Importing Buzz Publishing Anywhere content into Canvas Assignments


Introduction

The Buzz Publish LTI tool in Canvas, developed by Publication Academy, enables instructors and administrators to seamlessly embed content from the HigherEd+ catalog into any Canvas course. 

HigherEd+ offers a course library on topics like academic writing, scholarly publishing, leadership, and AI.

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Instructions

Creating a Canvas Assignment with Buzz Publishing content

To import Buzz Publishing Anywhere content into a Canvas assignment:

  1. Navigate to the course to which you'd like to add Higher Ed+ content.
  2. Click on Assignments from the course navigation menu.
  3. In the top right corner click the +Assignment button to create a new assignment.
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  4. Each new assignment has a variety of settings to choose from. From here, you may assign a total point value and adjust any other assignment settings as desired (e.g. due date).
  5. Under Submission type, click on External Tool from the dropdown menu.
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  6. Click Find.
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  7. Scroll until you see Buzz Publish Anywhere from the list of external tools and click on it.
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  8. This will launch a small pop-up window with a couple catalogs to choose from. Click Open on the Virginia Tech catalog.
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  9. Click Open on the HigherEd+ (VT) catalog.
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  10. From there, you will see thumbnails for all Buzz Publishing (Higher Ed+) courses to choose from. Scroll until you see the one you are looking for. You may also try using the keyboard shortcut CTRL + F and then typing in the beginning of the title to find it from the list.
  11. Click Open to view the desired course. You will see each of the 3 components: a page with a course overview and objectives, a video, and a quiz.
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  12. Determine which component you'd like to add and then click Add. The assignment title in Canvas will automatically update to match the component's title.
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  13. Click Add Activity.
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  14. Click Select.
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  15. The assignment will load in Canvas.

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Organizing Buzz Publishing Assignments using Modules

  1. Add a Canvas module by following the instructions located at: How do I add a module?
  2. Click on the plus sign in the header of the Module name to add module items.
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  3. In the drop down to add an item, click on Assignment and your Canvas assignments in your course site will display.
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  4. Locate and click on your Buzz Publishing assignment(s). You can select more than one assignment to bulk add. Then click Add Item.
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  5. Click on the reordering icon to the left of the assignment icon and assignment name to re-order the assignments if needed.
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  6. Publish your module when you are ready to release it to students. See: How do I publish or unpublish a module as an instructor?
    • You can publish the items in your module from the Modules page as well.

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Getting Help

Buzz Publish Anywhere tools are supported by Publication Academy, not Canvas or Virginia Tech. For help, see the Agilix Help Center.

For to report issues with Buzz Publish Anywhere tool in Canvas, go to the 4Help Portal, log in, and click Get Help.

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