Glossary

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1. An Account is a User record, identified by their chosen username and password.
2. An Action is a Curation, Consumption, or Collaboration task performed by a User.
3. An Activity consists of a Collection and some instructions, and can be assigned to all Students in a Classroom.
4. An Admin is a User who grants Content Permission to other Users.
5. An Anonymous User is a Guest Contributor.
6. An Author is the User responsible for creating some Content.
B
1. A Bookmark is an Item that has not been organised, ie. is saved in the "Bookmarks" collection (auto-generated on signup) and not in a User-created Collection.
2. Bookmarks is a Collection that is auto-generated for users on signup. It is meant to serve as a list of unsorted Items, and cannot be deleted.
C
1. A Card is a visual representation of Content.
2. A Classroom is a modified Space for Teachers and Students in which Teachers can:
  - Assign Activities
  - Control the Features and Permissions for Students.
  - Filter the Collections in a Classroom by Student.
3. Collaboration occurs when two or more Users Curate the same Content.
4. A Collaboration Area is a Content View where Users can be invited to Collaborate.
5. A Collection is a type of Content. It enables Curating Items, creating a single Cover for them, and Collaborating on them.
6. Consumption is the process of viewing and interpreting Content.
7. Content refers to any information Curated by a User.
8. The Content Inserter is the primary Curation tool used by users to add Items to Collections.
9. A Contributor is a User who has Permission to perform an Action on Content that is not Owned by them.
10. A Cover is a presentational header or banner used to introduce users to Content.
11. Curation is the process of creating, adding, and/or organising Content.
D
1. A District is a group of User Accounts that is related to an education organisation.
2. A District Admin is an Admin Users within a District.
3. A District Dashboard is the interface used by District Admins .
G
1. A Guest is a User who does not have an Account (eg. has not signed up).
H
1. The Home Area is the root page on which a User lands when visiting the application.
L
1. A Library is a page that displays a group of Collections.
I
1. An Integration is a plugin that allows users to add Content through a third-party service, eg. Google Drive or Canva.
2. An Item is a type of Content. It is the building block of Wakelet, and could be any form of media, such as an image, text, or link.
M
1. A Member is a non-Guest Contributor.
O
1. An Owner is either:
  1. a User who has Content associated with their Account, and has Admin privileges over said Content.
  2. a Space which has Content associated with it, and its Owner has Admin privileges over said Content.
P
1. A Permission grants a User the ability to perform a certain Action.
2. A Profile is a public facing page; it displays the Owner's info and public Collections, the latter of which can be organised into Sections.
R
1. A Role is a named group of Permissions.
S
1. A Section is a named group of Content.
2. A Space is a group of Collections, and a Collaboration Area.
3. A Space Library shows the Collections Owned by a Space.
4. A Space Profile can be created by Owners of a Space.
5. A Student is a ?.
6. A Student Profile is a modified Profile that:
  - has Permission restrictions.
  - and the ability to show Collections from more than one Classroom.
7. A Shared Library, eg. Shared with me, shows Collections that a User is a Member of.
T
1. A Teacher is a ?.
U
1. A User is an active Curator and/or Consumer.
2. A User Library shows the Collections Owned by a User.
3. A User Profile is created for Users on signup.
V
1. A View is a page that shows Content and its available Actions (eg. A Collection and the Content Inserter , or a Card and its edit modal).

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