Livestreaming
Plan, produce and grow live streams: platforms, show formats, hardware, encoding and bitrate, scenes, live audio, chat engagement, raids and collaborations, moderation and safety, monetization, analytics and wellbeing, and the law on disclosure, gambling, contests, minors and copyright, ending with a capstone test stream.
CRE-250 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons · 5 h 32 min
Offered by HSM University · Content Creation
This is the Canadian version of this course. See the American version.
What you'll learn
- Compare live-streaming platforms, their discovery systems, eligibility thresholds and revenue models
- Design live formats, schedules and runs of show with segments, openings, breaks and endings
- Choose computers, cameras, capture devices, microphones and lighting for different streaming setups and budgets
- Configure encoders, bitrates, resolutions, frame rates, keyframe intervals and latency settings to suit measured upload speeds
- Build scenes, overlays, alerts and sources in production software for reliable live shows
- Set up a live audio chain with gain staging, noise suppression, compression and properly licensed music
- Engage live audiences through chat, greetings, participation tools, boundaries and accessible practices
- Plan raids, co-streams, guest appearances, community events and charity streams
- Moderate chats, defend against hate raids and protect personal privacy and safety
- Estimate and diversify live income from subscriptions, tips, virtual gifts, ads, sponsorships and merchandise, ethically
- Grow a channel through repurposing and analytics while protecting physical and mental health
- Apply disclosure, gambling, contest, children's privacy and copyright rules, and plan, run and review a capstone stream
Course content
12 lessons · 5 h 32 min total · final exam
- 1 The live landscape and platforms 28 min · quiz
- 2 Formats and show design for live 27 min · quiz
- 3 Hardware: computers, cameras, capture and lighting 28 min · quiz
- 4 Encoding, bitrate and networks 27 min · quiz
- 5 Scenes, overlays and production software 27 min · quiz
- 6 Audio for live streams 27 min · quiz
- 7 Engaging a live audience and chat 28 min · quiz
- 8 Collaborations, raids, co-streams and live events 27 min · quiz
- 9 Moderation, safety and protecting yourself 27 min · quiz
- 10 Live monetization: subscriptions, tips, gifts, ads and sponsors 29 min · quiz
- 11 Growth, repurposing, analytics and wellbeing 27 min · quiz
- 12 Law, ethics and a capstone test stream 30 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Plan, produce and grow live streams: platforms, show formats, hardware, encoding and bitrate, scenes, live audio, chat engagement, raids and collaborations, moderation and safety, monetization, analytics and wellbeing, and the law on disclosure, gambling, contests, minors and copyright, ending with a capstone test stream.
Part of the Film & Photography stream, typically taken in year 2.