two languages in one course
Oct 31, 2012
By
Yale Cohen
i need to present an option at the start of a course where the learner selects their language.
the content must be available in both as well as the quizzes.
I realize that the player template options are available to adapt to a number of languages.
is it possible to assign different language specific player templates to groups of slides within one storyline course?
the result would have screens 2-30 using one player template (english) and then slides 31-50 using a template setup for french. I'm mostly concered about the labels on the nav buttons and default messages in the quizzes.
thanx
11 Replies
Hi Yale,
I don't think I've seen a way to apply two different language templates within the same course, but that would be a nice feature request.
I was afraid of that. I suppose I can just add the buttons on the screens but the canned messages will not be translated. I was hoping to find some other way to offer an alternative on the Slide Properties where you could select a second player template. No such luck. Definitley a PLUS for Studio.
I've mocked up a simple example with two languages and not using the player. (The example still has the player outline, but not the next/prev buttons.) This can easily be removed by making elements transparent - there is a good tutorial on the site which explains how to do this well.
I use different master templates to show the navigation bars. I also use different slide layers to show the different feedback.
Sorry not much more of an explanation here (heading off in a minute), but hopefully the sample will help. Feel free to ask any more questions and i'll try to reply when I get home.
andy ... thanx
i considered using the template masters for the navigation but was hoping to avoid the translation tasks associated with the various canned messages. mostly concerned about the quizzes ... there are several and in six languages!
Ah ok - I've been looking a lot at using Storyline for different languages too. I have added a feature request (hope you have too?) to make it easier to switch languages whilst in the course and to keep all variables such as progress and completion. Hopefully we'll see something soon.
I haven't done that yet. It seems like such a no brainer since they had a pretty good solution in Studio. I am very happy with the export/import functionality for translations. Have you worked with it? Are you in the UK?
I've not used Studio, so unfortunately don't know how they did it in that. Yes, i've used the export/import functionality for translations to test it previously (not yet for client purposes). I found it to be good - although it did miss some data whilst importing. Be careful with that - I didn't report it as a bug, but will be trying it again soon. Yes, am in the UK. have recently started a new job and currently evaluating the product for use within our company.
Hi I have another challenge. I would like to offer quizzes in different languages in the same course. The problem comes up with the report slide that send the completion report to the LMs.
i also work with captivate and I have posted my concern . This is what I got. If anyone can elaborate in this I d love to hear how this can be accomplished in articulate
https://elearning.adobe.com/2018/09/what-is-branch-aware/
Hi, Evangelina. Happy to lend a hand!
It sounds like your course branches in several different language directions, and you have quiz slides in each direction that each finish with their own results slide. Is that right?
Each results slide will need to have its own set of scoring variables (typically noted by the 1, 2, and 3 at the end of each new set).
If each results slide includes the quiz slides from its own section, they should report correctly. Let me know if you see the problem during preview mode as well as in your LMS, as I'd love to dive deeper!
In different languages in one course, I use a complete trigger on the success layer for each quiz, it does mean you only know if the user has passed rather than a score.
Trying to have ONE course with various language options. According to others here, it sounds like I could create a course where the user would select their language, they'd get directed to their language version of the course, and then the completions are based on various triggers and/or quizzes? So the navigation buttons and similar can be customized by section? Also, I prefer to do this whole project in RISE, but not thinking it's possible to have multiple completion prompts. Has anyone done this in rise??