Configuring Home Languages – eduCLIMBER

This article guides users through adding Home Languages to their eduCLIMBER System. A student's Home Language appears on the student's profile, and allows users to translate smartFORMS into the student's Home Language when printing forms for students, or sending smartFORMS to guardians via email.

Before You Begin

This lesson begins assuming Home Languages have not been imported from an SIS or another import. If they have been imported, users will not need to manually add them and may start at Manage Home Languages.

Add Home Languages

Image of system configuration tab

Select System Configurations from the left side menu.

image of the district and schools tab marked as step 2 and home languages marked as step 3

Select District & Schools.
Open Manage Home Languages.

Interface section titled 'Manage Home Languages,' featuring a prominent blue button labeled 'Add Home Language,' outlined in red for emphasis. The button is marked with the number 4 in a circular blue label. Icons for download and settings are visible on the right.

Select Add Home Language.

If Home Languages are coming over from the SIS, or another import, they do not have to be manually added and will already appear in the Home Language table.

image of home language code text box marked as step 5, description text box marked as step 6, and the save button marked as step 7

Enter Home Language Code into the text box. The code is what comes in on an SIS file that includes Home Languages.
Enter a Description. This is the label that will appear throughout eduCLIMBER.
Select Save.

Manage Home Languages

Table interface titled 'Manage Home Languages,' displaying a list of home languages: Spanish, French, and English. A dropdown menu under the 'Translated Language' column is open for Spanish, showing options like Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, and more. Numbered markers highlight sections, including a checkbox column (1), the dropdown menu (2), and the aliases column (3).

Added Home Languages will appear in the table.
Double-select the blank area under Translated Language to select the translation from the list of supported languages.
Double-select the blank area under Alias to add an additional Home Language Code that may be included in an import in addition to the main one already entered in Step 5 of Add Home Languages.

Next Steps

To learn more about sending smartFORMS to guardians utilizing the Home Language, take a look at Guardian smartFORM Emails.