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Language
Language represents a language spoken at your institution.
- Sample Uses for Language
Your institution might track the languages spoken by students and faculty, languages Courses are taught in, or languages that students are learning. - Configure Language
Consider these configuration changes, depending on your use of Language in K-12 Architecture Kit. - Create Language Records
Create Language records for every language recognized by your school. All of the languages you enter are available from the Language lookup field that you can add to your page layouts.
Sample Uses for Language
Your institution might track the languages spoken by students and faculty, languages Courses are taught in, or languages that students are learning.
- University—Track languages offered as Courses at your institution.
- International university—Track languages spoken by faculty, especially if courses are taught in multiple countries or in populations with more than one dominant language.
- K-12—Track the preferred language of students’ households or guardians.
Configure Language
Consider these configuration changes, depending on your use of Language in K-12 Architecture Kit.
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To track the language a course is taught in, add a Language lookup field to the Course Offering page layout.
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To track the language used in a household, add a Language lookup field to the Household Account page layout.
For more information, see Display a New Custom Object After a Product Release and Add a Lookup Field to a Page Layout.
Create Language Records
Create Language records for every language recognized by your school. All of the languages you enter are available from the Language lookup field that you can add to your page layouts.
Go to the Languages tab and click New. If you don't see the tab, from the App Launcher, find and select Languages, and click New.
On the New Language page, enter the name of a language and click Save & New.

