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IgniteAI Discussions & Announcements Translation: Enable IgniteAI Translations for Discussions & Announcements

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IgniteAI Discussions & Announcements Translations are an AI powered tool that can translate discussion topics and replies, as well as announcements in a course.

When this feature is enabled by the instructor for a course, both Instructors and Students are able to translate discussions and announcements for themselves.

Currently, 10 languages are supported. The available languages are:

  • Catalan
  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Portugese (Brazil)
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish 
  1. Navigate to the course where you want to enable IgniteAI Discussion & Announcement Translation and click on "Settings" in the Course Navigation menu on the bottom-left side.
  2. Click on the "Feature Options" tab across the top.
  3. Find the feature option called "IgniteAI Translations for Discussions & Announcements".
    1. You can use the search bar at the top to help you locate this option.
  4. In line with the "IgniteAI Translations for Discussions & Announcements" option, click on the red x and select "Enable" to turn it on. The red x will become a green check mark to denote that your changes are saved.
    1. If there is a red x on the "IgniteAI Translations for Discussions & Announcements" line, then the tool has not yet been enabled. If there is a green check mark, the tool is already enabled.
  1. Navigate to a Discussion or Announcement in your course. You will now see an "Enable Translation" button in the top-right of each individual discussion topic or announcement.

Check out our IgniteAI Translations for Discussions & Announcements Nutrition Facts article for technical details on this Canvas AI feature.

For additional assistance with this AI Feature, please reach out to [email protected].

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