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 - In draft. ALP terms only uploaded so far.

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Active Learning Platform (ALP)The name of vendor name for the cloud-based software used by the Lecturecast service. 
Capture

Used as a verb to refer to the action when a recording generated during a lecture.

Used as a noun to refer to the recorded content.

Class

A container which holds content specific to a single teaching and learning event.

A class can contain up to one video and one presentation. If you need to upload more content for a particular class, then you should create a new group to do this.

ContentRecordings generated during lectures, presentations, media, class materials, etc., uploaded to a class for use via Lecturecast.
Echo360The vendor who supplies the Lecturecast software - Active Learning Platform
GroupGroups exist in sections as containers to hold classes. Since each class can contain one video and one presentation, groups allow you to combine classes so that you can associate more content to a single group topic.
Instructor

An instructor is a user role in ALP, which can create and manage content. Instructors are also the room booking owner as written in CMIS. 

Library pageThe library page is the repository for all of an Instructor's content, whether or not it is currently published to a class or is available to students. This content could include personal captures and non-modular content.
Make available   

You need to make content available so that students can view it. Availability settings can be set immediately upon publishing content to a course or on a specified date.

A green presentation or video icon indicates that the content is available to students.

Make unavailable

If you make content unavailable it will not be viewable by students but still exists in the applicable class list. Availability Settings can be configured to determine the future start and/or end dates for content availability.

A grey presentation or video icon indicates that the content is available to students.

Personal Capture (PCAP)A tool which can be used to make recordings outside of lecture rooms to supplement your in-class materials.
PublishA process (sometimes automated) through which content is assigned to a class or shared with an individual.
RecordingA video recording or capture of a lecture
Section 

TBC

A section in ALP is the area which contains classes. This is the Lecturecast equivalent of a Moodle course.

Sections can be cloned if you want to replicate classes and their content for a new term or for multiple offerings of the same section in the same term.