It's always a great idea to familiarize yourself with any company's terminology!
General
Dashboard - The dashboard is your one stop shop for everything you might need to know about MobileMind, as well as a place to get a snapshot of where you are in your learning - and pick back up where you left off. We will also include Google and technology updates, tips, tricks, and trivia you might find interesting.
Micro-course - We refer to our courses as micro-courses because we keep our course videos under five minutes and chunk the content, introducing just a few concepts in each one.
Badge - Earning badges allow you (and us) to celebrate your achievements! These demonstrate competency of a knowledge or a skill. We like to think of badges as a place to hold a small collection of courses. These might be tied to together by a theme, a tool, or could be totally random!
Learning Path - Learning Paths are a themed group of micro-courses designed to give you more structured guidance as you work to achieve particular learning goals. We think if learning paths as a larger collection of courses that are tied together by a theme or a tool. You can link to leaning paths in announcements and you can attach Goals (deadlines) to them. Click HERE to learn more about Goals.
Backpack - This is page where your learners will see all of their achievements. There are certificates for Events, Badges, and Learning Paths that learners can view, share with a link, or print.
Leaderboard- If you have a competitive spirit, you will love the Leaderboard! You can see where you are compared to others in your school or district. You can filter by course, badge, learning path, course time, or event time.
Goal- Your district admins may set a goal that will be attached to particular learning path. You will be expected to complete that learning path by the date they selected. When they create a goal, you can roll your cursor over the learning path card and you will see an "On Track Pace". This will tell you how many minutes/hours you need to work per day or week in order to reach that gaol.
Events
Single Event - This is an in person or virtual event where everyone will stay in one place and not move from room to room.
Conference - If you are having a PD Day with breakout sessions, creating a conference is the way to go! You will have the option to create all of your sessions and even add "personnel" for each session. This would include, presenters, managers, and secretaries. Click HERE to learn more about personnel in MobileMind Events.
Recommended External PD- These are events that are taking place outside of your district and hosted by someone else. Once you attend the event, you will go back your Events calendar and upload your certificate or other proof of attendance. Your district admins will review your certificate and either give you the credit or decline it with a comment.
Request Credit for External PD- You can request credit for PD events that were not on your MobileMind Events calendar. Once you attend the event, you will go back your Events calendar and click on Request Credit and upload your certificate or other proof of attendance. Your district admins will review your certificate and either give you the credit or decline it with a comment.