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:
| 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 | |
| Learning Goals | |||
| Credentials | |||
| Credential | A legitimate proof of completion of a learning activity. | Program certificate | |
| 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. | ||