suggestions, and find out what we’re ...

Workspace example answer

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Bruce Sharp
November 16, 2020 17:51

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I am creating fill-in questions that have a workspace. If the students fill in the correct answer it is graded by the server. If they ent...

Agenda - Wasted Real Estate

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Flew Flewelling
October 22, 2020 14:59

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When I view the Agenda in the Agenda Editor, it takes up the whole width of the screen. (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TnxQHTYNORN7Igc...

Additional HTML options in Rich Text Editor

Jason Albertson
November 13, 2020 14:20

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Love the latest updates to the RTE! I benefitted from several of them yesterday without even realizing it—that's how natural (and needed!...

Add Strikethrough Option in Agenda and Activity Editor

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Kevin McBride
September 02, 2020 01:39

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I would like the option to markup text with a strikethrough. Currently the only options seem to be italicize, underline, or bold. I am a...

Color coding assessment types in the main gradebook

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Rebecca Gerl
November 03, 2020 16:35

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For those of us who like to use the "Main Gradebook" verses the "Needs Grading" menu, would it be possible to color code the assignment t...

Calendar no longer has lesson numbers

John Hogenmiller
October 30, 2020 18:26

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We use the lesson numbers to help determine the target pace. In the September update the calendar, the lesson numbers are no longer avail...

Symbol for Absolute Value need in the Insert Equation

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Margaret Colella
October 09, 2020 15:02

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The math teachers that I work with are looking for a symbol to be added in the Insert Equation tools for 'absolute value'. While they kno...

typing in expressions for limits (math courses need this)

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Margaret Colella
October 08, 2020 18:48

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Could they add a feature that would allow both the teacher and student to type in expressions for limits in calculus using good mathemati...

Option for anonymous discussion posts

Marc Collins
September 30, 2020 20:26

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Could teachers be given the option to create anonymous discussions where students could post to it but their name does not appear to othe...

Feature request: zero-point assessment questions

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Jason Albertson
September 12, 2019 14:24

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Some of our teachers have historically used a non-scored test question to solicit feedback, usually something like, "Do you still have qu...

Rearranging items in assessment

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GINA DANIELS
September 26, 2020 14:33

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Instead of individually moving items up and down one item and one spot at a time it would be helpful to be able to either drag them sever...

Icon for late submissions after auto-zero

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Jason Albertson
April 08, 2020 14:56

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Teachers at my institution love the ability to make late assignments auto-grade as zero but still allow late submission. Auto-zeroed assi...

Quick Edit Option in Gradebook to use arrows- Can this be added?

Salina Ruffing
September 04, 2020 15:05

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Is there a way to make the Quick Edit option allow you to move across or down the grade book page using the arrow buttons on the keypad? ...

Add a Badge for Student App To-Do List

Kevin McBride
August 30, 2020 14:18

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The todo list at the top of the student app does not have a badge to show how many items are due. This could be helpful in drawing studen...

Show Grades in the Student Activity Stream on Course page.

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Kevin McBride
August 30, 2020 14:04

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In the new activity player, it would be helpful if students were able to see the grade and feedback notification for assignments without ...

Daily Agenda Navigation

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Bruce Sharp
August 28, 2020 20:07

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My daily agenda typically has links to several activities: videos, assignments, etc. When I click a link, say for a video, the video open...

Add Audio and Video to Discussion Boards

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Melissa Moreno
December 14, 2017 16:53

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Could you please add the same audio and video messaging capability (but for all users in this case) that you have added to Teacher Feedba...

Due Date for Folder

Marc Collins
August 05, 2020 23:06

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Certain curriculums are set up with topics broken up into several activities in buzz. As opposed to needing to assign each activity to th...

Scheduler for Groups

Marc Collins
August 04, 2020 05:10

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I understand how to differentiate due dates with groups - it is summed up in the following statement : "When you create a due date or gra...

Essay Assessment Editor

LeRoy Nelson
June 16, 2020 18:59

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I think a good audio video option would be good in the essay assessment text editor. I realize pictures and video can be put into the es...

Capturing Data

Summer Soltis
June 02, 2020 17:16

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I want to be able to make informed decisions on where my students need more support in lessons based on the data from exams. Currently, ...

Upfront information in Course Syllabus

Witold Ferens
May 15, 2020 21:17

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In a Syllabus view, the only information presented about an item is whether an item is visible or not. It would be immensely helpful if a...

Managing resources - organization and access

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Witold Ferens
May 14, 2020 23:04

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Using resources is extremely cumbersome. The files cannot be renamed; the dialogue window for inserting a resource is tiny, and does not ...

SMS Notifications To Teachers

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Stuart Pask
May 12, 2020 23:27

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I really love how it is possible to receive a SMS notification when a student turns in work. The thing is this is ANY work. I sure woul...

Moving from one gradebook to the gradebook in another section

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Sue Steiner
June 07, 2018 23:49

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In the older version off Buzz, I could move between gradebooks of various sections with 2 clicks. Now in the Next Buzz it takes me 4 cli...

Observer Previous/Next Button

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Ryan Josephson
May 01, 2020 19:03

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We use the observer role to manage groups of advisory students that we communicate with more frequently than all of our subject matter co...

Add borders to table in agenda

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Elizabeth Laba
March 15, 2020 17:55

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When adding a table to the agenda my options are no boarders or a light gray border that is barely visible. Can you please make a darker...

Please add "Last Login" as a display option under the visible columns to the People display options on the teacher app.

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Catherine Keppers
March 19, 2020 17:49

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One of the display options for visible columns in the class grade book for teachers is Last Login..... it would be VERY helpful to add t...

Rounding - feature request

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Bruce Sharp
February 21, 2020 19:23

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I really need an option in Buzz for fill-answers to be rounded to a given place value. For example, I want students to calculate the tan...