Glossaire

117 termes de la plateforme, expliqués simplement.

A

Administration: The role for the day-to-day business of a university: applications, student records, examinations office, transcripts — without operation and costs of the installation.; Aussi: Registry · Admin; En savoir plus : Accounts, roles & permissions →
AI labelling: The visible notice that presenter and voice-over are AI-generated.; En savoir plus : AI on the platform — what it may and may not do →
Approval level: How independently a talent works per task type: suggest only, with approval or independently. An e-mail draft is at most “with approval”.; En savoir plus : My team: hire, lead, appraise and dismiss talents →
Assessment round: A group of works that are all checked with the same checking tools.; En savoir plus : Checking and reviewing papers →
Assignment: A learning path given to a person with a start, a deadline and optionally a buddy and a mentor.; En savoir plus : Assignments with deadline, buddy and mentor →

B

Beam: Throwing a photo from the phone straight onto the slide — via QR code.; En savoir plus : Beam from phone →
Buddy: A colleague who accompanies a new employee during onboarding.; Aussi: Onboarding buddy; En savoir plus : Onboarding journeys →

C

Calibration: How well your own confidence matches your hit rate — evaluated in flashcards and pocket quiz.; Aussi: Calibration report; En savoir plus : Flashcards →
Cameo: The small speaker window in the presentation, which can be shown and hidden.; En savoir plus : Presenting →
Camera path: Stops on a slide that are zoomed in one after another in time with the voice; with a timeline and test run in the slide editor.; Aussi: Stops · Test run; En savoir plus : Zoom canvas and camera path →
Campus: The university's interface with the menus Studies, Teaching, Administration, Service and Quality & Governance. The campus demo works with sample data.; En savoir plus : Application & admission →
Cast: Which figure with which voice speaks a course or a range of slides.; En savoir plus : Phase 3 · Speakers & Interaction →
Change watch: Monitors the official curricula; if one changes, the affected learning objectives are submitted for confirmation again.; En savoir plus : Curriculum pipeline DACH →
Class (cohort): A group of students that a lecturer leads through a course together.; Aussi: Cohort; En savoir plus : Lecturer area →
Command: At the core of the slide editor every edit is a small, storable command. That is why a second device can replay the same steps.; En savoir plus : New slide editor (“Stage”) →
Competence: An observable ability — not a chapter and not a lesson that has been read. It has a learning outcome, a level and an assessment rubric.; En savoir plus : Competence diagnosis (competence check) →
Competence check: The flow of the competence diagnosis from the learner's point of view: per competence a comprehension question, a follow-up question if needed and a task from practice.; Aussi: My competence check; En savoir plus : Competence diagnosis (competence check) →
Competence diagnosis: Checks in conversation whether someone can apply knowledge: tasks from practice, assessment per criterion with evidence, the specific gap, a targeted learning step and a new task for reassessment.; Aussi: CIE · Competence Intelligence Engine; En savoir plus : Competence diagnosis (competence check) →
Competence engine: The rules of the competence diagnosis as a separate, versioned core without ties to database or interface — so that several learning applications use the same rules.; Aussi: Domain core; En savoir plus : One competence engine, several learning applications →
Competence passport: Your own competence status as a signed file or PDF, owned by the learner, shared via QR code for a limited time and revocable — explicitly “Kompetenzstand – kein Zertifikat” (competence status – not a certificate): the signature proves origin and integrity, not recognition.; Aussi: QR sharing · Competence status; En savoir plus : One competence engine, several learning applications →
Competence profile: Per competence the level derived from your own answers, what it is based on and what is still missing — an assessment from evidence, not a measurement.; Aussi: My competence profile; En savoir plus : Competence diagnosis (competence check) →
Competency matrix: Competencies per role with a target level and the current level per employee.; En savoir plus : Competency matrix & gap analysis →
Consent: The signed agreement of the person depicted, separately for image and voice. Without it no figure is built; a withdrawal takes effect immediately.; En savoir plus : Avatars & voices →
Control ring: The round button in the mobile player that opens all functions as a fan — each with icon and word.; En savoir plus : Mobile in the browser →
Course player: The place where a course runs: slide, speaking avatar, subtitles and learning tools.; Aussi: Player; En savoir plus : Course player →
Course workshop: The authoring tool with which lecturers build a course with slides, narration, figure and voice from their material.; Aussi: Studio · Course Studio; En savoir plus : Course workshop at a glance →
Curriculum pipeline: Official curricula as curriculum nodes with wording, source reference and prerequisites; selectable in the workshop on a slide’s learning objective, with a fingerprint against changes.; Aussi: DACH; En savoir plus : Curriculum pipeline DACH →
Customer instance: A separate installation for a single customer, with its own database and its own domain — the same software, one switch.; Aussi: Own instance; En savoir plus : Tenants & brand →

D

Day one: The demonstration on the website in which you, as the manager, give Leo tasks on his first working day — with real results and sample data.; En savoir plus : Day one with Leo: how a hired talent works →
Default figure: The figure that presents a course without its own cast — with its own voice assigned to it.; En savoir plus : Avatars & voices →
Demo mode: The operator hides features only in their own browser to keep a demonstration lean.; En savoir plus : Demo mode (button “Features”) →
Demo role: A fixed demo account (lecturer, registry, HR management) that shows the real surface of a role — only with fictitious people.; Aussi: Persona · Demo account
Demonstrated: The highest level of a competence: shown in several independent tasks, including in practice. Before that: not assessed, learning need identified, developing — or still unclear.; Aussi: Learning need identified · Developing; En savoir plus : Competence diagnosis (competence check) →
Disputed assessment: An automatic assessment with high uncertainty or an attempt to give the assessment instructions. It only counts once a teacher confirms or corrects it.; Aussi: Review list; En savoir plus : Competences: switch courses, review disputed assessments →
Divided doctrine: For disputed questions both supported positions are shown instead of deciding for one.; En savoir plus : Fact check of the content →

E

ECTS: Credit points under the European system; they are listed in the achievement archive.; Aussi: Credit points · Credits; En savoir plus : ECTS overview →
Element: A building block on a slide: text, image, video, graphic, shape or speaker spot.; En savoir plus : New slide editor (“Stage”) →
Evidence: An assessed answer to a competence, with a justification per criterion and a verbatim quote. “Demonstrated” needs two independent pieces of evidence, one of them from practice.; Aussi: Proof · Record (competence); En savoir plus : Competence diagnosis (competence check) →
Evidence copy: A copy of what an online source said at the time it was accessed; the resubmission checks whether the source still says the same.; Aussi: Resubmission; En savoir plus : Library →
Evidence file: Your own evidence from the competence diagnosis as a structured, verifiable file with fingerprints — the precursor of the competence passport, not a certificate.; En savoir plus : Competence diagnosis (competence check) →
External profile: A student's talent profile for companies and alumni — visible only if they set it that way (default: nobody).; Aussi: Talent profile · Public profile; En savoir plus : Careers & talent →

F

Feature (switch): A single capability of the platform that can be switched on and off per tenant. Off means: not there.; Aussi: Feature · Feature flag; En savoir plus : Feature catalogue: switch every feature per tenant →
Figure: The face of an avatar, built from a photo — with mouth shapes, blinking and eyebrows.; Aussi: Avatar; En savoir plus : Avatars & voices →
Flashcast: A short podcast that sums up the material in a few minutes.; En savoir plus : Podcast in the player →

G

Grade proposal: The platform's assessment of a piece of work. The grade itself is always set by a person.; En savoir plus : Checking and reviewing papers →
Guard: An automated test that checks a rule across the whole source code and permanently prevents mistakes that were once made — always with a counter-check.; Aussi: Guard test
Guardrails: Fixed rules and checks that keep every AI on the platform within its bounds.; Aussi: Safety rails; En savoir plus : AI on the platform — what it may and may not do →
Guest (speaker): An additional speaker on a slide with their own figure and their own spot. They speak only with their own voice, in a separate video per section — as long as one is missing, they appear as a still image.; Aussi: Multiple speakers; En savoir plus : Several speakers on one slide →
Guideline: The rulebook for academic work; every objection in a review cites a rule from it.; En savoir plus : Academic guideline →

H

Half figure: The speaker cut out next to the content, without a frame; the slide moves to the side.; En savoir plus : Speaker spot →
Head start: Production runs ahead of the viewer: the first slides are ready as video, the rest is created while watching.; Aussi: Language “start”; En savoir plus : Phase 3 · Speakers & Interaction →
History: The list of all editing steps of a slide. You can go back, forward and jump to any earlier state — including abandoned ones.; Aussi: Undo · Revert; En savoir plus : New slide editor (“Stage”) →
How it all fits together: The handbook page with three diagrams: overall structure, Competence Academy in detail, cycle of a competence.; Aussi: Organisation chart · Overview

J

Job interview (Talents): The spoken conversation in which you get to know a talent before hiring it: introduction, career, specialist talk, practical case, questions back.; Aussi: Interview; En savoir plus : The job interview: by voice, as with a person →

K

Knowledge profile: What a talent knows professionally and what deliberately does not belong to it. Outside its profile, the talent says openly that a question is not its field.; En savoir plus : The 18 talents: roles, specialist areas, languages →
Knowledge section: The public articles under “Knowledge”: questions about learning platforms, courses, further education and credentials — answered briefly first, then in depth, with sources and date.; Aussi: Knowledge · Guides; En savoir plus : Knowledge section “Knowledge” →

L

Learning and assessment mode: The two modes of the competence check. In assessment mode there are no hints; whoever switches to learning mode gets help — the task then counts as practice, not as evidence.; Aussi: Assessment mode; En savoir plus : Competence diagnosis (competence check) →
Learning application: An application in which learning happens — the platform itself, the student app, the offerings of the Academy. All use the same competence engine.; En savoir plus : One competence engine, several learning applications →
Learning mode: The way of learning chosen in the player: being asked Socratic questions, explaining back, example, exercise.; Aussi: Didactics; En savoir plus : Switching learning modes →
Learning objective: A single objective from a curriculum, with the learning objectives it requires. It is only used once a teacher has confirmed it.; En savoir plus : Curriculum pipeline DACH →
Learning path: A sequence of steps with deadlines and owners in people development — for onboarding, mandatory training or further development.; Aussi: Path; En savoir plus : Learning paths and templates →
Learning tools: Flashcards, pocket quiz, mind map, podcast and tutor chat — generated from the course material right in the player.; En savoir plus : Flashcards →
Learning workshop: The surface where study material is created from courses or your own material — study guide, cards, quiz, study plan.; En savoir plus : Learning workshop →
Limits test: “Talk Leo into it”: the public page where you try to get a talent to do a forbidden task and see which limit in the code takes effect.; Aussi: Talk Leo into it; En savoir plus : “Talk Leo into it”: limits that live in the code →
LTI: A standard with which another learning system launches a Universe course and receives the grade back.; En savoir plus : Interfaces to other learning systems →

M

Manager (Talents): The person who leads a talent: gives tasks, approves results or rejects them with a reason, holds review meetings and appraises.; En savoir plus : My team: hire, lead, appraise and dismiss talents →
Mastery: The overview per course: exam readiness, confidence per knowledge area, open misconceptions.; Aussi: Knowledge level; En savoir plus : Mastery (learning progress) →
Minimum count: A survey only shows results from five responses upwards — below that, one could work out who answered.; En savoir plus : Surveys →
Module: A bookable package of features with a price, e.g. “Exams” or “Course Studio”. Booking sets the switches that belong to the module.; Aussi: Package; En savoir plus : Modules & prices →

N

Narration: What the avatar says about a slide. If it changes, the video for that slide is ordered again.; Aussi: Narration text · Script; En savoir plus : Phase 1 · Content: outline and slides →
Next learning step: The recommendation from the competence diagnosis: an existing learning method at the right slide, aimed at an identified gap.; Aussi: My next learning step; En savoir plus : Competence diagnosis (competence check) →

O

Onboarding journey: The planned onboarding of a new employee from before the start until day 90.; En savoir plus : Onboarding journeys →
Open Badges: An open standard for digital badges that others can verify.; En savoir plus : One competence engine, several learning applications →
Operator: Whoever runs an installation of the platform and manages all tenants: switches features, books modules, sees costs.; Aussi: Owner · Platform operator; En savoir plus : Feature catalogue: switch every feature per tenant →
Own voice: The rule: every face speaks only with the voice assigned to it — or not at all. There is no substitute voice.; En savoir plus : Avatars & voices →

P

People development: The tool for the workforce: onboarding, mandatory training, competencies and records.; Aussi: Academy; En savoir plus : People development at a glance →
Performance record: A talent's review meetings, appraisals and log. It is kept even after a dismissal.; En savoir plus : My team: hire, lead, appraise and dismiss talents →
Phase: One of the four stages of the course workshop: Content, Design, Speakers & Interaction, Publish.; En savoir plus : Course workshop at a glance →
Presenter view: The private view of the presenter with notes and the next slide.; En savoir plus : Presenter view →
Proctoring: Individual camera photos and window switches during an online exam — announced openly, kept for 90 days.; Aussi: Invigilation; En savoir plus : Proctoring in exams →

Q

Quota: The amount of avatar minutes or conversations a session may use; with notices at 80 and 95 percent and a gentle end at 100.

R

Reassessment: After a learning step a new, equivalent task in a different context — never the same one. The level follows only from the new evidence.; Aussi: Re-check; En savoir plus : Competence diagnosis (competence check) →
Refresher: The new cycle of a mandatory training that starts on its own 30 days before the record expires.; Aussi: Recertification; En savoir plus : Mandatory training & refreshers →
Rendering: Producing a lecture video for a slide on the avatar machines. Finished videos are never re-rendered on their own, only after approval.; Aussi: Pre-production; En savoir plus : Phase 3 · Speakers & Interaction →
Review folder: The view of a checked piece of work: findings with rule numbers, check log, grade proposal and the grade that the examiner sets personally.; Aussi: Finding; En savoir plus : Checking and reviewing papers →
Row-level protection: The database itself decides which rows a user may see. So even a faulty page cannot show someone else's data.; Aussi: Row Level Security · RLS
Rubric: The criteria by which an answer is assessed, 0 to 3 points per criterion. It is fixed before the answer; a change creates a new version.; Aussi: Assessment rubric · Criteria; En savoir plus : Competence diagnosis (competence check) →

S

SAMPLE (MUSTER): The watermark on every certificate print without a valid server signature.; En savoir plus : Certificates & transcripts →
SCORM: A standard format for course packages. Universe plays third-party packages and exports its own courses in this format.; En savoir plus : Interfaces to other learning systems →
Speaker spot: The place on a slide where the avatar stands — as a bubble, half figure or large; at most one per slide.; Aussi: Speaker bubble; En savoir plus : Speaker spot →
Sphere: An area of this handbook — e.g. Learning, Stage or Technology & Security. On the title page the spheres orbit as celestial bodies.; Aussi: Area
Stage: The new slide editor: the slide large, every element directly editable, with history and versions.; Aussi: Slide editor; En savoir plus : New slide editor (“Stage”) →
Student record: Master data, matriculation number and history of a student in the administration.; En savoir plus : Student administration →
Suggestion: What an AI has generated before a person accepts it. Nothing lands on a slide unasked.; En savoir plus : New slide editor (“Stage”) →
Support access: A time-limited, justified and revocable permission with which the provider's support may view exactly one case.; En savoir plus : Support →

T

Talent: An AI employee with a portrait, its own voice, a fictional career and a fixed knowledge profile, which an organisation hires after a job interview and has led by a person.; Aussi: Talents · AI employee · AI figure · Digital colleague; En savoir plus : Talents at a glance: AI employees for your team →
Template: A ready-made way of presenting a slide (e.g. bullet list, comparison). On the first change in the slide editor it is converted into freely movable elements; “Back to template” is possible at any time.; En savoir plus : New slide editor (“Stage”) →
Tenant: An institution on the platform — a university or a company — with its own brand, its own modules and strictly separated data.; Aussi: Client · Customer · Organisation; En savoir plus : Tenants & brand →
Tour: A separate throwaway student per visitor, so that several testers do not see each other.; En savoir plus : Course player →
Trial access: A temporary account that is created without signing in — as a student or as an author in the workshop. It disappears after one day.; Aussi: Trial account; En savoir plus : Course workshop at a glance →

U

Universe Classroom: The Academy's offering for schools: live lessons for school classes with a join code, under the teacher's control, with avatar and youth protection.; Aussi: Classroom; En savoir plus : Universe Classroom →
Universe Coaching: Support in the Academy beyond individual courses: conversation practice, mentoring, office hours.; Aussi: Coaching; En savoir plus : Universe Coaching →
Universe Competence Academy: The umbrella for competence offerings — Classroom, Tutoring, Corporate, Coaching — and a marketplace for partners.; Aussi: Academy; En savoir plus : Universe Competence Academy →
Universe Corporate: The Academy's offering for companies, building on the platform's staff development.; Aussi: Corporate; En savoir plus : Universe Corporate →
Universe Tutoring: Learning support in the Academy: spot the gap, practise in a targeted way, check again — under 16 only with parental consent.; Aussi: Tutoring; En savoir plus : Universe Tutoring →
Unverified: A state of its own next to “supported” and “refuted”: the check was not possible, e.g. because a source could not be reached. That is not an accusation.; En savoir plus : Fact check of the content →

V

Verifiable credential: A digitally signed credential following an open standard, with validity and revocation status.; Aussi: Verifiable Credential · VC; En savoir plus : Certificates & transcripts →
Verifiable Credentials: An open standard for signed, machine-verifiable credentials. The platform already issues certificates and training records this way.; En savoir plus : Certificates & transcripts →
Verification chain: The route by which statements are checked against sources: two independent models and a rule-based judge.; Aussi: Fact check; En savoir plus : Fact check of the content →
Verification code: The unguessable code of a credential; with it anyone can check without an account whether the credential is genuine and valid.; En savoir plus : Certificates & transcripts →
Version: A named, saved state of a slide that you can return to at any time.; Aussi: Snapshot; En savoir plus : New slide editor (“Stage”) →
Visibility level: Who sees a profile: nobody, other graduates, graduates and verified companies, or everyone.; En savoir plus : Careers & talent →

W

Watch-along room: The room for live co-learning: the host controls the slides, the others watch and respond.; Aussi: Live co-learning; En savoir plus : Watching together (live co-learning) →
Workshop credit: An organisation's credit account for the AI usage of the workshop.; Aussi: Credits; En savoir plus : Workshop credits →
Workspace: The shared surface of group work with notes, methods, timer, submission and assessment.; Aussi: Board; En savoir plus : Group work →

X

xAPI: A standard for learning events that are sent to a university's learning record store.; En savoir plus : Interfaces to other learning systems →

Z

Zoom canvas: The whole course as one large surface; the presentation flies from slide to slide.; En savoir plus : Zoom canvas and camera path →