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Discoverywall Learn

Every volunteer taught the Ofcom Code, and able to show it.

A clear, friendly course on the Ofcom Broadcasting Code, tests that make people think, a declaration, and a certificate with your station's name on it. You see who has finished. There is nothing to run yourself.

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What your volunteers get

An eleven-unit course in plain English: protecting the under-eighteens, harm and offence, crime and hatred, religion, impartiality, elections, fairness, privacy and commercial communications, ending with how your station puts it into practice. About two and a half hours, in short lessons. They can stop whenever they like and their place is saved.

A lesson page: a clear heading, easy-to-read text and, below the rules, coloured boxes labelled Key rule, Example, Common mistake and What to do.
Example: lessons are written to be read. Key rules, examples, common mistakes and what to do each have their own coloured box.
The course outline: eleven units listed in order, with reading time, best score and a status for each, such as Passed, To read and Locked.
Example: the course outline shows exactly where you are
The same lesson on a phone, with large readable text and the same coloured boxes.
Example: the same lesson on a phone

Tests that teach

Each unit ends with a short test. After submitting, you see every answer, why it is right, and which lesson to re-read. Key questions must be answered correctly to pass. When everything is passed, there is a short declaration, confirmed by typing your name.

A test page: each question sits in its own outlined box, with clear answer choices.
Example: one question per box, easy to scan
A result page: a score of 100 percent, a green You passed box, and below it each question with the learner's answer, the correct answer and an explanation.
Example: results explain every answer

A certificate from your station

On completion each person gets a certificate showing your station's name and logo, the course and score, the dates, and the signature line of the person you nominate. A QR code and number let anyone check it is genuine at discoverywall.com/verify. It is a completion certificate from your station, not an Ofcom qualification, and it says so.

A completion certificate for the Ofcom Broadcasting Code course with the station's round logo, name and tagline on a light band, the learner's name, course, score, dates, a signature line and a QR code for checking it.
Example certificate (invented learner). Your logo, colours and signatory.

What you, as the station admin, get

The learner administration page: a form to enrol someone, and a table of learners showing course, status such as Complete, In progress or Not started, due date, score and certificate number.
Example: who has done what

What it costs

There is no charge for Learn at present. If that changes we will tell every station well in advance.

Is it ready for my station?

The Ofcom course is in use at Cross River Radio now and is being opened to other stations. Some lessons describe how a station works; each station replaces those with its own words, and we check the course with each new station before volunteers see it. Get in touch to join the first group.

Questions people ask

Does Ofcom approve the course?

No. Ofcom does not approve training. The course is written from the published Ofcom Broadcasting Code and Ofcom's guidance, and we say which edition. It helps your people understand the rules; it does not guarantee compliance.

How long does a certificate last?

Twelve months. After that people take the refresher.

What do volunteers need?

An email address and any phone, tablet or computer.

Whose data is it?

Your volunteers' names, emails and results belong to your station. We keep them safe and process them only for you. See our privacy notice.

Talk to us

Tell us about your station and what you need. We will reply in person, not with a sales script.

Get in touch contact@crossriverradio.com