With an Observer account in Buzz, you can view your students’ course activities and grades. If you do not have an Observer account in Buzz, please submit a help desk ticket to request one. In the ticket, make sure to specify the students you need to observe.
There are two ways to set up a course in Buzz.
Range courses are taught by our local teachers.
Continuous courses are taught by Accelerate Education teachers.
After logging into Genius, click Go to LMS from the left navigation menu.
Click the computer icon next to Accelerate Education.
Under Choose a student to observe, click the student’s name.
To view the course’s activities: Click the Activities icon at the bottom right of the course card.
NOTE: The Current score on the course card will be displayed for a Continuous course and is a running, cumulative grade; this is not a quarter grade. For a Range course, there will be no Current score displayed due to the course settings.
Range Course: To locate a local teacher’s name and contact information, scroll through the INTRODUCTION Google Slides. If you are not able to locate the teacher’s contact information, please submit a help desk ticket.
Continuous Course: To locate an Accelerate Education’s teacher’s name and contact information, click to expand the Resources folder, and then click Teacher Contact Information.
Click the course folders to expand them and view the course content. As an Observer, you are not able to submit any work on behalf of the student.
To view the course’s grades: Click the Grades icon at the bottom right of the course card. If you select a Range course, you can view Activity, Score, Status, Submitted date, and Due date. If you select a Continuous course, you can view Activity, Score, Status, Submitted date, and Target due date.
In a Range course taught by our local teachers with grading periods enabled, you can switch to GRADING PERIODS AND CATEGORIES to see the quarter grades.
While on the grades page in a Range course, you can also view the quarter grades by clicking ALL PERIODS from the top menu bar and selecting the specific quarter you would like to view.
In a Continuous course taught by an Accelerate Education teacher, you can switch between GRADING CATEGORIES and SYLLABUS ORDER.
To view a student’s activity in a course: From the Grades page, click Activity from the top menu bar. You can view each item that was accessed, the Start time, and the Duration by date.