--- title: "Glossary" slug: "glossary" tags: ["Gamification"] updated: 2026-11-03T10:55:46Z published: 2026-11-03T10:55:46Z canonical: "docs.thrivelearning.com/glossary" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.thrivelearning.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Glossary ## A **Achievement** A milestone-based reward earned by completing learning activity. Achievements are part of Thrive's legacy gamification system, with pre-set milestones and levels. Not all tenants use Achievements – some use Badges instead. See also: *Badge*. **Adaptive Pathway** A type of Pathway that adjusts to a learner's existing knowledge. Learners may take a pre-assessment that skips them past sections they've already mastered. Adaptive Pathways support section restrictions and skill boosts on completion. See also: *Pathway*. **Admin** The highest platform role. Admins have unrestricted access to all features, settings, users, content, and reporting across the platform. See also: *Learner Admin*. **Assigned Learning** Content that has been formally assigned to a learner, typically with a due date. Assigned Learning appears on the learner's **Learn** screen under **Overview**. Overdue items are flagged with a badge count in the navigation. **Audience** A group of users used to control content sharing, assignments, and permissions. There are two types: *Manual Audience* and *Smart Audience*. **Audience Manager** A permission (not a platform role) granted to a user to manage a specific audience. Audience Managers can be given one or more of the following permissions: manage content, manage members, manage users, create assignments, and view insights for that audience. **Auto-Curation** An automated content import feature. Admins configure jobs that pull content from external providers (such as LinkedIn Learning) on a schedule. Each job can be filtered, tagged, and set to share content automatically on import. --- ## B **Badge** A custom reward created by an organisation to recognise learning milestones. Badges have custom images and criteria defined by admins. Tenants choose either Badges or Achievements as their gamification system – not both. See also: *Achievement*. **Broadcast** A content type used to share announcements or video messages across the platform. --- ## C **Campaign** A time-bound promotional feature used to surface content or messages to specific audiences. Campaigns can display a banner on the home feed and include scheduled content releases. Admins manage Campaigns from the **Manage** section. **Chat** One of Kiki's four modes. In Chat mode, Kiki acts as a general conversational assistant. See also: *Kiki*. **Collection** A grouping of Skills or Topics used to organise the tag taxonomy. Collections help structure how tags appear during onboarding, content tagging, and search. Admins can designate primary and secondary Collections. **CPD (Continuing Professional Development)** A formal tracking system for professional learning hours. CPD Categories define types of development activity, and CPD Requirements set audience-specific hour targets. CPD tracking is available on the **Learn** screen when enabled by an organisation. --- ## E **Endorsed Content** Content or tags officially verified or recommended by the organisation. Endorsed items are marked with a distinct indicator and are treated as authoritative within the platform. **Explore** A platform screen where learners can browse and discover all content available to them, including content not surfaced through recommendations. --- ## G **Goal** A structured objective a learner works towards, made up of one or more Tasks. Goals can be personal (created by the learner) or assigned (set by a manager or admin). Tasks within a Goal can be manual or linked to specific content. Goals can require evidence and manager approval on completion. --- ## H **Home** The main feed-based screen learners land on after signing in. Home surfaces content recommendations, campaigns, and activity from across the platform. **Hub** A widget-based dashboard screen that learners and admins can configure with integrations and tools – such as calendars, tasks, and links. Organisations can set the Hub as the default landing screen instead of Home. --- ## K **Kiki** Thrive's AI assistant. Kiki has four modes: **Chat** (general conversation), **Coach** (guided coaching using structured frameworks), **Analyst**, and **Roleplay** (practice scenarios). Available modes are configured per organisation. --- ## L **Learn** A screen on the Thrive platform that gives each learner a personalised view of their learning activity. The Learn screen can include: Overview (Assigned Learning), Goals, Skills, CPD, Badges or Achievements, Events, and Certification – depending on what an organisation has enabled. **Learner** The base user role. Learners have access to learning content, the Home and Hub screens, Explore, Spaces, Events, Goals, Skills tracking, and Rewards. **Learner Admin** A hybrid role with both learner and administrative capabilities. Learner Admins can create and manage content, manage audiences, manage tags (Skills, Topics, Collections), and manage Campaigns. --- ## M **Manager** A learner with direct reports in the organisational hierarchy. Managers can view their team members' Learn screens, manage team Goals, and access team-focused Insights. Manager is a relationship-based designation, not a separate platform role. **Manual Audience** An audience where members are explicitly added or removed by an admin. See also: *Smart Audience*. **Mentor** A user who provides guidance to a Mentee through a Mentoring programme. Both roles are selected by users when joining a programme. See also: *Mentee*, *Mentoring Programme*. **Mentee** A user who receives guidance from a Mentor through a Mentoring programme. See also: *Mentor*, *Mentoring Programme*. **Mentoring Programme** A structured mentoring initiative within a Space. Programmes include registration, matching between Mentors and Mentees, and session management. Sessions can integrate with Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, and Calendly. **Modal** An overlay that appears over the current screen and blocks interaction with everything behind it until the user responds or dismisses it. --- ## O **Onboarding** A configurable set of steps shown to new users when they first sign in to Thrive. Onboarding steps can include profile setup, selecting Skills and interests, accepting terms, watching a welcome video, and setting a locale preference. --- ## P **Pathway** A curated sequence of learning content items organised by an author. Learners work through a Pathway's content in a defined order. See also: *Adaptive Pathway*. --- ## R **Roleplay** One of Kiki’s four modes. In Roleplay mode, learners can practise real-world scenarios – either authored by an admin or described by the learner themselves. See also: *Kiki*. --- ## S **Skills** A tag type used to represent capabilities. Skills can be organised in a hierarchy, support skill levels (on a 1–5 scale), and can be boosted when a learner completes relevant content. Skills are distinct from Topics. See also: *Topics*. **Smart Audience** An audience where membership is automatically calculated using rule-based criteria, such as job position, profile fields, email domain, or management relationships. See also: *Manual Audience*. **Space** A member-based community area within Thrive. Spaces have their own content, social feed, and – where enabled – Mentoring programmes. Spaces can be public or private, and users must join or be added as a member to participate. Each Space has its own admin (the *Space Admin*). **Space Admin** A per-Space role (not a platform role) granting a user administrative control over a specific Space. Space Admins can manage members, content, and moderate posts within their Space. --- ## T **Tag Manager** A permission that allows a user to manage Skills, Topics, and Collections across the platform. Tag Manager permissions can be granted to Learners, Learner Admins, or Admins. **Thrive menu** The left-hand navigation panel in the Thrive platform. The Thrive menu contains the user's profile photo and links to **Home**, **Learn**, **Spaces**, **Explore**, and **Create**. **Topics** A tag type used to categorise content by subject. Topics do not have skill levels or progression tracking, and are distinct from Skills. See also: *Skills*.