TechChange Platform Improvements in 2024

By Will Chester, TechChange Chief Technology Officer

Much like the lifelong learners that our signature TechChange platform supports, we never stop learning and working to improve our offerings. This year our development team has added numerous capabilities to our platform–the backbone of so many of our education and event programs– so that it will work even better for our partners. As the Chief Technology Officer at TechChange for the last thirteen years, I can say that it’s never been better. 

Improved multilingual capabilities make it easier to communicate 

One of the truly special aspects of our work is how many people from all over the world our partners reach, often using our platform to do it. We want to ensure that participants can experience TechChange courses, workshops, and conferences in their language of choice. The changes that we’ve made recently ensure that the platform now provides a fully multi-lingual experience from end to end. 

From a user perspective, platform users can now select the language they are most comfortable receiving content in and that’s what they will see, in the course and on the platform itself. And it’s not just that. For our blended and synchronous learning courses, cohort members can now communicate with other participants who are taking the course…in different languages! Real-time bi-directional AI-powered translation enables dialogue across 100+ languages, bridging the gap between people who don’t share the same linguistic profile. We’ve made it easier for administrators too, who can now create and maintain multilingual content in one dedicated space. 

In the future, we’re going to go even further to reduce the cost of translation of elearning content. Our team is working to incorporate Lokalise, which will result in a process that is 1/1000th the cost of manual translation.  

Enhanced media integration for optimal integration of content

Our partners’ courses incorporate many different types of content, including outside videos. The TechChange platform now enables seamless integration of content through Mux–a developer friendly version of Youtube. Administrators can now directly upload videos from their computer and stream videos straight to the platform. Event participants get a new benefit too of a new mini player view so they can click around elsewhere on the site– I know our multi-taskers will appreciate this. Live captioning on video and live streams add an extra layer of accessibility.

Social sharing of accomplishments on LinkedIn

Course participants will have a new way to show off their credentials from TechChange. Once they have completed a course on our platform, participants can easily add the course completion certificate directly to their LinkedIn profile. In this hiring climate, anything that makes you stand out as an employee or job candidate helps and we’re happy to be a part of that.

Streamlined login option

Finally, we’ve made it easier to log into the platform by adding single sign on, a passwordless login option. The email link to access the platform supports an easier login experience for our repeat users. 

To read more about these changes, check out our TechChange 2024 Platform Updates. 

Or…head to the platform and see for yourself!