Youth Digital Mod Design 1 - Online Course for MAC/PC

My daughter (8 yr old) is very interested. I was unable to locate found it for a lower price on the product page, but it is $174 direct from the Youth Digital (YD)Company Site.

We gave this course to my 7yr old for his birthday. I cant believe how well done it is. He fist pumps his way through fun quizzes and troubleshooting adventure maps while learning to program. If this is the future of learning, sign us up for more!

Ten year old son loves it! He finds the video lessons entertaining and likes taking quizes in order to earn specialty items. My husband and I have no Java experience. When my son has questions, he emails the support team. I love that he is also learning to formulate his questions in order to get answers. We will be looking at Youth Digitals other courses too.

Beware and read the fine print before purchasing. The course only lasts for 1 year from the time of activation. So make sure your child gets it done before the timer runs out. They say that you can extend it once but it isnt very clear on their site.

My son loved Mod Design 1. It taught him about java and eclipse as well as giving him the knowledge to make mods for minecraft. He still uses that knowledge today making new mods. Highly recommend it.

1) The custom environment that the course installs for you is quite error prone. Eclipse will often fail to load and unless you really know what youre doing, you can loose your work and start over.

A couple of things that you should be aware of before you buy. This course does not help you write Minecraft plugins, which is what most kids want to do. Also, it is only for single user mode and does not help you with servers, which is what most kids want to play on

We bought this program for our 9 yr old who loves Minecraft. We thought it would be a great introduction to Java also and it really is. Hes learned so much about keyboard shortcuts, understanding files and folders, how to read and edit code, as well as a lot of other stuff. I highly recommend your child have a decent knowledge of how to get around on a computer and obviously Minecraft before they start. This is a really fun, engaging way to learn a new skill. My son is constantly laughing at Justins jokes and presentation of material. It helps him learn and retain the knowledge imparted to him. We cant wait for Mod Design 2!

Im sure its a good program but Im sitting here on xmas day with my 10-year old son and I open the box and get a cheap card with a voucher code and cant get past the RECALCULATE button on their order page. The biggest day of the year to provide sales support and their website says they are all home with their families. Great. So they get this thumbs down evaluation. I hope I change my mind when they get back to work. My $250 purchase is zero return on the most important day to use it. Tomorrow I go back to work and may not have the time to open this program with him.

DO NOT BUY THIS!!! Youth digital sold its software to Apex learning. You can not access the coding software at all unless your public school has purchased it. I was told to ask for a refund. My kids are so disappointed...