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Translating Course Content

Can I translate my courses into a different Language?

There are a couple different options you have for translating your students content:

Translating the Platform:

  1. Open your 21stCentEd account on any page
  2. Scroll down to the very bottom of the page
  3. Click on the arrow next to "English"
  4. Choose the language you wish to translate to
    1. This will translate all of the background content of the platform, not the course itself 

Translating course content for K-8th grade: 

  1. Open up the course you wish to translate and choose a page of content
  2. Click on the "Immersive Reader" found at the top of the page
    1. If the immersive reader button is not showing up on the page please contact our tech team to have the feature enabled for your course
  3. Click on the book icon in the top right corner and choose one of our 75 languages
  4. Translate by word by clicking on the word you would like translated OR change the setting to translate by document
  5. Most languages also have the ability to be read aloud by clicking on the Play button found at the bottom of the screen
  6. You will notice the immersive reader has many other features such as definitions, parts of speech, line focus, text options, etc. 

*Note: Course content found within the slides portion do not have the ability to be translated at this time

Translating course content for 9th-12th grade: 

  1. Open your course and navigate to the page of content you are looking for
  2. Highlight any text you would like translated
  3. Click on the arrow in the small box that appears at the top of the content
  4. Click on the translation button (the default is spanish) and a popup will appear with the translated text
    1. You can use the play button to have the text read aloud
  5. If you need to switch languages, click on the settings button and pick the new language
  6. You will notice this menu has many other features such as definitions, parts of speech, line focus, text options, etc. 
*Note: You can also use this method to translate the videos by opening the video transcript below each video and then translating the text from there.