Multiple languages in one course

Hi Loredana! If you want to have all the languages available in a Rise course, you can create different sections in a course for each language and create a menu using a button stack to navigate to the selected language. Here’s a sample course that I created with this concept.  The text labels in your course, however, will only be in one language. 

To track completion for this, you'll want to make sure that each language content will have the exact same number of lessons, then use the option Track using course completion. The percentage you use will be based on the number of languages used in your course.  For example, 25% for 4 languages, 20% for 5 languages, etc.

I hope this helps!

Hi Scott,

As Alyssa rightly points out, your biggest problem with having multiple languages in one course is the labelling, which will only ever be in one language.

If you want to make it all look like one course, an option you do have is to set your course up with just a single Button Stack block as an Introduction. This would have the introduction to the course in all the different languages that you wish to use and then, through web links attached to each button, the user would be directed to their language of choice.

From your point of view, you would set up each language in a separate course, complete with appropriately translated labelling, but, from a user perspective, it would appear as if they had opened a single, multi language course.

I am using Success Factors.  I only linked to the other Rise Course, but the exit course button didn't work and there was not a way I could think of to link back to the course that I exported for the LMS.  Have you had success with this?  

Julie I just got 1/2 way there until I realized that my solution (an index.html page with language selection) works for the initially-selected language, but if the user decides to switch languages upon a subsequent launch, the bookmarking/tracking prevents other languages from launching - blank page. This appears to be tied to the LMS bookmarking feature going 'with' the selected language package and not sitting at the root. With Storyline, I could have multiple languages in a single package and switch between them seamlessly with the bookmarking feature. Rise structure is different and I just haven't gotten far enough to figure out where my issue is - I think some assets need to be moved to the root and updating the imsmanifest file. This probably isn't very helpful, but the solution has been documented for Storyline - not the one with all the languages 'in the Storyline file' but with published versions being consolidated with a language selector. Anyone else gotten this far with Rise and all published languages in a file with language-selector option?

Hi Loredana! Thanks for clarifying that each language is available in a separate Rise course.

Could you host each language course on a web server, then use the URL from the web-hosted course in the LMS?

Also, how are you planning to track completion?

Hi Scott!

While it's possible to create separate sections for each language, your text labels will only be in one language. I'm thinking your best bet here is to create individual courses for each language.

I'll open the floor for the community to share their thoughts with you, too!

This is a great idea!  Thank you for sharing.  This did not work in my LMS though.  I will have to create different courses and upload them separately in order for the learner to get credit for the course.  If anyone has any other suggestions on this topic, I'd love to hear them.  

Hello, I see this post is old but I wanted to figure out if with multiple languages in one course, the user gets credits of completion after having finished the course in just one of the languages available. 

Hi Loredana, are you seeing the course as not available in offline mode in your LMS?  If so, what LMS are you using to host your course? You might want to reach out to your LMS administrator to see why the course isn't available in offline mode. 

Hi Loredana, are you using a URL for your button stack? Do you get the same issues if you use the lesson number in the destination of your button stack?