The Panoramic Feedback glossary explains the terms used in the platform, its Guide, and 360-degree feedback reports. Clear definitions help administrators and participants understand one another.
Refer to this page when a role, project term, or reporting concept is unfamiliar. The definitions provide context for reading the Guide and communicating about an assessment.
The organization’s platform workspace, containing its clients, projects, platform users, and account-level resources.
Units used to create deliverables such as reports. Credits are not required to create or launch a project, send invitations, or collect feedback. A Subject consumes a credit when their results are first included in a qualifying deliverable; later deliverables for that Subject do not require another credit.
The organization that a project belongs to. It may be your own organization or an organization for which you administer feedback projects.
The intended deadline for providing feedback in a project, also called the response deadline.
The proportion of assigned feedback that has been completed. It helps describe participation during an assessment.
Confidentiality concerns who can access feedback and how it is handled. Anonymity concerns whether the person who provided the feedback can be identified. These are different concepts, and participants should understand the expectations for their assessment.
The type of assessment credit associated with a project. It determines which credit-type-based features are available for that project.
A rating question with two scales measuring related aspects of the same behaviour, such as current performance and the importance of that behaviour.
A file containing information from the platform for use outside it. A People export contains participant records. A questionnaire document contains the assessment questions rather than completed responses.
A report prepared as a completed assessment deliverable, as distinct from an interim view of feedback collected so far.
A report combining results across multiple Subjects, helping identify patterns for a team, department, or other group.
A theme used to organize related assessment questions, such as Communication or Leadership.
A preliminary report showing the feedback collected so far during an assessment.
A communication asking a participant to take part in an assessment and providing their personal access information.
A written response to an open-ended feedback question. Comments can provide examples and context alongside numerical ratings.
A question answered using a rating scale. It provides a structured way to describe a Responder’s observations or perceptions.
A personal identification code associated with a Responder’s feedback assignment for a Subject. It provides personal assessment access and must be kept private.
A person with a platform account for administering feedback projects. This is distinct from participating as a Subject or Responder.
A feedback cycle containing the questionnaire, participants, communications, and assessment results.
The project’s language and regional conventions for communications and deliverables. It is separate from a platform user’s own locale.
The set of questions and accompanying text used to collect assessment feedback. It can include rating questions, written comments, and headings.
The response choices used to rate a question, such as a numbered range or descriptions from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree.
A follow-up communication encouraging participants to complete outstanding feedback.
A presentation of collected feedback for an individual or group. Depending on the selected content, it may include charts, scores, written comments, comparisons, and additional insights.
A person providing feedback about a Subject, based on their observations and working relationship.
A group describing a Responder’s relationship to a Subject, such as Manager, Peer, Direct Report, or Self.
Feedback provided for an assessment question or assignment. Responses can include numerical ratings and written comments.
Feedback a Subject provides about their own skills and behaviours. It adds their own perspective alongside feedback from other people.
Participation information showing progress during an assessment. It is different from a feedback report describing the assessment results.
The person receiving feedback in a 360-degree assessment.
The participant-facing area for Subject activities in an assessment, separate from the administration platform.
A report about one Subject, bringing together feedback from their Responders and, where included, their self-assessment.
