Back to Torque school!!! Wanting feedback

Thanks to a suggestion from LabRat I've been working on a TorqueScript school interface that would allow the teaching of multiple students at the same time via internet in a manner that is very competitive to actual in-person or one on one instruction. I'm getting close to finishing the interface for testing and wanted to share some of the features and get some feedback on what else should be added or considered and also comments on what already exists. In addition, questions or concerns about learning online would welcome. I'm will also be releasing a demo very soon that will allow you to experience some of this firsthand. My initial goal is to have 6 different courses available but additional courses can and will be put on the roster.


Class Scheduling:

My initial plan is for each course to be 10 weeks long with 2 new lessons each week(20 lessons). Each lesson will be given on two different days at two different times to best allow a student to attend one class or the other. This should help people with school or jobs to be able to attend class as well as help those in different timezones. My thinking at this time is one class mid-week during the day and one during a weekend evening.



Courses


Beginners Torque - This class will be centered around those that have absolutely no coding experience at all, and those that WANT to start from the ground up learning about TGE even though they may have skills using other languages. This will include some OOP lessons necessary for the student to understand the nature of it and how it relates to TGE. This class(as well as the rest) could be taken by the public as well as licensed TGE users.


Basic Torque Scripting - This class will be suited to those that are new to TGE who have already taken the first course or already have some background in programming and want to learn TGE quickly. Classes will center around understanding TGE syntax from the ground up and will graduate the student to being able to navigate TGE while adjusting and creating new code. Modding is the first stage in learning programming IMO. There will be some instruction on how the engine and the scripts co-exist and some debugging techniques. Students will also learn to work more efficiently via tips on tool usage and "good habit/bad habit" behavior teachings.


Advanced Torque Scripting - This class will be suited for those that have passed the "Basic TS" class or those that are already familiar to TGE and programming. It will go more in-depth in to TGE scripting as well as understanding the relation of engine to scripts. Students will also learn how to differentiate between a client and the server and how to code for each. Functional details will be better explained and advanced "habit" knowledge will be gained in addition to advanced debugging skills. Students will also learn to make the scripts actually do work for them instead of doing it themselves.



Specialty Courses


Torque Systems Weapons, vehicles, pathcams, triggers, communications, client, server, functions, tools, etc... Here you will learn how to make them all work correctly.


Torque GUI - Name says it all. This is specialty class that is specifically geared toward the TGE interface controls. Students will learn exactly how each control works, what settings are specific to each, and how they are put together. Students will graduate to being able to easily create GUI's as well as how to write script for them and make them interact with both servers and clients.


TorqueScript AI - Also a specialty class, the primary focus here is to teach students some basic AI techniques while reinforcing their TorqueScript skills in relation to AI handling. Students will learn how to plan for AI and get them into the game and by graduation they will know how to program AI in TorqueScript that will interact with players via combat and dialog.


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