Does anyone know if it's possible to set a language per org unit?

Alma.K.7171

So for example students from some org units cannot select a language other than English.

Piero.d.211

Hello, Alma, how are you?

My name is Piero and I am a Bilingual Product Support Analyst at D2L. I will be helping you with your question today.

That is a great question and, yes, it is possible to force a specific language in a per Org Unit basis in Brightspace. In order to do that, you will need to use two configuration variables that can be found in the Config Variable Browser.

The d2l.Region.PreferredOrgUnitLocale variable will set a preferred language for an Org Unit. So, when the User first arrives in an Org Unit, the language specified here will be the one displayed. In order to do that, you can click on the "Add Value" button under "Override Values" and, then, select the language and the Org Unit in question.

With that being said, this variable will only set the preferred language and it will still be possible for the Learner, if they wish, to change to a different language.

This is when you need to use the d2l.Region.ForceLocale variable. When you add an Org Unit to this variable (also using the "Add Value" button under "Override Values"), it will force the language previously defined in d2l.Region.PreferredOrgUnitLocale to be the only possible language in the Org Unit. Users, then, won't be able to change to a different language while inside of the Org Unit.

We also have this Community article with additional information on how to force a locale in Brightspace.

I hope you have found this information to be useful. Should you have any questions or concerns about it, please, don't hesitate to let me know, okay?

Thank you kindly,

Piero de Sá
Bilingual Product Support Analyst

Alma.K.7171

Thank you Piero! We will look into it, but this seems to have answered my question, perfect!