Student Certifications & Credentials

Student certifications and credentials in storytelling, social media, and digital citizenship have a powerful impact on students and schools. These programs provide research-backed foundations for learning–tested, applied, and mastered through Class Intercom as an authentic assessment tool for the classroom and beyond.

CI Certification

Class Intercom Certification helps schools and educators quickly and easily train and onboard student content creators, but it’s also about more than logistics. Students who complete the certification are introduced to a multi-faceted social media management tool, gaining hands-on experience using this powerful, multi-channel tool to plan, draft, edit, schedule, and analyze social content across platforms.

Through guided learning and practical application, they develop a deep understanding of not only content creation, but contributing to and managing a brand presence across platforms, perspectives, and over time.

The certification ensures every participant—whether student, educator, or moderator—walks away with the knowledge to manage social media responsibly and effectively. By mastering both the technical tools and the storytelling strategies that power school communications, certified users become key contributors to a consistent, collaborative, and student-driven content ecosystem.

Content Generation Microcredentials

Class Intercom’s credentialing program helps students and educators build and validate key skills in storytelling, content creation, and digital citizenship through short, focused learning experiences. Each of the Content Generation Microcredentials empowers participants to explore and apply essential concepts like student voice, ethical communication, and community engagement while creating content for their school’s social media channels.

Moderators can guide and collaborate with student creators throughout the process, offering feedback and support while maintaining full oversight of what’s published to school and district accounts. This structured approach allows students to demonstrate mastery through real-world practice—earning recognition for their achievements and readiness to contribute responsibly to digital spaces after graduation.

Centered on Research-Based Education Strategies

Our certification and credentialing programs are firmly rooted in research-based educational strategies to ensure student-centered learning. These programs employ 10 core strategies, and use the Class Intercom platform as an authentic assessment tool to provide schools with a teaching framework.

This framework complements core curriculum, restorative practices, and college and career readiness. It also serves as general curricular support for digital media, journalism, design, writing, language arts, digital citizenship, and communication coursework.

Storytelling

Skill Building

Student Voice

Digital Citizenship

Community

Backed by Powerful Pedagogy

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the CI Certification?

Anyone who uses Class Intercom to manage or contribute to school social media can complete the certification. This includes students, teachers, advisors, coaches, administrators, and even parent contributors. The certification ensures every participant understands how to collaborate, publish responsibly, and maintain brand consistency across school channels.

Who should complete Class Intercom Certification?

Anyone who uses Class Intercom to manage or contribute to school social media can complete the certification. This includes students, teachers, advisors, coaches, administrators, and even parent contributors. The certification ensures every participant understands how to collaborate, publish responsibly, and maintain brand consistency across school channels.

What is the Content Generation Microcredentials program and how does it work?

The Content Generation Microcredentials powered by Class Intercom are short, skill-focused learning experiences designed to help students master digital storytelling, content creation, and responsible communication. Each microcredential includes guided lessons and practical application, culminating in the creation of real-world social media content for school channels. Students earn official badges and certificates upon completion of each course.

What’s the difference between the certification program and the microcredentials program?

The Class Intercom Certification focuses on learning the platform itself—how to use its tools to plan, publish, and manage content effectively. The Content Generation Microcredentials, on the other hand, focus on developing creative and ethical communication skills. Microcredentials are about what to say and how to say it responsibly, while the certification focuses on how to use the technology to make it happen.

How much coursework is involved in each Content Generation Microcredential?

Each microcredential is estimated at 15 to 20 hours of coursework. That includes several short modules that can typically be completed in a few class periods or over the course of a week. Coursework includes a mix of lessons, reflection questions, applied content creation, and feedback from moderators or educators.

What do students earn upon completion of a microcredential course?

Students earn an official Content Generation Microcredential Badge for each completed course. These credentials can be showcased in portfolios, college applications, internship application, or career readiness programs.

How do students complete the microcredentials courses?

The Content Generation Microcredentials courses are self-guided online courses, each with multiple lessons and steps. Students complete the learning modules and authentic assessments, and submit their work through the student’s Class Intercom account. Moderators can review and provide feedback on this content, and ultimately decide if it is to be published (or not published) as social media content for the school or district’s accounts.

Is the Content Generation Microcredentials program a digital citizenship/digital literacy program?

The Content Generation Microcredentials program certainly includes in-depth coverage of concepts crucial to digital citizenship and digital literacy. There is also a learning module devoted entirely to the topic. That said, the credentials program goes a few steps further, covering topics included in digital citizenship and adjacent to it, including storytelling, skill building, student voice, and community building. This comprehensive approach aims to help educators instill in students a well-rounded and practical understanding of all the components of engaging online and through social platforms, including what it means to be a good digital citizen.

Who is eligible for the Content Generation Microcredentials program?

Content Generation Microcredentials are available to students at Class Intercom schools/districts. Teachers and administrators with Class Intercom access also have access to this supplemental curriculum and can use it as needed.

Is there a cost?

The Content Generation Microcredentials are included with Class Intercom’s software solutions (provided at either the school or district level). If you’re interested in adopting the platform and receiving this programming, contact us at info@classintercom.com to learn more.

Can this programming be used in a classroom setting?

Yes, so long as it meets school/district requirements this program can be used as supplemental curriculum.

Am I required to use this programming in a classroom setting?

No. This program is a supplemental curriculum resource to be used at the discretion of schools and staff.

Is this programming for students or for adults?

The Content Generation Microcredentials are designed specifically for students. Class Intercom also offers a professional development program for staff, teachers, and administrators at the school or district level interested in becoming certified as a Class Intercom Ambassador. Follow this link to learn more about the ambassador program.

Can this Content Generation Microcredentials programming be used when a student gets in trouble?

Yes. One of the most effective use cases for the academy is as a tool for behavioral correction and infractions. Within the framework of restorative practices, the coursework aims to help students understand the power and responsibility of using social media with both positive and negative outcomes. The ability to practice creating positively impactful content is a key piece of the restorative practice puzzle.

Can I access different sections and modules of the training separately, or does it have to be completed in its entirety?

While the courses and lessons certainly complement each other, the programming is flexible and interchangeable by design, making it easy for schools and districts to pick and choose the elements that best align with your students’ needs.

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