Webcast Academy Certification Process & Graduation Requirements

Basic Program
   In order to receive certification from the Webcast Academy as a 'live, interactive webcaster', interns will need to:

• complete all of their internship assignments
• produce, edit and publish 3 interncasts
  
  • shows need to include some kind of interaction with a live audience and should be at least 15 minutes in length
    
  • audio should meet Worldbridges specifications, be of 'listenable audio quality',  and include proper ID3 tags
    
  •  published nodes should include some kind of show notes and chat log
• complete a webcaster portfolio page
• create at least one 'setup description' page
  and
• stream their own 'graduationcast' .  Each graduationcast will be different, but the general goal is to demonstrate your webcasting ability, reflect on the process of becoming a webcaster, share lessons learned, and discuss your future webcasting goals and plans.
  Graduationcasts should include
  
  • a properly posted event listing beforehand
  • an overview of their 'webcasting journey' (original motivations, personal & technical challenges, etc.) 
  • a brief overview of their webcasting setup and any special challenges they faced using their hardware
  • short descriptions of their 3 featured interncasts
  • a discussion of their future webcasting plans and goals
    
    Gradcasts posts should be published on the Webcast Academy site within a week of webcast and include a link to the intern's webcaster portfolio, the chat log from the webcast, and properly encoded audio (with ID3 tags).
    

 

Following  completion of all assignments and review by current session leaders,  interns will receive a digitally signed, watermarked 'Certificate of Webasting Proficiency'.   They can then apply for a Worldbridges Webcasting license and 'producer membership' in any of Worldbridges webcasting communities.  They will also receive 'webcaster' permissions and additional hosting space at The Webcast Academy.