TEACHER-Enabling grading periods in Buzz

This article shows teachers how to enable grading periods in Buzz

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Written by Sue Soltis
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Grading periods allow you to view the Activities, Grades, People, and Editor by the specific grading periods. This allows you to view your students’ quarter grades. Semester grades will not be visible. After enabling grading periods in your course, you will need to associate your modules (folders) to the applicable grading period. For more information, review Associating your course modules to grading periods in Buzz.

Enabling grading periods in your Accelerate Education course:

Access your Accelerate Education course in Buzz.

Click Editor.

From the top toolbar, click Tools (wrench icon) and then click Course settings.

From the Grading periods card, check the box next to Use grading periods. Do not change any other setting.

Check the box next to Inherit activity grading period from top-most folder. This setting allows you to associate a grading period to a module and all the module’s activities (a real time saver!).

Rename the default grading period.

  1. Semester A:

    1. Click Period 1, change the Name to Q1, and then click Done.

    2. Rename Period 2 to Q2.

  2. Semester B:

    1. Click Period 1, change the Name to Q3, and then click Done.

    2. Rename Period 2 to Q4.

  3. If your course does not have A or B listed in the course name:

    1. Click Period 1, change the Name to Q1/Q3, and then click Done.

    2. Rename Period 2 to Q2/Q4.

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Delete any grading periods that are not needed.

  1. Semester A:

    1. Click Period 3 and then click REMOVE THIS GRADING PERIOD.

    2. Repeat these steps for Period 4.

  2. Semester B:

    1. Click Period 1 and then click REMOVE THIS GRADING PERIOD.

    2. Repeat these steps for Period 2.

  3. If your course does not have A or B listed in the course name, remove Period 3 and Period 4.

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Click SAVE at the top right of the page.

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