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Understand Spaces

Spaces are teaching, learning and assessment environments in the Multifunctional Room. Like classrooms, each brings together invited participants, an introduction and Supervisor-organized activities, supporting translator and interpreter training among other uses. Find your spaces In the Multifunctional Room, cards show each space’s name, introductory image and activity and participant counts. Last seen and My spaces help find spaces available to your profile.
Space cards in Last seen and My spaces with activity and participant counts.

Spaces displayed as cards with activity and participant information. Identifying details hidden.

Explore a space Open a Space to find its introduction and activities under Freeform Activities and Assessment Activities. The screen also has a Grades tab. The introduction can combine text and sign language video to explain the space’s purpose. Spaces can host discussions, submissions, live meetings and interpreting practice.
Open Space with introductory video, Freeform Activities, Assessment Activities and Grades tabs, and management actions.

Inside a Space with introduction, activity tabs and management options. Identifying details hidden. Uninformed translation indicates a missing translation in the example installation.

Participants access a space by invitation. Depending on permissions, the responsible person can Invite participants, Edit the Space, configure Assessment settings and create a New activity.

Monitor spaces and activities

In Spaces/Activities, use the tabs: Use search, Status and Order by to find records. Creation and management depend on your permissions. Add spaces starts registering a space in the screenshot.
Spaces/Activities management with tabs, search, filter and space indicators. Owner identification hidden.

Spaces/Activities management with tabs, search, filter and space indicators. Owner identification hidden.

Introduce the space to participants

When preparing a Space, describe its purpose and participation guidance. About the space holds written information, with other language versions under Add another language?.
About the space field and other written language options.

About the space field and other written language options.

This introduction can also use sign language video, helping participants understand the space’s context and purpose. Screens show Upload and platform Record options.
Space video introduction with Upload and Record options.

Space video introduction with Upload and Record options.

Add video in another sign language? provides other sign language versions. Check each field’s language and written versions before completing registration with Create.
Additional sign language fields and Create button.

Additional sign language fields and Create button.

Written language and video sign language are separate choices. Languages in the screenshots are installation examples.

Understand the two activity modes

Freeform does not mean no guidance: it means the platform does not impose a fixed, structured assessment method.
There are five freeform activity types for discussion, submission and interpreting practice:
This section provides an overview. Activity creation, completion and assessment will be detailed in the dedicated activities section. Back to the daily management overview →