Glossary

A

Activation - High-level equivalent to how easily a user is able to recall a particular facet.

Anchor - The word to be studied in an association collection

Association - A definition or example of the anchor in an association collection.

Association Collection - Template type for a one-to-many item.

C

Cloze Container - Template type for a passage

Cloze Node - Node type that contains text as part of a passage item

Concept - The core expression of something. Must contain at least one of text, image, or sound.

Content API - API for interacting with content hosted by Cerego

Content Flagging - Allows users to report inaccurate content or problems with the learn app

D

Distractor - A Concept when used in the context of a quiz, for instance, as an incorrect answer in a multiple choice quiz.

F

Facet - Atomic unit of "things to be learned" (see Concept)

Fading Memory - A memory that a user has learned but is in the process of forgetting

G 

Goal - A target for a student in a particular set or series. Allows teachers to grade students by how far along their students’ memories are towards that particular level or permanence.

Group - A collection of users and sets/series corresponding to a class

I

Image Map - Template type that contains regions 

Item - A container for facets. It owns a template, which determines the type of item.

Item Template - Information on the types of relationships in an item. There are several types of templates: Association, Vocabulary, Passage, Sequence, Pattern

L

Learn App - The quizzing portion of the Cerego website/app

Learning Engine API - API for interacting with memory estimates for Cerego or 3rd-party content

Level - A range of permanence for a memory or group of memories. The higher the level, the longer a user can recall a memory

Library - Sets and series in the memory bank

LTI - A standard to allow learning systems to connect with each other. Cerego uses LTI to embed the learn app for students

M

Memory - Small unit of knowledge, like a word, fact, image, or song. Same as facet

Memory Estimate - Record storing information about how well a user knows a facet.

Memory Bank - A visual representation of what you know and how well you know it at a point in time. Can be viewed at a set-by-set/series-by-series or show memory-by-memory level information.

N

Node - Information on how to make something quizzable. Concepts are a type of Node.

Note - Supplementary information on an item or facet

O

OAuth Client - Contains keys and identifiers to allow Cerego to communicate with other platforms through LTI

P

Passage - Template type that contains texts within a larger section of text

Pattern - Template type that contains multiple examples of a certain anchor. Examples can be sound, image, or text.

Permanence - High-level equivalent to how long a user will be able to recall a particular facet.

Presentation - Record indicating how a user performed after a showing or quiz on a facet.

Preview Mode - Simulates the learn app from the item editor for a particular item

Privacy - Security settings for viewing your set or series

Private - only you can view

Public - everyone can view

Private Groups - anyone in the set’s group(s) can view

R

Region - Area or dot on an image to represent the facet/memory to be learned

Report - Information on student memories for a particular group

P

Progress to Goal: Percentage towards a particular level.

Progress over Time: Show starting and cumulative progress by level over a

particular range of dates

S

Sequence Node - Position information about a component of a sequence.

Series - A group of related Sets. Think of series as a playlist for sets. Students learn new items in order, and can review fading concepts across all the sets as they study the series

Set - A group of related content, analogous to a chapter in a textbook. Ideal set size is 20-40 items of roughly the same difficulty. Think of a set as a study module that covers a narrow scope of content, such as a chapter or section from a book.

Smart Module - Either a Set of a Series.

Study Session - A collection of presentations across multiple facets and items.

V

Vocabulary - Template type that contains a study word and its definition, along with language and part of speech information.