Glossary of Learnvia Terms

The common terms you'll see across Learnvia, from how a course is organized to the tools inside a lesson.

• Chapter: The top level of a course, like a chapter in a textbook. Instructors often set each chapter up to cover one week.
• Module: A section within a chapter, usually about 1 to 1.5 hours of work. A textbook would call this a "section." Learnvia says "module" to avoid confusion with a class section.
• Task: A piece of a module, usually 10 to 15 minutes, and always interactive. There are three kinds: Lesson, Homework, and Quiz.
• Lesson: A task where you learn new material. It mixes short readings, a video, and questions with hints and feedback. You get credit for correct answers and have unlimited attempts.
• Homework: A task that checks what you learned. Questions are graded as you go, with feedback and unlimited retries.
• Quiz (also called self-quiz): A short task that checks your understanding. It is not scored until you select Submit, and you can re-take it as many times as you like. Unlike a lesson or homework, it does not give hints or solutions while you are taking it. You see them after you submit.
• Activity: A single thing you do inside a task, such as answering a question, watching a video, or using an interactive graph.
• Kit: The full Learnvia courseware for a subject, such as the Calculus 1 Kit. When you open your course, you click into your Kit to start.
• Tutor: Learnvia's built-in AI tutor. You can ask it for help as you work, and it can explain a concept or give a definition.
• Hint: Optional help on a question. In lessons and homework, you can use hints without lowering your score.
• Feedback: The response you get after answering, telling you whether you were right and why.
• Completion: Whether you have finished the required parts of a task. Completion is tracked separately from your score.
• Due date: The date a task must be submitted to count in the gradebook. Instructors can extend it for one student or the whole class.
• Configuration: How an instructor arranges a course. A "weekly" configuration makes each chapter one week. A "catalog" (or library) configuration uses traditional textbook-style chapters.

For a fuller walkthrough of how a course is organized, see Learnvia chapters, modules, tasks, and activities.