UnityEducation bundles are designed to help educators teach key concepts intechnical art and coding as well as foundational game production principleswith Unity, the industry’s leading tool for creating games and interactiveexperiences. By supporting educators as they seek to teach valuable STEMskills, Unity hopes to help close the loop between education and game-industryemployers by ensuring that students are equipped with relevant, marketableskills that will help them successfully transition into the workforce.
Designed witheducators in mind
TheUnity Certified Developer Courseware was developed on the foundations of moderneducational science, using Bloom’s Taxonomy (R1) to guide the levels oflearning and assessment, in order to complement and support the way educatorsteach. It features 20 video-rich modules that cover key concepts in both codingand game design, with a focus on industry-validated foundational skills forgame development. It is designed to integrate into curricula using Common Core,STEM, 21st Century Skills, and Next-generation Standards. The coursewareaccommodates both linear and nonlinear learning formats, and it includeslearning outcomes, grading rubrics, and summative assessments for each chapter.
Set your studentsup for success with Unity certification
Thecourseware also directly maps to preparation for the Unity Certified Developer Exam.Certification provides a measurable endpoint for educational programs, as wellas a credential that allows students to better communicate their skills toprospective employers and stand out from the competition. In turn, employersare able to hire with a greater degree of confidence knowing that anapplicant’s knowledge and skills have been validated against a common benchmarkof proficiency for game production with Unity.
Free resources foreducation
UnityTechnologies is dedicated to working with educational institutions worldwide tohelp foster innovative learning and exploration in a variety of areas such as gamedevelopment, interactive experiences, and content—including virtual reality. Tothat end, Unity is proud to provide a variety of free resources in support ofeducators and academic programs; the Unity Educator Toolkit includes curriculardevelopment resources and is available for download at no charge. The UnityLicense Grant Program provides free educational licenses to primary andsecondary schools seeking to develop gaming and interactive programs. Sincelaunching the program, Unity has issued 64,000 educational license grantsworldwide, including to governments in Latin America that are using Unity toteach digital literacy to underserved youth communities.
Tolearn more about Unity Educationand certification products and programs, to download the UnityEducator Toolkit, or to apply for the Unity License Grant Program, pleasevisit unity3d.com/education.
Coming soon: TheUnity Training and Certification Partner Program
Unitywill also soon launch its new Training and Certification Partner Program tohelp expand the reach of high-quality Unity training courses and certificationon a global scale. The program will give academic institutions, trainingbusinesses, and resellers the opportunity to tap into the growing community ofUnity developers seeking professional development. Organizations that areinterested in becoming Unity training or certification partners may requestmore information by visiting certification.unity.com.
To learn more about Unity Technologies and how to take the pain out ofgame development, visit unity3d.com/company.
