How do I review or remove badges awarded to a student?
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Related articles How do I create course badges? How do I award badges? How do I use the Clipboard? Tips Students can ...
Flashcards activity editor
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Flashcards are non-gradable activities designed to allow learners to review content and help them commit it to memory. ...
How do I override grading weights?
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If you don't want to use Buzz's grading weight feature, and would like all activity scores to be calculated based solely on the point...
How do I insert math equations in Buzz's rich text editor?
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Buzz's rich text editor allows you to add math expressions, formulas, and equations. For example, it will convert the text string:  ...
How does Extra credit work in Buzz?
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Buzz allows you to easily mark activities as Extra credit. To make an activity count as Extra credit: Open the Activity editor by: ...
How do I create supplemental activities that students can choose to complete?
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Buzz allows you to create activities that students can assign to themselves if they want to do additional work on a subject. ...
How do I change my language?
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If enabled, you can change the language of the platform in the User menu. Note: This changes only the language ...
How do I preview activities and use the View as students tool?
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Teachers and admins can easily preview an activity by selecting it in the Course home screen or by opening the Editor an...
How do I set up Buzz to drop lowest scores in a Grading category?
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You can set Buzz up to automatically drop the lowest score or a specific number of lowest scores for a given set of activities (quizz...
How do I use the Clipboard to email parents/observers?
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This feature is available for domains with Email enabled but not for domains with Inbox enabled. Learn more: How do I en...
How do I create individualized due dates (Range enrollment courses)?
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Teachers can easily modify due dates for individuals to account for IEPs, personal circumstances, etc. This feature work...
How do I add User Notes to courses, folders, and activities?
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If enabled by your school, Buzz lets you to create notes (2,000 max per user) and attach them to courses, folders, and a...
How do I use the Teacher Dashboard?
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The Teacher Dashboard aggregates and displays data about student performance, progress, and teacher responsiveness. Acce...
What computer-based testing tools can I enable for my students?
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Buzz has a wide array of settings and configurations that make it a powerful tool for educators in a variety of contexts...
How do I create activities using Google Docs in Buzz?
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If your domain is integrated with Google Workspace, you can create Google Doc activities in Buzz. Open the Editor. Cl...
How do I create Google file and Image Annotation Templates?
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Buzz allows you to create Google file or Image templates that students can copy, complete, and submit in an Assignment a...
How do I send feedback Messages to a student about an activity?
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Buzz allows you to easily send feedback Messages at any time--before, during, or after grading--with the Grade Editor an...
How do I view past courses?
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Any course with an enrollment that has been expired for more than 2 weeks does not appear on your Home page. However, yo...
How do I create and manage Base and Derivative courses?
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Using Base and Derivative courses allows you to create and manage content for multiple courses over multiple years in on...
How do I use the Course manager tool (for Base courses)?
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Note: The Course manager tool appears only for Base courses. Because Base Courses are designed to be used for content cr...
How do I align objectives with assessment questions?
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Assessments are gradable activities that use questions you create and/or link from question banks. Each question can be ...
How do I use Assessment Templates?
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There's a video tutorial for this topic! Use Assessment Templates to enhance your curriculum and improve your students u...
How do I manage Grading Periods?
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Buzz allows administrators to set up School years and Grading periods within them at the domain to help align grading practices acros...
How do I map existing Grading Periods to domain Grading Periods?
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Note: This article applies only to Range enrollment courses, and not to Continuous enrollment courses. Buzz allows administ...
How do I manage course folders?
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Use Folders to organize your course content into units, chapters, sections, etc. Add a folder ...
How do I use Content templates?
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Content templates make it easy to use third-party tools to create engaging activities that can be easily edited in Buzz....
Custom activity editor
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Custom Activities allow you to embed SCORM activities, display external web sites, or create gradable activities using s...
Blog activity editor
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Blogs are assigned writing exercises that can be seen by the authoring student, the teacher, and all members of the cour...
Assignment activity editor
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Assignments are gradable activities that you create using a rich text editor. Students complete assignment activities in...
Assessment activity editor
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Assessments are gradable, question-based activities that use questions you create and/or link from question banks. Each ...