edX DDD Ubiquitous Language

Term	Description	Examples	Synonyms
Learning Content
Learning Content	Learning material of varying granularity (text, videos, sequences, courses, etc), supplied by the course team and made available to learners in the LMS.	HTML block, Unit, Catalog Course
Block	An individual, lowest level learning component.	HTML block, video block, problem block
Unit	An atomic unit of learning that encompasses a linear chain of 1 to many blocks, yielding a singular learning experience.	An atomic learning experience composed of: HTML block with preliminary description Video block providing knowledge Problem block with a formative assessment	vertical
Catalog Course	A packaged composition of learning content with various content metadata (organization and user affiliation, estimated effort, etc.)	RIT's Network Security Course (https://www.edx.org/course/network-security-ritx-cyber504x-0)
Catalog Program	A higher order packaged composition of catalog courses.	RIT's Cyber Security Micromasters (https://www.edx.org/micromasters/ritx-cybersecurity)
Content Metadata	Tangential, yet important, information related to a learning content.	Length: 8 weeks Effort: 10-12 hours per week Institution: RITx
Learning Management
Course Run	A singular instance of a catalog course with concrete dates and settings, available for learner enrollments.	course-v1:RITx+CYBER504x+1T2018
Program Run	TBD - Do we really want to introduce this concept?
Launch	The act of instantiating a course run from a catalog course.
Overrides	Values of fields and settings that are applied at the time of launching a course run that supersede the values applied at the time of authoring the catalog course.
Learning
Learner	An edX user who consumes learning content.
Entitlement	An association of a learner to a catalog course.
Enrollment	An association of a learner to a course run.
Learning Activity	Engagement with a learning component at any varying degree of granularity.	Participation in a discussion forum Engagement with a learning component
Learning Goals
Credentials
Credential	A legitimate proof of completion of a learning activity.	Program certificate Course certificate Badge for forums participation
Program Certificate	A credential for a catalog program.
Course Certificate	A credential for a catalog course.
Student Record	An historical record of learning activity within a certain domain.	Program record Course record Transcripts
Program Record	A student record for a catalog program.
Course Record	A student record for a catalog course.

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