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

I thought the presentation of the material was incredibly entertaining. My 11-year-old Minecraft fanboy was laughing out loud. This is the future of instruction - lectures via video crafted and perfected. Justins explanations are spot-on and are crystal clear. This is saying a lot given hes walking your kids through editing java code and the slightest mistake will cause a crash.

My 10 year old loves Minecraft and this was a double win. He is playing his game and learning great skills. He reports that he is able to follow the tutorials without help from us and he is happy to be learning over his Christmas vacation! So a triple win! We will be getting the 2nd lesson after he finished this one!

Parents bought me this and was greatly disappointed to find out that it has nothing to do with coding. It just teaches copy and pasting code and doesnt even talk a single bit about how to write your own code. Their videos are based on placeholders that their students use. Moreover, they use customer support to advertise their other courses, but most importantly, you lose access to the course after a year without notice!

My son is 8 and I was worried this would be too difficult for him. Turns out I was SO wrong as they manage to teach even the very basics (like introducing Ctrl + C for copy) without ever once being dull. I actually enjoy sitting with my son as he learns to mod Minecraft and watching the lessons with him! Id highly recommend this for anyone (child or adult) interested in learning to program in Java and/or wanting to learn to mod Minecraft.

We had to struggle to register the product as the instructions included did not match the reality. Also downloading the product was hassle, as it has a huge download and fail several times over wireless. ... i had to finally hard wire and download.

The program itself is worth 5 stars- the support ranges from 0 stars to 4 stars. My 10 year old loved this thing- got it for Christmas and within 3 days was on level 11. Problem is there was a hang-up in his code that he was trying to get straightened out. When the support questions are easy, you get a timely response, when they are more difficult, different people are assigned to them and the response takes a lot longer. When they want to buy time, you get a message like this after a couple days:

Our sons love this course. Our 8 year old loves everything Minecraft so this was a win-win for us. I sit through the lessons and take notes just in case but they havent need me or the notes. They enjoy the quizzes and troubleshooting mods just as much as the lessons. We are all always excited to see the items they have designed in the actual game. I appreciate the way that Justin explains it on a level that is easy to understand but continues to use the technical terms so the kids actually learn the coding language!! The skills they are learning have easily transitioned to other formats. Each lesson takes approximately 30 - 45 minutes. Some of the design lessons took longer just because of the creative process. Justin is very engaging in the videos and the lessons are far from boring. The order of each lesson builds upon the previous lesson and offers a quick review. We have no problems with crashing or videos/content that didnt load or play properly. We plan to do many more courses with youth digital.

I hate forking out big chunks of money when Im not sure if my kids will actually like and USE the product. Im happy that we took the plunge. Both my boys, ages 9 & 11, really enjoy everything about this program. We had no major issues with installation, all support questions have been answered within 24 hours, and the boys are learning. They now know more about computers than my husband, lol. It was definitely worth the money. If your child likes Minecraft and is always wanting to install new mods this will be great for them. They will learn to create their own and hopefully the knowledge will lead them to a career they actually enjoy rather than work that they tolerate.

Our seven-year-old son got this for Christmas. We bought it for him on a lark, thinking he might enjoy learning how to program, not really sure if he would be able to use it yet or if it was above his level. Well, he LOVED it!! This program is so well done, I cannot say it strongly enough. My husband and I are so impressed with this company and this program. The videos are entertaining, the instructor is engaging, and basically, our sons other gifts are laying under the Christmas tree, virtually untouched. I wont say that he hasnt gotten frustrated, because he has. This is challenging work to be sure, but help is available. When he was confused, my son sent an email to the support desk. Within 10 minutes, he had a friendly and helpful reply complete with pictures, instructions, and reassurances that Well get this worked out! Youth Digital is in a class by itself! I highly recommend for your budding computer programmer. (Our son loves it so much that we are planning to enroll him in their summer camp in 2015, even though it is over an hour away!)

YouthDigitals Mod Design 1 is absolutely hands-down the best birthday gift Ive ever given my son. He and his siblings (14, 12, 10, 8) all LOVE the videos, plus my son is learning so much about coding. He is realizing that the tiniest details mean everything. When we had issues with the installation of GIMP, the tech support was fantastic! Best of all, after the year of tutorials are over, we will still have Eclipse so he can continue modding. If your child loves Minecraft and is interested in coding, this is for you!