Glossary

Announcement : A message a faculty member posts to a course so it reaches the students in that course. Announcements appear in the course Stream. They are not a separate site-wide noticeboard.

Ask : The AI assistant, reached from the Ask item in the top navigation. It answers questions in plain language using institute documents and shows its sources.

Assignment : Coursework a faculty member posts to a course. Students read the instructions, attach their work, and turn it in. Faculty review submissions and return marks or feedback.

Attendance session : A single class meeting for which attendance is recorded. A course’s attendance is the set of its sessions plus a per-student summary.

Catalog : The full list of courses, browsable from Courses. Your own courses show under My Courses; the catalog is everything.

Community : The platform-wide discussion area, reached from the Community item in the top navigation. Used for questions, conversations, and shared resources that are not tied to one course.

Course : The workspace for a class. A course holds its Stream, People, Files, Timetable, and Attendance.

Faculty Records : The academic record entries on a faculty profile, grouped into categories such as Teaching, Publication, and Award. Reached from the Faculty item in the top navigation.

Invite code : A 12-character code that lets you create your Easel account the first time you sign in.

Library : The shared academic resource library, reached from the Library item in the top navigation. For material that is useful across courses, rather than files that belong to one course.

My Files : A personal area within the Library, for faculty and admins. Upload a file once to My Files, then reference it from any course you teach without uploading it again.

Onboarding : A one-time step after your first sign-in that records a few details about you, such as your department.

People : The tab inside a course that lists the faculty and students in it.

Post type : The kind of Community post: Question, Discussion, Resource, Announcement, Opportunity, or Event.

Section (lab batch) : A subdivision of a course. Content and attendance can be targeted at a specific section rather than the whole course.

Stream : The main tab inside a course. It shows the course’s announcements and assignments in one feed.

Timetable : The schedule of class sessions, viewable from Courses.