By default, your course/catalog entry (both the interface and the content) is set up to be easily localized.
Change the interface language
Click the globe (language) icon in the toolbar and select the desired language for the site interface.
Note:
- If you do not see the globe icon, additional Application languages have not been added to your site in the Site management > Website card.
- The list of available Default and Application languages is more limited than the list of languages supported for catalog entry translation.
Create multiple language versions of your course
Dawn allows you to create and enable multiple language versions (including Custom languages) of any course/catalog entry in your site and set different default languages for different learners.
1. Create a course in original language
Build your course as you would any other in the language you are most comfortable authoring in then:
- In the Available languages dropdown, select all of the languages you want available.
- In the Default language dropdown, select the language you want the course to be defaulted to.
- Note: All administrator content and reports use Default language.
- When multiple languages are enabled for a course, a language chooser appears in the toolbar. While building the original course, choose the language that you're most comfortable authoring in.
2. Choose new language and translate content
Once your course is created in the original language, you can start translating for different languages:
- In the language chooser in the course toolbar, select the language you want to translate to. Choosing a new language from the toolbar allows you to edit translatable fields (titles, descriptions, videos, resources, etc) to that language without overriding the content in the original language.
- Note: Changes to the Catalog, Coaches, Mastery settings; the Published toggle; and the course structure (adding, removing, or reordering sections and activities) in any language is always applied to the entire course, so all language versions must always have the same structure and mastery criteria.
- Translate:
- Videos (you may want to translate your video's audio and upload for each language; if you do this, you can generate the transcript using that video rather than translate the video script)
- Video transcripts (automated)
- Remaining content (titles, sections, interactions) (manual)
- Repeat for each desired language.
Translate content
For each language, translate:
- Videos (you may want to translate your video's audio and upload for each language; if you do this, you can generate the transcript using that video rather than translate the video script)
- Video transcripts (automated)
- Remaining content (titles, sections, interactions) (manual)
Any content that is not translated continues to appear in the Default language.
Translate video transcripts
Open the course editor.
- Select an uploaded video in the table of contents (not a YouTube and Vimeo video).
- Scroll to the Video card.
- Open the More menu under the Transcript and select Translate transcript.
Note: If you don't see a transcript, you may need to create the transcript. Do this in your Template and recreate your translation course.
- Select the desired language and Translate.
The transcript for this video is automatically translated. Repeat for all videos.
You can also provide transcripts in multiple languages in any course in this way, allowing your users to select the language they want to see it in.
Translate course interactions and content
You must manually translated all remaining course content, including section titles, interactions, and directions using the course editor.
3. Learners choose from Available languages
When learners enroll, they can choose any of the Available languages. The Catalog automatically selects the language the learner has specified for their site interface (if the course supports that language).
Once in the course, they can still select any of the Available languages.
When administrators enroll learners, they are also able to select the Default language for the enrollments. Learners can always change their language after enrollment.
