Language Equivalency for Configured Courses

By default, Skillsoft provides compliance courses in multiple languages. If you assign the English version of the course to a global audience, when a learner launches the course, it displays in their default Skillsoft Platform language provided the course exists in that language, otherwise it displays in English.

The platform allows you to configure a course and each of its language versions. One configuration may include an introduction, a policy statement or a summary, or any combination of these components. A course can have multiple configurations.

Behavior for configured courses

If you want the learner to see a course in their default Skillsoft Platform language, when that course has multiple configurations, you must create a configuration for each language version you want learners to see even if that means creating a configuration for a language without any components.

Create the Language Mapping

The language mapping tells Percipio compliance which configured language version to display to a learner when you assign an English version of a configured course. Each configuration retains its original course number, but each configuration gets a new course ID. The platform needs to know which course ID's correspond to each other so it displays the right configuration.

You can create a brand new language mapping or update an existing mapping if you need changes.

When you create the language mapping, you must publish a new version of the configuration. Please note that if a learner is in progress, they may have to retake portions of the course to achieve completion.

To create the language mapping:

  1. From the admin view of the platform, select Compliance > Content Configuration.
  2. If you do not see the configuration to map in the list, you can create one first. Then from the list of configurations, locate the one to map, and select the More actions menu for the configuration.
  3. Select Manage Translations.
  4. You will see a list of translations that exist for a configuration. If no translations exist, you’ll see a notice explaining as much.
  5. Select Create new translation. A dialog box displays.
  6. From the Language drop down, select the language for the translation. Note, the language selection is limited to the languages of the base course. So if the base course is only available in English and Spanish, those will be the only options available.
  7. Enter a unique title for the course.
  8. Select Create translation. The Edit Configuration page displays.
  9. AI is used to automatically translate all of the custom strings you created for the original course (i.e., the one you’re creating a new translation for). This includes topic titles, custom text, closed captions, audio descriptions, and anywhere that you may have entered custom text.

    Note: Videos, policy documents, and similar media files cannot be automatically translated by AI, so if you want those items to match the new language in the translation, you will have to upload translated versions for them

  10. When you are done reviewing and editing the translated configuration, you can save, preview, and publish it like you would any other configuration.

  11. Once published, you will need to add the configured course to a custom channel or journey so your learners can find it.

  • If you are configuring courses that need to sync with another LMS, you must also update the content rule set to individually include the configured courses.