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Canonical names for every concept used across GenBodha. When the docs, the URL, the API, and the marketing copy say different things about the same idea, this page wins.
| Term | Definition | Alternates / notes |
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | A career-aligned learning track. Each discipline bundles 2–4 courses and maps to a hiring role family. | Alternates: track, career track Use "discipline" in user-facing copy. "Track" is reserved for URL/JSON internals (e.g., trackId). |
| Course | A subdivision of a discipline. Roughly 12 chapters; a 3–4 week sprint of focused study. | Alternates: anchor course, anchor sequence "Anchor" is a marker, not a noun phrase. Prefer "the first courses in a discipline" over "anchor sequence". |
| Chapter | A unit of study. Contains four lessons: reading, audio, quiz, lab. | |
| Lesson | One of the four parts of a chapter — reading material, audio overview, quiz, or lab. The URL also uses lessonId. | Alternates: artifact, part, four parts, four artifacts Decision 2026-05-06: "lesson" is canonical. "Artifact" is deprecated in user-facing copy. |
| Reading material | The chapter's primary text. 15–30 minutes; concepts, examples, and code snippets. | |
| Audio overview | A 5–7 minute host-and-expert conversation that summarizes the reading material. | Alternates: audio Refer to it as "audio overview" on first mention; "audio" thereafter is fine. |
| Quiz | Per-chapter multiple-choice assessment. 40–60 questions, unlimited retries, no points lost. | Distinct from Exam. Quizzes are scoped to a single chapter. |
| Lab | The hands-on coding part of a chapter. A real VS Code workspace in the browser; implement TODOs and pass the provided tests. | Alternates: workspace, VS Code workspace Use "lab" for the activity. Use "VS Code workspace" only when referring specifically to the IDE surface. |
| Exam | Course-level or discipline-level assessment. Two types: installment exam (per course) and cumulative final exam (per discipline). | Distinct from Quiz, which is per-chapter. |
| Capstone | A required artifact for the Professional credential. Submitted, passes the automated rubric, passes a human spot-check. | Alternates: capstone artifact Prefer "capstone" alone; drop "artifact". |
| Credential | A signed proof-of-skill issued at a tier. W3C Verifiable Credential format. | Distinct from "tier" (the level) and "ladder" (the full set). All three terms appear together but mean different things. |
| Tier | The level of credential earned. Five tiers, ascending difficulty: Foundational, Associate, Professional, Expert, Distinguished. | Decision 2026-05-06: "L4–L7+EM" is an engineering-ladder mapping aid used in marketing only. The product surface uses tier names. |
| Evidence record | The signed, append-only log of learning events that backs a credential. Every passed lab, completed quiz, shipped capstone, and passed OSS unit becomes an entry. | Alternates: evidence Use "evidence record" when referring to the noun phrase. "Evidence" alone refers to the underlying signals. |
| OSS study unit | A guided walkthrough of a real-world open-source pull request. Required for Path A of the Expert tier. | Alternates: OSS unit, OSS units Distinct from "OSS Fluency" (the credential path) and "OSS activity" (a sustained-engagement metric). |
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