Make your quiz in any language

By Joanna, FlexiQuiz.
4 minute read.

In today’s international and increasingly connected world, it’s only natural that you want to share quizzes and learning activities with people in different languages.

Quizzes, tests and courses are most effective when learners can engage with them in their own language. Presenting questions, instructions, and feedback in a familiar language removes barriers to understanding, reduces confusion, and leads to more accurate responses.

When learners don’t have to translate content in their heads, they can focus on demonstrating their knowledge.

FlexiQuiz quiz maker allows you to deliver tests in a language that is relevant to your audience. From Hindi to Silbo, Arabic, French, Dutch, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, or Spanish, you can create engaging tests, examinations, or learning content in almost any language.

Whether you're a global company, university, or local school, you and your quiz-making team can adapt all parts of the user interface in nearly any language.

Translate everything your learners see in a quiz

FlexiQuiz lets you create your quiz content, such as questions and answer options, in any language.

If you’re on an Essentials plan or higher, you can localize almost the whole quiz experience, including navigation buttons, feedback messages, certificates, and emails.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to customize every part of the quiz your learners see in the language of your choice.

Now, let’s walk through each area step by step.

Add questions and answers in any language

Present the questions and any answer options in the learners’ language.

You can type the questions from scratch or use AI to choose a language for your quiz.

Create a quiz from scratch

1. Log in to FlexiQuiz and click +Create.
2. Choose whether you want to create a Live Quiz Game or a Classic Quiz.
3. Select Start from Scratch.
4. Enter a name for your quiz.
5. Choose the first question type you would like to add.
6. In the Question field, type your question in any language.
7. Add your answer options in your chosen language.

Generate quiz questions with AI

1. From your main dashboard, click + Create.
2. Choose to create a Live Quiz Game or a Classic Quiz.
3. Select Build with AI. A pop-up window will appear where you can enter your prompt and quiz requirements.
4. Enter your prompt in your preferred language.
5. Select the type and number of questions you would like.
6. Use the Language drop-down menu to choose the language for the generated questions.
7. Click Create Quiz. Within seconds, FlexiQuiz AI will generate your quiz.

FlexiQuiz automatically scores and grades responses in any language, based on the correct answers you provide.

Welcome, thank you, and content pages

Easily greet learners and share important information using text, video or audio in their native language.

1. Choose the page that you want to add to your quiz.
2. Then type your text in your chosen language.
3. You can also upload media or files.

Navigation buttons

A navigation button helps learners move through the quiz, such as Next to move forward or Submit to finish.

You can update all navigation buttons in any language.

1. Choose the relevant quiz and go to the Configure screen.
2. Select Theme from the left-hand menu.
3. Then click on the Messages tab and go to the Navigation buttons section.
4. Scroll down the section to view all the buttons.
5. You can delete the existing text and type your text in the box.

The FlexiQuiz system automatically saves your changes.

Page headers

You can display headers at the top of each page to help learners identify where they are on the quiz. For example, the registration page, during the quiz, or the results screen.

To update page headers:

1. Go to the Configure screen and select Theme from the left-hand menu.
2. Then click on the Messages tab.
3. Scroll down the screen to the page headers section.
4. Enter your text in the relevant box.

The text in square brackets is dynamic and FlexiQuiz will automatically populate it when the page appears to quiz takers.

Messages during the quiz

Messages may appear during a quiz, giving the learner instructions or information about what is happening.

For example, time remaining on the quiz, progress and where to drop files for the file upload question type.

To update messages.

1. Go to the Configure/ Theme screen.
2. Then click on the Messages tab.
3. Scroll down the page to quiz page messages and progress messages.
4. Enter your text in any language in the relevant box.

The text in square brackets is dynamic and FlexiQuiz will automatically populate it when the page appears to quiz takers.

Email notifications

Emails are a valuable feature when sharing a quiz because they extend engagement beyond the quiz itself and create a direct line of communication with learners.

With FlexiQuiz, you can customize all emails in any language so that learners understand the whole quiz experience.

1. Select the email that you would like to customize.
2. Enter your text in the subject line and body of the email.
3. If the email contains dynamic text in square brackets, you may need to update it.

Learn more about customizing and sharing email notifications.

Quiz certificates

You can generate custom certificates that display names, scores, dates, quiz titles, and messages in your preferred language.

To update the text in your chosen language:

1. Go to the certificates screen.
2. Scroll down the page and choose your quiz template.
3. Now add your text where you want it to appear on the certificate.
4. The text in square brackets is dynamic, meaning we auto-fill the information based on the learners' quiz results or the information they add to the registration screen. You will need to map the information from the registration screen to the certificate. Learn more about mapping information to the quiz certificate.

If you have a Premium plan or higher, you can upload a custom certificate template that reflects your style and your organization's branding.

Results page

Learners may see a results screen at the end of their quiz, which can show the quiz outcome and provide instant feedback.

You can translate headers, data, and any messages on the quiz results screen.

To update the labels:

1. Go to the Theme screen and select the messages tab.
2. Scroll down the page to Results page and review answer report labels.
3. Delete the existing text and your selected language.

To add a custom pass or fail message:

1. Go to the Results screen.
2. Scroll down the page and tick pass/ fail message.
3. Enter your messages in the relevant pass or fail box.

To customize grades:

1. Go to the Grading screen.
2. Enter your text in the Grade column next to the relevant points.

Quiz registration page

You can add a registration page at the start of your quiz to capture test-taker information in any language.

Add and customize the fields such as name, address, ID number or department.

Learners then enter the required information in their preferred language.

Learn more about creating a custom registration page.

Top tips to help you as you create multilingual quizzes.

We recommend avoiding copying and pasting text from a Word document.

A Word document can contain some additional formatting that Microsoft has embedded. Formatting information can distort the text displayed on the page. We'd recommend adding the text to a plain-text document, such as Notepad on Windows or TextEdit or TextWrangler on Mac.

Frequently asked questions

Can students choose their preferred language?

Yes, you add a quiz at the start to ask learners to select their preferred language.

How to set up language options:

1. Start by creating a quiz that asks students to pick a language.
2. Then create a separate quiz for each language.
3. Next, go to the first quiz and use grade-based quiz redirects to send students to their preferred quiz.

This guide shows you how to set up quiz redirects.

Can I create a quiz with a right-to-left (RTL) layout for Arabic or Hebrew learners?

Yes, if you have an Enterprise plan, you can create a quiz with text in right-to-left direction.

Contact us for custom CSS code to set up your quiz.

Can I make a quiz or course with special characters?

Yes, FlexiQuiz allows you to enter special characters on all customizable elements.

How do I map data from the registration screen to email notifications and certificates?

1. Add a registration page with your relevant fields.
2. Then go to Certificates or Notifications to map your chosen fields.
3. Enter the name of the field in curly brackets. For example, if you add a registration field called Nom. You enter Nom in curly brackets.

Try these quizzes in various languages.

Take a quiz in one of these languages to check how it looks for test-takers.

Spanish quiz