From Course to Global Classroom in Minutes: Localize Articulate Rise Courses with Smartcat's AI Agent

As global training demands grow, L&D teams are turning to AI to scale faster and smarter. In fact, 78% of organizations now use AI in their daily operations.[4] Smartcat’s AI Agent for Articulate Rise 360 makes it effortless to localize Articulate Rise courses, including SCORM packages, videos, and interactive modules — without compromising structure, tone, or compliance.

With Smartcat, enterprise teams can meet the pace and complexity of global training by automating course localization and enabling seamless collaboration across departments.

• Scale your course localization: Smartcat’s AI Agent for Articulate Rise 360 combines intelligent automation with human oversight to deliver fast, accurate localization across languages.

• Preserve your course integrity: Maintain original layout, voice, and branding while translating every element—from quizzes to embedded media.

• Enable real-time, cross-functional collaboration: L&D, compliance, and SMEs can co-edit and review courses simultaneously—no seat limits, no versioning chaos.

• Cut turnaround from weeks to hours: Aligns with research showing AI dramatically boosts productivity in knowledge-based roles.

L&D leaders today face mounting pressure to deliver global training that keeps up with rapid onboarding, product rollouts, and compliance requirements. But traditional translation workflows are too slow, fragmented, and costly to meet today’s demands.

Smartcat offers a smarter solution: expert-enabled AI Agents that make it easy to localize Articulate Rise courses at scale, combining intelligent automation with real-time collaboration and your team’s institutional knowledge.

This reflects a broader shift in the business landscape. AI is no longer just a specialized tool—it’s a core driver of productivity in knowledge-based work. [1]

Organizations that embed AI into their content and training operations are building faster, more agile teams prepared for whatever comes next.

This transition — from isolated tools to integrated, AI-enabled teams — is reshaping how global companies scale training. No wonder nearly 90% of the world’s most advanced AI systems are now developed within industry. [4]

Smartcat’s AI Agent for Articulate Rise 360 isn’t just another translation plugin—it’s a fully integrated, browser-based assistant that works directly within your course authoring environment. While other tools offer generic machine translation, Smartcat empowers you to localize Articulate Rise courses with enterprise-level quality and control.

Here’s what sets it apart:

• Context-aware translation: Automatically delivers more accurate results by understanding course structure, content flow, and instructional intent.

• Built-in quality assurance: Includes automated quality scoring to flag issues early and reduce rework.

• Supports complex assets: Easily localize SCORM files, XLIFF, video, Word docs, PDFs, and more—all in one platform.

• Learns and improves: Smartcat’s AI Agents continuously adapt based on reviewer edits and your company’s preferred terminology, ensuring brand and compliance standards are met across every project.

Most platforms operate in silos. Smartcat unifies people, processes, and AI — so your localization efforts get smarter, faster, and more scalable with every course.

“This shift, from software to structured digital teammates, is at the heart of what makes AI agents a breakthrough innovation,” as Smartcat’s VP of Marketing, Nicole DiNicola explains in her article that explains what are AI Agents.

To begin, get the Smartcat Agent for Rise 360 via the Chrome Web Store. Once installed, the agent becomes accessible directly within your course builder. There is no need to export files manually.

Next, open the course you wish to translate. Smartcat auto-detects and extracts all course components, including multimedia content and interactive elements.

Then, choose your target languages. Whether you’re launching in five or fifty markets, Smartcat supports over 280 languages and handles multiple translations simultaneously.

Once languages are selected, the translation process begins instantly. Smartcat’s AI Agent preserves formatting, layout, and embedded elements, ensuring output is fully SCORM-compliant.

If you have video content, the system can also generate subtitles or AI voiceovers in the selected languages.

After translation, Smartcat’s collaborative workspace enables reviewers and subject matter experts to refine content in real time. There’s no need for manual email chains or file versioning. With unlimited seats, your whole team—legal, compliance, marketing—can join without added cost.

Finally, export the translated course as a ready-to-publish SCORM package. The structure, style, and integrity of your original Rise 360 course remain intact. Your course is ready to scale across geographies.

AI is rapidly becoming the backbone of modern content operations — and course localization is no exception. According to the 2025 Stanford AI Index Report:

1. 78% of organizations now use AI in operations (up from 55% the previous year), signaling readiness for scalable, intelligent content solutions.

2. Investment in generative AI grew 18.7% year-over-year, reflecting a surge in demand for automation in content creation and localization.

3. LLM inference costs dropped up to 900-fold in 2024, making AI more accessible than ever.[4]

In this new environment, traditional localization workflows can’t keep up. Enterprise L&D teams need tools that deliver speed, accuracy, and scale — and that’s where Smartcat shines.

Enterprise teams using Smartcat’s translation agents have reported turnaround times reduced from weeks to hours. These outcomes align with research that intelligent automation delivers an average of 32% cost savings in knowledge workflows.[3] And as LLM inference costs continue to drop—as much as 900-fold in 2024 alone — these AI capabilities are becoming even more accessible.[4]

But speed is just part of the equation. Smartcat also enables:

• Knowledge capture and reuse for consistency across markets

• Terminology control for regulatory compliance and brand alignment

• Cross-functional collaboration for more agile teams

This is critical in high-stakes industries like healthcare and finance, where localization errors are costly and consistency is essential.

Smartcat’s approach also supports a deeper shift in how we work. As Stacey Richey notes in The Future of Work is More Human, Thanks to AI, AI tools like Smartcat’s agents give people time back for creativity, coaching, and high-value collaboration. By handling repetitive content work, Smartcat lets learning leaders focus on people rather than processes.

This makes Smartcat ideal not only for localization managers, but also for HR and L&D professionals looking to improve the employee experience across borders. From personalized onboarding to ongoing upskilling, teams can finally deliver consistent and high-quality learning at scale.

Experts agree that AI in localization should be seen not as a replacement, but as a partner. As discussed in the Middlebury Institute’s 2024 panel on AI in translation, “All interpreters and translators should be leveraging AI as an intelligent assistant, not an adversary”.[2] Smartcat embodies this philosophy by combining AI speed with human judgment, within a single structured environment.

This integration of AI and human expertise is what enables Smartcat’s users to scale without compromise. Whether you’re a global enterprise or a rapidly growing team, Smartcat ensures that your training content is just as agile and intelligent as the learners you’re developing.

1. Filippucci, F., Gal, P., Jona-Lasinio, C., Leandro, A., & Nicoletti, G. (2024). The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Productivity, Distribution and Growth. OECD. https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/the-impact-of-artificial-intelligence-on-productivity-distribution-and-growth\_8d900037-en.html

2. Abukins, S. (2024). Eight Key Insights from “AI and the Future of Translation and Interpretation.” Middlebury Institute of International Studies. https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/news/eight-key-insights-ai-and-future-translation-and-interpretation

3. Nagarajan, P. (2024). The Impact of Intelligent Automation on Cost Savings. Deloitte & Integranxt. https://integranxt.com/blog/impact-of-intelligent-automation-on-cost-savings/

4. AI Index Report 2025. Stanford HAI. https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report:contentReference[oaicite:11]{index=11}