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Product Review of Unity Learn

By Matthew Lynch
September 5, 2022
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Unity Learn is a collection of courses, tutorials, and projects for learners, educators, and aspiring professionals interested in programming, game design, and a wide array of digital topics. These lessons help learners go from being completely new to Unity to become game developers, step by step. To get started and take full advantage of the platform, users must install the Unity Hub and Editor, which are required for game design and programing.

Learners can filter material by choosing topics of interest and personalizing the content on their feed. Options include scripting, 2D, XR, animation, graphic and visual effects, mobile & touch, UI, physics, production, cloud build, best practices, and more. Tutorials are shorter lessons that address specific topics quickly, such as “Variables and Functions,” “3D Game Kit Walkthrough,” and “Getting Started with VR.” Pathways are comprehensive guided learning experiences that offer in-depth learning opportunities and include an array of learning modalities: written directions, step-by-step video tutorials, hands-on projects, follow-along builds, topic-specific lessons, and progress checkpoints. Learners can also join one of the Unity groups, where members come together to connect through a discussion board to share their learning experience, ask questions, and provide support. Unity Learn members can also attend live sessions led by experts, view prerecorded live sessions, or request 1-to-1 live help from an expert. The Unity Learn dashboard displays XP points, badges, and recent activity and suggests featured lessons and projects. It encompasses each learner’s learning journey, allowing them to create a portfolio. Accompanying these extensive materials is a full Unity for Educators course designed to help even the most novice feel confident in integrating Unity in their classroom. In addition to training, educators can also tap into the collection of resources and the Unity for Educators community, which includes a Facebook community.

Educators can use Unity Learn to easily incorporate scripting, coding, virtual reality, extended reality, animation, graphic and visual effects, and other high-interest, hands-on digital projects and skills. You don’t need much background knowledge or expertise around programming, game design, or sophisticated digital skills to successfully introduce learners to Unity Learn. Educators should start with Unity for Educators – A Beginners Guide describes how the program can be used, includes tutorials and projects on how to teach using Unity, and shares tips for facilitating learning opportunities in the classroom. Educators can also download the Unity for Educators course book and participate in live learning sessions. The series also encourages educators to design lessons and projects for their learners in the Planning Lab. Many dedicated resources support educators in implementing Unity Learn in the classroom; educators also get help adding digital tools to their professional repertoire.

Educators can design lessons and projects for learners, collectively participate in one of the live learning sessions, or encourage learners to choose their own self-paced pathway. The array of guided learning experiences and topics encourages learners to lean into their personal interests and learn at their own pace. The pathway courses present a step-by-step curriculum that takes learners from theory into practice. For example, the Junior Programmer Pathway, which is a 12-week program, combines explicit instruction, live series, assignments that reinforce skills, and a capstone project that could be included in a professional portfolio. Learners who complete a pathway also earn sharable digital credentials. Courses are paced out across weeks and include Missions, or learning units, that often take several hours to complete. The Mission checkpoint allows learners to see their progress or can be used to demonstrate prior knowledge and skip ahead to the next skill or project.

Unlike some computer science courses, with Unity Learn, learners start building games immediately for an almost immediate sense of accomplishment. With a free account, learners can track their progress, save learning materials for later, and work toward completing different courses, projects, or tutorials simultaneously. The program empowers learners to explore various topics under the interactive design and development umbrella. Although the game design may pique learners’ interest, the platform’s vast and in-depth offerings will keep learners engaged and interested. The courses also give learners insight into the job of a programmer or game developer through the different projects and tasks. Pathways courses can lead to sharable credentials, and the platform helps learners develop their portfolios. Whether learners learn how to make Unity games in a formal classroom setting, follow the courses systematically, or explore the tutorials and documentation on their own, they’ll learn the useful skills of game design, development, and deployment for 2D and 3D games, physics-based games, animation, audio, graphics, mobile, and anything else that appeals to them. And features like XP points add gaming features to the experience itself. The only drawback might be that there’s so much that it could be overwhelming. But, overall, this platform enables learners to increase their expertise in 21st century skills, perhaps even preparing them for a future career.

Website: https://unity.com/learn

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Learner Engagement

Interesting, well-organized lessons pull learners in immediately, and the lure of creating their own playable, sharable game will keep them learning until the very end.

Curriculum and Instruction

Learners engage in hands-on guided courses, projects, and tutorials, getting real job skills and producing a game product that they designed and developed themselves.

Customer Support

Lots of supports make it easy for the self-led learner to become well versed in game creation. Videos have transcripts, but some are available only in English. The site has multilingual options.

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