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Glossary

Definitions for key Edvello terms, concepts, and platform vocabulary used across the product.

A glossary is a specialized reference tool that explains the terms used throughout a product, document, or field in plain language.

This glossary is designed for Help Center users who need quick definitions while learning how Edvello works.

Core Edvello terms

Term What it means
Academy Your public-facing site — the org homepage, course landing pages, and Explore. Students land here before and after signing in. URL: <siteName>.edvello.com or your custom domain.
LMS The authenticated learning area students enter after signing in. Contains Home, My Learning, Explore, Cohorts, and Settings. Reached via Open Academy or Go to LMS in the admin dashboard.
Organization Your admin workspace — holds courses, people, settings, and branding. Each organization maps to one academy.
Explore The course discovery tab inside the LMS. Shows published courses the student has not enrolled in yet.
Academy landing page The public homepage for your academy. Managed in the main sidebar under Distribute.
Course landing page The public page for a single course — description, price, and Enroll button. Editable from the course sidebar.
Student A user enrolled in one or more courses. Has access to the LMS but not the admin dashboard.
Audience Your org-wide student directory: everyone who belongs to your organization, whether they signed up, accepted a course invite, or were added directly.
Course The primary learning container — holds lessons, exercises, people, and settings.
Cohort A group of courses with a shared completion goal (complete all, pass rate, score).
Enrollment Joining a course. Can happen via public self-enrollment, invite link, admin assignment, or payment.
Invite An email sent to a specific person containing a unique enrollment link for a course or organization.
Term What it means
Admin Dashboard The control center where organization admins manage courses, students, settings, branding, roles, and operations.
Archived A student whose access is removed and whose record is kept. Reversible, and frees a plan seat. See Audience.
Community An org-wide Q&A and discussion space for students and team members.
Deactivated A student whose access is removed and whose record is kept. Reversible, and keeps using a plan seat.
Course type The mode a course uses, such as self-paced, live class, compliance, or public.
Custom domain A branded domain for your academy site, such as learn.example.com.
Dormant A student who has not logged in or been active in a course for a chosen period. Found with the Audience usage filters.
Exercise A graded or interactive task inside a course, such as a quiz or assignment.
Invite link A direct URL used to send someone into a course or enrollment flow.
Lesson A unit of teaching within a course. It may include notes, media, slides, or videos.
Live class A scheduled class session with attendance and real-time participation.
Progression The rule set that controls how students move through a course and when content unlocks.
Publish state Whether a course or page is visible and available to students.
Role and permissions The access level a user has inside an organization.
Self-paced course A course students move through at their own pace instead of a live class structure.
SSO Single Sign-On. A login method that uses your organization’s identity provider.
Tag A label used to organize and filter courses and content.
Team member A person added to an organization with a role such as admin or instructor.
Welcome email The automated email students receive when they enroll or join a course.

Quick mental model

If you need the simplest explanation:

  • An academy is the public learning site.
  • An organization is the admin workspace.
  • A course is the learning container.
  • A student is the learner.
  • An enrollment is the access event.
  • A cohort is the group or batch structure.

This vocabulary is what makes the rest of the Help Center readable.

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