How do I filter the content displayed in Buzz?
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Many of Buzz's screens allow you to filter content by multiple variables, so you can easily access the information you want.
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How do I create multiple grading periods within one course?
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Create separate grading periods, so you can easily divide grades by date range without building additional courses in Buzz.
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How do I vary attempt limits by question?
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Use question groups to apply different attempt limits to questions in the same practice questions activity.
Create questi...
How do I create formative assessments?
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Use formative assessments to personalize your students learning path.
We all know that every student doesn't learn at the sam...
How do I create and/or import objectives?
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Create course-specific objectives or import objectives from the domain.
Buzz lets you create your own course-specific obje...
How do I review my students' progress on mastering objectives?
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Review classwide and individual progress on objectives to ensure your students are on track.
Effectively determining objecti...
How do I use the Performance/Gradebook tool?
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Record and track all student performance in one place.
Gradebook screens
Navigate to the Gradebook tool with the...
Teacher tool breakdown
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Get to know your toolbox
Teacher Main Menu
From the Home screen Main Menu, you can:
Manage people, activities,...
How do I use Buzz's Curve scores feature?
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Buzz's Curve feature allows you to assign a max possible score that is lower than the activity's original max score.
Lowering...
How do I create a course in Buzz?
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Easily create courses with Buzz.
If you have the right permissions, you can create a course by copying one that already exist...
How do I create Clipboard Tasks?
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Clipboard Tasks are the quickest way to provide trackable intervention and interaction.
Tasks are personalized, non-graded ac...
How do I add students to the Clipboard?
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There are two ways to add students to the Clipboard.
Add students inside the Clipboard
To add stu...
How do I review Lesson grades?
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Buzz makes it easy to see how indvidual scores impact the Lesson's score.
A Lesson's score is composed of all the gradable...
How do I create Quick Lists?
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Quick Lists enable you to easily group personalize intervention for a set of students who have similar needs.
Using the Clipb...
How do I send messages with Buzz?
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Buzz provides multiple ways to email individuals, select groups, an entire class, or students across all courses.
Email w...
How do I add activities to my course?
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Buzz lets you create various activity types using the same tool.
Add an activity
Buzz provides activity types to...
Buzz authoring: Unsupported HTML tags
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Buzz authoring does not support the following HTML tags:
<link>
<style>
<script>
Using these HTML tags could compromise the securi...
How do I manage relative grading weight values?
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Buzz makes it easy to weight activities individually or by category.
What are grading weight values?
When you cr...
How do I ensure gradable personalized activities impact student grades fairly?
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Creating personalized activities to effectively and fairly promote each student’s individualized learning path requires some gradebo...
How do I review personalized activities?
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Buzz promotes various types of personalized activities to help you develop individual learning paths for your students.
Th...
How do I link to or copy content from another course?
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Sharing approved content between courses and teachers is easy with Buzz.
Enable a course to be shared
If you hav...
How do I run Mastery Reports?
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Generate Mastery Reports to get a high-level perspective on student performance in relationship to educational standards.
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How do I run Student Reports?
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Generate Student Reports to get a high-level perspective on individual student performance.
To run Student Reports, select th...
How do I run Gradebook Reports?
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Generate Gradebook Reports to get a high-level perspective on student performance as it relates to activities.
Gradebook Repo...
How do I use the Activity Grader?
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The Activity Grader allows you to access and edit all student scores for a specific activity using one screen.
Open the Activ...
How do I use the Grade Editor?
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The Grade Editor allows you to make changes to a specific student’s score on a specific activity
Accessing the Grade Edit...
How do I review and grade student choice activities?
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There are a two simple ways to review and grade student choice activities.
To access student choice activities:
Open Per...
How do I enable and manage student choice activities?
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Student choice activities provide powerful personalized-learning experiences.
Enable and configure student choice activit...
How do I create and manage groups?
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Use Buzz’s Manage Groups feature to remove the guesswork from directing group work.
A teacher can group the same class in var...
How do I use the project wizard?
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The project wizard allows you to create the robust project activities necessary for effective project-based learning (PBL).
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