Get started with Buzz: Admins
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Use this collection of articles to get up and running with Buzz
Know your tools
How do I sign in to Buzz?
Admin tool brea...
Buzz System Requirements
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Accessibility and Buzz
Buzz's HTML editor
Customizable icons in Buzz (Font Awesome Pro)
Data limits
Experimental features
S...
Buzz user manual: Admins
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This collection includes all articles from the Administrator section, organized by tool. Because administrators may be interested in ...
How do I add domain-wide rubrics?
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How do I create and use rubrics (for activities)?
You can Add or Import Rubrics using Domain settings to ...
How do I sync with Student Information Systems (SIS) in Buzz?
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Buzz supports the rostering of users, courses, enrollments, and observers through the IMS OneRoster specification. The sync makes ros...
SIS Sync FAQs
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Buzz supports the rostering of users, courses, enrollments, and observers through the IMS OneRoster specification. The sync makes rosteri...
How do I set up Google Analytics for my domain?
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Google Analytics is a robust analysis tool that you can use to monitor and analyze your traffic on the Buzz website.
First, get a Go...
Domain settings allows you to customize your domain to best suit your district or organization. One of the powerful features of Buzz'...
How do I manage languages?
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You can easily set a default platform language for a domain, as well as provide other language options that other users can choose.
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How can I allow retries on activities that were auto-failed when submitting final grades?
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When submitting final grades, teachers are given the option to Zero All Unscored Activities. This allows teachers save time grading b...
How do I build a Resource library?
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Resource libraries are collections of categorized content pages that are built at the domain level and can be searched, bookmarked, s...
How do I use QuickNav easy navigation?
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The QuickNav tool allows you to quickly navigate to any screen in Buzz from wherever you are in the application! This includes activi...
How do I create User Metadata fields?
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Create metadata fields that allow you to record and track additional information about a user.
To do so:
Open Domain Settings.
Cli...
How do I set up Google SSO for my domain?
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This article explains how to configure a custom SAML application in Google so that your users can authenticate into Buzz with their G...
How do I manage files with FTP?
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Course materials can be authored in external authoring tools and uploaded into Buzz. To make this easier when dealing with a large nu...
How do I create custom support contact links?
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Buzz allows you to create a custom Main Menu entry that appears above Help, and is designed to give users the chance to contact suppo...
How do I run reports in the Other tab?
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The Other tab in the Reports tool allows you to access and run reports that are specific to your domain and go beyond the default rep...
How do I set up Teacher Dashboard data?
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The Teacher Dashboard aggregates and displays data about student performance, progress, and teacher responsiveness. It can be accesse...
How do I enable the SpeechStream toolbar?
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The SpeechStream toolbar, from Texthelp, supports accessibility in a variety of ways. You set up your account with Texthelp, and Buzz...
How do I get my own custom URL for Buzz?
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Setting up your own Buzz URL opens up additional opportunities to brand your platform, develop support systems, and control your dist...
How do I integrate G Suite to enable Google Drive collaboration?
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Google integration options
Buzz enables two types of integration with Google:
Automatic integration with Google Drive (...
How do I import Common Cartridge (IMS and SCORM) content?
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How do I manage data limits in Buzz?
Content packages contain simple learning content and metadata create...
How do I manage data limits in Buzz?
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Activity limits
A course and My Library in Buzz can display only up to 5,000 activities (including folders). At 80% of thi...
What can I print in Buzz?
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Wherever you see the printer icon in Buzz's toolbar, you are able to print the content on the screen.
Teachers ca...
How do I set up domain-level Grading Periods?
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You can set up domain-level Grading Periods for courses in your domain to map to. To do so, you must define a school year for the dom...
How do I disable Buzz's automatic Google Drive integration?
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In November of 2017, we simplified our Google Drive integration, so that all domains can be automatically integrated. Follow the inst...
How do I enable/disable Features in my domain?
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Admins can enable and disable Feature sets to accomodate users' needs.
Education is increasingly moving to blended and onlin...
Agilix Privacy Policy
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Agilix is committed to maintaining personal privacy
Data we gather from end users
Data that schools or institutions gather f...
How do I create custom Main Menu entries?
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Buzz allows you to add custom entries to your Main Menu, including non-default entries or external URLs that are displayed inside the...
How do I set up SAML authentication for my domain?
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SAML authentication can be used to establish a secure single sign-on (SSO) connection between Buzz and an external identity provid...