Glossary

Specific terms that are used across this document with their descriptions.

Glossary Term	Definition
Assessment	Assessment is a method for evaluating or measuring a student’s level of understanding on a course.
Assignment	All work in a section is divided into assignments. You are graded based on your performance in the assignments within a section. Currently, NexPort Campus assignments include the following: Courseware assignments, discussion assignments, manually graded assignments, media assignments, quality assurance assignments, swappable assignments, test assignments, and writing assignments.
Automatic grading	Where the grading strategy for an assignment is ‘Manually Graded’, NexPort Campus automatically grades these assignments submitted by you, unlike those assignments that are manually graded by instructors. See also Grading
Certificate	Certificates provide tangible evidence that you have passed a section or training plan. Depending on the configuration settings made by your organization, you can print the certificate on completion of the section or training plan.
Classroom	Classroom is where you can work on assignments. Each section has its own classroom. This is where you can go to complete a lesson, work on assignments, attempt a test, and view your grades.
Course catalog	Course catalogs provide a space for all sections and training plans to be organized and eventually published to students. Your organization can have multiple course catalogs and numerous sections or training plans within each catalog. See also Course set, Courseware.
Course set	A course set is a collection of courseware. See also Course catalog, Courseware.
Courseware	NexPort Campus supports SCORM 1.2 compliant courseware packages for assignments. Any type of instructional or educational course delivered in a software program or over the internet. See also Course catalog, Course set.
Discussion assignment	In discussion assignment, you can participate in discussion topics and comment back and forth using the discussion board. This is similar to email, but the discussion board is visible to everyone enrolled in the section and stores all conversations.
Discussion board	NexPort Campus provides student-to-student interaction through the discussion board. The discussion board allows you to participate in discussion topics and comment back and forth. This is similar to email, but the discussion board is visible to everyone enrolled in the section and stores all conversations.
Documents folder	NexPort provides you with the Documents folder, which serves as a personal storage space for all your documents. NexPort adds some types of documents to the student record. These include completion certificates and transcripts uploaded from the transcript evaluations tool.
Enroll	Enrolling in a section means you are signing up to participate in that section. See also Enrollment.
Facilitated section	NexPort Campus provides facilitated sections through instructor-led sections. You must undergo these online sections under the guidance of an Instructor. This type of section usually has individual deadlines for assignments, as well as a deadline for completing the section. See also Instructor-led section.
Grade Point Average (GPA)	The GPA score is a statistic summary or measure that denotes a student’s average performance in the course.
Grading	Grading refers to assessing student assignments and awarding grades based on the student’s performance. Grading can be manual or automated. In some instances, assignments may not be graded.
Group	A group is a subset of an organization or sub organization. In context of NexPort Campus, it can be formed on the basis of a department, project or functional team, and task group, among others. A student could be part of one or more groups. You can access learning resources such as course catalogs and documents that are shared with your group.
LMS (learning management system)	The LMS registers users, tracks courses in a catalog, records data from learners, and provides reports. An LMS focuses on managing courses created by a variety of other sources.
My Training	On the My Training tab, you can view the sections and training plans that you have enrolled for. You can also enroll in a section, and view the progress report for your enrollments.
Rich Text Editor	You can use the NexPort text editor when creating assignments within NexPort. You may not need to upload a document for the writing assignment, but work on the assignment within the site. This text editor offers many of the functionalities as those offered by text editors such as Microsoft Word or other word processing programs. You can spell-check, format, and customize your writing assignment before submission.
SCORM	SCORM is an acronym for Sharable Content Object Reference Model. According to SCORM.com, “SCORM is a set of technical standards for e-learning software products. SCORM tells programmers how to write their code so that it can ‘play well’ with other e-learning software. Specifically, SCORM governs how online learning content and Learning Management Systems (LMSs) communicate with each other."
Student input assignment	Student input assignments contain questions set by the Instructor, and are generally of objective type. You can enter data through a picker, text box, or check box.
Survey assignment	A survey is a detailed study or inspection on a topic by gathering information through observations, questionnaires, and other methods, and analyzing it. A survey assignment refers to a survey questionnaire that is administered through the mode of survey assignment. Questions may be open ended or objective type. You can participate in the survey through your classroom.
Welcome letter	When you are added as a subscriber to the NexPort organization or group, you receive a welcome letter from NexPort Campus, which serves as the first formal or official mode of communication. The letter may be customized by your organization.
Weighted grades	Some assignments may be worth more than others, based on factors such as the difficulty level of the assignment and the importance or criticality. A weighted grading scheme is created for this purpose: a weightage is given to each assignment, even if each assignment is worth 100 points. For example, assignment C is the final assignment, and is worth more than assignment A and B. The weightage attributed to assignment C is thus the highest.

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