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title: Terminology
description: Key terms used throughout ClassroomIO and what they refer to in the product.
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| Term | What it means |
| --- | --- |
| **Academy** | Your public-facing site — the org homepage, course landing pages, and Explore. Students land here before and after signing in. URL: `<siteName>.myclassroomio.com` or your custom domain. |
| **LMS** | The authenticated learning area students enter after signing in. Contains Home, My Learning, Explore, Programs, and Settings. Reached via **Open Academy** or **Go to LMS** in the admin dashboard. |
| **Organization** | Your admin workspace — holds courses, people, settings, and branding. Each organization maps to one academy. |
| **Explore** | The course discovery tab inside the LMS. Shows published courses the student has not enrolled in yet. |
| **Academy landing page** | The public homepage for your academy. Editable in **Settings → Landing Page**. |
| **Course landing page** | The public page for a single course — description, price, and Enroll button. Editable from the course sidebar. |
| **Student** | A user enrolled in one or more courses. Has access to the LMS but not the admin dashboard. |
| **Course** | The primary learning container — holds lessons, exercises, people, and settings. |
| **Program** | A group of courses with a shared completion goal (complete all, pass rate, score). |
| **Enrollment** | Joining a course. Can happen via public self-enrollment, invite link, admin assignment, or payment. |
| **Invite** | An email sent to a specific person containing a unique enrollment link for a course or organization. |