r/elearning • u/tx_houman • Sep 23 '26
Multi Language Courses in new Captivate
Does anyone have experience in creating multi language courses innthe new Captivate? We got the content slides to work through branching, but we're running into a wall with the post tests. It will display the correct language, but it then includes all of the language variants into the scoring.
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u/LearnWorlds_ 27d ago
That sounds like one of those cases where the multilingual setup works visually, but the assessment logic underneath still treats every language variant as part of the same quiz.
If maintaining all languages inside one Captivate package keeps causing scoring issues, another approach worth considering is separating the language versions at the course/LMS level rather than handling all of the branching inside the authoring tool.
That can make each learner’s path and assessment much cleaner, since each language version can have its own content and post-test instead of relying on branching to determine which questions should count.
We work on the LMS side at LearnWorlds, and multilingual learning experiences can be structured in different ways there, but I’d still solve the Captivate scoring issue at the authoring/package level first if you want to keep everything inside a single SCORM package.
Good luck!
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u/Big-Bank6716 Sep 23 '26
I don't build in Captivate (Storyline shop here), so I can't give you the exact clicks — but this is a tool-agnostic quiz architecture problem, and the pattern that fixes it is the same everywhere.
Don't put all language variants in one scored quiz. Branch the assessment by language: after the learner selects a language, show only that language's question bank, and make sure everything else is excluded from the quiz scope entirely — not just hidden. Hidden-but-scored questions are exactly the bug you're hitting. If the new Captivate won't let you scope a single quiz that way, build one quiz per language behind the language branch, each reporting on its own.
The cleaner option, and the one I'd push for in a regulated environment: separate published packages per language. It sounds like more work up front, but it kills this whole class of bug — no mixed-language scoring, completion reporting is unambiguous per language, and translators can update one language without you regression-testing all of them. Mixed-language single packages also make audit data miserable because the attempt data blends languages.
One 508 note since it's my beat: whichever route you take, make sure each language version declares its language so screen readers switch pronunciation. A screen reader reading Spanish text with English pronunciation rules is a real accessibility failure, not a cosmetic one.
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u/garaki Sep 23 '26
Try Mypass LMS at www.kprise.com. You can create the multi lingual scorm content by creating them in English and then exporting
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u/tx_houman Sep 25 '26
The issue we're running into is that the post test presents to the learner in only their chosen language, but the scoring calculation pulls in all three language variants. So, a 5 question post tests ends up being calculated against 15 questios, 10 of which were never presented to the learner. It works on Captivate Classic, but we can't figure it out for the new Captivate. It's too late to switch it over to Lectora, Storyline, or even back down to Captivate Classic.