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Hi Community!
I have read a few discussions/threads on having multiple languages in a course, but like most projects they all seem to be unique.
For this the project I am currently working on, ...
In my experience in an international organization (we have 6 official working languages) using a Moodle based LMS, the simplest solution is to have separate courses in different languages (in our case one language is Arabic, so LTR and the other 5 are Latin-characters' based and RTL, which makes it even more complicated). The LMS logic (Boolean) can easily handle CourseLanguageA OR CourseLanguageX when it comes to recording the completion. Also, when you have multiple languages and a built-in assessment (not separate SCORM) it can become a real nightmare (particularly if you use certain configurations of assessment). So whilst elegant, the best solution in my experience is to handle these aspects on the LMS, which is what it does best. Keep SCORM simple and nimble also helps with maintenance, which can become an ordeal otherwise (think also when it is someone else - not you who are building it up now - in future, that has to handle that. Best practice for me is simple and separate and then LMS. Also, having lost a few weeks work already with Storyline and big files getting instable and then corrupted, I would suggest the above. My personal opinion but simple is rarely wrong, at least where there is a simplest way with little functionality lost.
Cheers
Andy
We use multi languag SCO’s all the time. Very easy to manage, reporting is great and easy. We have no trouble and support 15 languages. We use Cornerstone.
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Hi Dave, great to hear it works for you.
How exactly do you do it? A language choice slide at the start and then branching out in different strands?
How do you manage the translations (as in: are you doing them outside Storyline / Rise)?Since this is currently a big thing for is, I would love to hear more how other people do it. Although we have found a way which wirks for us, there is never any harm in looking out for better solutions...
Thanks and have a good week!
Hi Andy.
Exactly my experience. We have found a way now with our LMS (LMS365), which makes it very easy to have several separate SCORM packets in one language each in a course. The learners only complete the modules in their preferred language and the LMS recognises the course as completed.Translations are also easier if you have one language per learning package (esp. with Rise, which only gives out XLIFF for translations, but that is another discussion without end...)
We could even have quizzes (LMS-based) in separate languages, but in that case, it is not possible to get a complete overview (all languages) without tricks.
Hi Felix,
Thanks for your message.
Now I am venturing in a French/Arabic programme (7 modules)...so wish me luck. ;-)
I want to look into LMS365 but also Moodle handles this really easily.
Bis bald
Ciao
A
