First Steps In Game Development

This course is a complete introduction to learning digital skills in the world of games and programs. Students will learn to plan, design and develop their first web-based game using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. They will learn important skills like setting up as storyboard, designing game assets and creating special digital effects.

Explore: Game development using design techniques to plan games. See how professional game designers take an idea to market.

Learn: The basic skills in HTML, CSS and JavaScript needed to make a game and how to develop game assets and game mechanics.

Create: An online adventure game with special effects that can be shared online. Customize everything about the game to keep the adventure going.

Skills

• Learn digital skills for gaming & programming
• Storyboarding
• Designing game assets and mechanics
• Creating digital special effects

Technology And Me

As new explorers of technology, students can build connections to technology by taking part in entry-level simulated projects that enable them to share their own personal experiences and interests. Students to learn introductory skills in hypertext markup language(HTML) and CSS whereas exploring basic ideas in JavaScript. Students can produce their own personal web-page, a blog, build their own quiz game and develop different similar digital artifacts. These projects to teach the fundamentals of web design with crucial digital skills like design thinking, prototyping and digital citizenship.

Explore: Students will be introduced to methods and design protocols that real web-designers use and will explore how to interact and engage safely in online environments through activities that develop digital citizenship.

Learn: Teachers will lead students through 7 Guided Projects that teach the necessary skills in HTML, CSS and JavaScript to design custom web pages that will start to cultivate computational thinking. Students will also learn how to plan out project ideas as a design process.

Create: Students will create 7 unique projects throughout the course. At the end of the course, students will be asked to customize a project of their choice as a capstone to the course. Each of the projects will be customizable and can be shared using a public URL or QR code.

Skills

•  Learn methods and design protocols used by reak web-designers
•  Explore how to interact and engage safely online
•  Develop Digital Citizenship
• Build 7 projects and publish to the Internet

Video Game Design With Phaser

Start programming games like a professional with this course. Using the popular desktop and mobile gaming framework, PhaserJS, students will learn how to create a platformer game.

Engaging their creativity and design thinking skills, they will create, customize and enhance their games by adding their own set of characters, environments, gravity and world physics.

Using Design Thinking methodology, students will gather feedback from classmates and iterate to improve their games.

Explore: JavaScript-based video game development and play-test example games to understand best approaches for 2D game design.

Learn: Platformer game design with Phaser and gain real-world game development skills. Learn advanced JavaScript concepts by programming game physics and multiple game levels.

Create: A Platformer 2D game that contains custom characters, backgrounds, levels and more. Once the game is completed, it can be shared online with friends.

Skills:

• Program & design games like a professional
• Use a popular & powerful desktop/mobile gaming framework: Phaser JS
• Create a platformer game
• Engage creativity and design thinking skills
• Add own set of characters, environments, gravity and world physics

First Steps In Coding

Gain associate degree of understanding of hypertext markup language (HTML), CSS and JavaScript and obtain a solid start in web site development! using real-world technology, students can create websites and web-based applications. They will learn to build their own coding posters, trivia games and personalised websites.

Explore: Coding concepts that are needed for basic web development and uncover the different elements of a simple web page.

Learn: The fundamental languages HTML, CSS & JavaScript used to develop web pages and websites. By using a simple structure for a web page, learn how to take an idea online.

Create: A variety of simple projects, including a personal portfolio of posters, websites & trivia games. Each of the projects, once finished, can be shared online with friends.

Skills

• Intro to HTML, CSS & JavaScript Coding
• Real world technology creation
• Build Websites & Web Based Applications
• Code a Trivia Game
• Idea to digital artifact creation

First Steps In Game Development

This course is a complete introduction to learning digital skills in the world of games and programs. Students will learn to plan, design and develop their first web-based game using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. They will learn important skills like setting up as storyboard, designing game assets and creating special digital effects.

Explore: Game development using design techniques to plan games. See how professional game designers take an idea to market.

Learn: The basic skills in HTML, CSS and JavaScript needed to make a game and how to develop game assets and game mechanics.

Create: An online adventure game with special effects that can be shared online. Customize everything about the game to keep the adventure going.

Skills

• Learn digital skills for gaming & programming
• Storyboarding
• Designing game assets and mechanics
• Creating digital special effects

Technology & The Community

Students will explore intermediate-level Guided Projects that connect to community themes like making a mobile app, designing a health logger and multi-page website for a community organization. By building on previous learning from Technology and Me, students will learn more skills in developing with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Along with learning more advanced coding concepts, students will explore best practices in digital design for optimal user experience, data analysis and digital communication.

Explore: Students will be introduced to methods and design protocols that real web-designers use and will explore how data is used to inform the design of applications. By looking at industry examples of applications and designs, students will consider how user experience affects design decisions.

Learn: Teachers will lead students through 5 Guided Projects that teach the necessary skills in HTML, CSS and JavaScript to design custom web pages that will continue to cultivate computational thinking. Students will also learn how to gather real-world data for use in projects.

Create: Students will create 5 unique projects throughout the course. At the end of the course, students will be asked to customize a project of their choice based on the 2 project briefs that are provided. Each of the projects will be customizable and can be shared using a public URL or QR code.

Skills

• Build community oriented projects like mobile apps, a health logger and multi-page website
• Learn best practices in digital design
• Learn about optimal user experience, data analysis and digital communication
• Learn how data is used to inform the design of applications

Technology And Me

As new explorers of technology, students can build connections to technology by taking part in entry-level simulated projects that enable them to share their own personal experiences and interests. Students to learn introductory skills in hypertext markup language(HTML) and CSS whereas exploring basic ideas in JavaScript. Students can produce their own personal web-page, a blog, build their own quiz game and develop different similar digital artifacts. These projects to teach the fundamentals of web design with crucial digital skills like design thinking, prototyping and digital citizenship.

Explore: Students will be introduced to methods and design protocols that real web-designers use and will explore how to interact and engage safely in online environments through activities that develop digital citizenship.

Learn: Teachers will lead students through 7 Guided Projects that teach the necessary skills in HTML, CSS and JavaScript to design custom web pages that will start to cultivate computational thinking. Students will also learn how to plan out project ideas as a design process.

Create: Students will create 7 unique projects throughout the course. At the end of the course, students will be asked to customize a project of their choice as a capstone to the course. Each of the projects will be customizable and can be shared using a public URL or QR code.

 Skills

• Learn methods and design protocols used by reak web-designers
• Explore how to interact and engage safely online
• Develop Digital Citizenship
• Build 7 projects and publish to the Internet