Learning Concepts¶

This page explains how to learn concepts through AI-generated articles in Mention.

Opening a concept¶

Click a concept in the Glossary on your learning home to open it. The URL changes to reflect the concept you're viewing within your current Audience.

Prerequisites¶

Some concepts build on others. If a concept has prerequisites you haven't mastered yet, you see a notice before the article loads, listing what to complete first.

You can choose to:

Go back and complete the prerequisites
Show me anyway if you already understand the prerequisite material

Concepts you learn together¶

Occasionally a few concepts are defined in terms of each other, so none comes strictly before the others. Mention groups these into a "Learn together" cluster in your Glossary. The whole group unlocks at once when everything it depends on is mastered, and it appears as a single card in Up next listing its members — work through them as a set. Within a cluster, the concepts won't block one another, so you can read them in any order.

Articles¶

Every concept has a personalized Article written just for you. The article is created using your organization's source material, so the content is grounded in your actual documentation.

When articles are ready¶

Mention starts writing your articles as soon as you're added to an Audience, so they're normally ready the moment you open a concept. If one is still being prepared, you'll see a brief loading indicator while Mention finishes it. Once written, an article is saved and loads instantly on future visits.

Sections¶

Articles are divided into sections, each covering a specific aspect of the concept. Read through each section at your own pace. Sections are designed to be digestible — each focuses on one facet of the concept rather than covering everything at once.

Interactive widgets¶

Articles can include interactive widgets alongside the prose — click-through steppers that walk you through a process one stage at a time, flip cards for checking yourself on key terms, decision helpers that ask you questions and lead you to an answer, tabbed views, timelines, and small flow diagrams. Widgets reinforce what the text teaches; everything important is always in the prose too. Articles can also include tables. If a widget can't be displayed (for example, on an older app version), you'll see a labeled placeholder card instead.

Regenerating the article¶

If the source material has changed and you want a fresh version, use the Regenerate article action. This creates a new article for the concept and resets your progress on it, so use it deliberately.

Knowledge checks¶

At the end of each section, you find a Knowledge Check — a short multiple-choice quiz, one question at a time. Pick the right answer for each; you'll see an explanation per question and a score at the end. You must answer every question correctly to pass the section, and you can retake the quiz if you don't.

Passing every section's knowledge check marks the concept as complete.

For more details on how knowledge checks work, see Knowledge Checks.

While reading an article, use the Q&A footer at the bottom of the page to ask a question. Answers are grounded in the whole Audience's source material — you're not limited to the concept in front of you — and Mention shows you which sources it drew on.

For more details, see Asking Questions.