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TEACHER-Associating your course modules to grading periods in Buzz

This article shows teachers how to associate course modules to grading periods in Buzz

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Written by Sue Soltis
Updated over 4 months ago

After enabling grading periods in your Accelerate Education course, you will need to associate your course modules (folders) to the applicable grading period in Buzz. For more information about enabling grading periods, review Enabling grading periods in Buzz.

Once you have enabled the grading periods in a Semester A course, all modules and their associated activities will be assigned to Q1 by default. In a Semester B course, all modules and their associated activities will be assigned to Q3 by default. Always take the time to confirm the correct grading periods for your modules.

~ Semester A courses: Associate modules to the Q2 grading period that have gradable activities with due dates between October 22, 2024 and January 8, 2025. Place the Participation module in the Q2 grading period.

~ Semester B courses: Associate modules to the Q4 grading period that have gradable activities with due dates between March 13, 2025 and May 19, 2024. Place the Participation module in the Q4 grading period.

The quarter dates for the 2022/2023 school year are as follows:

~ 1st Quarter: 08/19/2024 to 10/21/2024

~ 2nd Quarter: 10/22/2024 to 01/08/2025

~ 3rd Quarter: 01/09/2025 to 03/12/2025

~ 4th Quarter: 03/13/2025 to 05/19/2025

Review the modules in your course and determine where to divide the grading periods. Please place the Participation module in either the Q2 or Q4 grading period. You may decide that some activities towards the end of a module belong in the Q2 or Q4 grading period. If you have activities that fall into two grading periods, follow the steps in the resource, Splitting a course module into two grading periods in Buzz.

  1. In an 18-module course, Q2 may begin with Module 10 and Q4 may begin with Module 28.

  2. In a 6-module course, Q2 may begin with Module 4 and Q4 may begin with Module 10.

From your Accelerate Education course card, click Editor.

To the right of the Resources module, click Edit (pencil icon).

Click the SETTINGS tab.

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In the Folder settings, verify the Resources module has a Period of Q1 (Sem. A) or Q3 (Sem. B).

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If the grading period is correct for the Resources module and no changes are needed, then click the X to the left of the Resources module name to return to the previous page and move to step 7.

If the grading period is incorrect for the Resources module, select the correct grading period (Q1 for Sem. A or Q3 for Sem. B) and then click SAVE at the top right of the page.

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If the grading period is incorrect, you should review all modules to ensure they are associated with the correct grading period.

Navigate to the first folder that contains activities for the SECOND grading period.

~ In an 18-module course, it is most likely Module 10 (Q2) or Module 28 (Q4).

~ In a 6-module course, it is most likely Module 4 (Q2) or Module 10 (Q4).

(Example) To the right of Module 10 in an 18-module course, click Edit (pencil icon).

Click the SETTINGS tab.

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In the Folder settings card, change the Period to Q2 (Sem. A) or Q4 (Sem. B).

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Click SAVE at the top right of the page.

Once you have assigned activities to specific grading periods, you can filter them by period in the following locations of your course.

Activities page

Gradebook page

People page

Editor page

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