This is a deck from my presentation at the East Coast Game Conference in Raleigh NC. April 2015. The presentation focused on how students and educators can learn to utilize Unreal Engine to help achieve career goals in the game industry.

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2. No lack of documentation

4. The launcher is your friend

5. Helpful tips for teaching Unreal Engine 4
Useful parts of the learn tab!
The search bar – a Google gadget
Direct links to documentation, videos, the Wiki
Direct access to quick starts
Sample projects
**Content Examples**

7. Learn to use rich tooltips
Press Ctrl+Alt to expand the tooltip to learn more about the action you highlighted.
This Help Icon when clicked will take you to relevant external documentation related to object it is linked to.
There is a see full documentation link at the bottom of the Rich Tooltip.

8. Learn to use the documentation actor
These are more commonly seen inside any of the Template Projects created from the Project Browser or in the Content
Examples.
Sometimes you may see a rotating ? icon inside the Level Editor Viewport, this is called a Documentation Actor.

9. Learn to use the documentation actor
When you click on a Doc Actors a documentation page linked to the specific topic will automatically opened.

10. Over 1700 pages of docs and Quick starts

11. Robust Google help gadget

12. Over 40 hours of Video tutorials

13. Huge youtube.com playlist

14. Weekly unreal engine support streams

15. Tons of community added Videos

16. Thriving Wiki community support

17. Learn and teach to use AnswerHub.com

18. Learn and teach to use the UE4 forums

19. Must use Content Examples!!!

20. Must use Content Examples!!!

21. Must use Content Examples!!!

22. Actively updated sample library

24. Get connected as an Academic Partner
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Additional 3rd party learning resources

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Additional 3rd party learning resources

27. Additional 3rd party learning resources

28. Additional 3rd party learning resources

29. Building Curriculum

31. Teach graduates
Good artist/designers/coders yes!
But also encourage them to be
more technical
( In Engine Skills )

32. Building Curriculum
animationcareerreview.com/articles/2013-
top-50-schools-us-game-design-and-
development

33. Building Curriculum
animationcareerreview.com/articles/2013-
top-50-schools-us-game-design-and-
development

34. Building Curriculum
animationcareerreview.com/articles/2013-
top-50-schools-us-game-design-and-
development

36. Helpful tips for teaching Unreal Engine 4
Unreal Tournament is a great tool for the classroom!
Teaching level-design
Professional specification asset development
Marketplace submissions
Developing/coding new game modes
Professional portfolio development

39. UT learning resources

40. UT Marketplace

41. UT in schools

42. Some lessons I learned teaching and working in
game development: for Educators
Focus on the “why”
the “how” is cheap…
the “why” is still expensive!

43. Some lessons I learned teaching and working in
game development: for Educators
Victory through small successes
“A great belt buckle is better than a mediocre character”
Help your students to do less, better!
Todays recruiters only need to see two maybe three top quality
pieces of work. A whole lot of mediocrity will not help a student
achieve their career goal

44. Some lessons I learned teaching and working in
game development: for Educators
Require professional portfolio quality deliverables in class
Fight to stay current with the blistering pace of change in this
rapidly evolving field

45. Some lessons I learned teaching and working in
game development: for Educators
(Even though I work for epic games)
“Constantly remind your students to be good artist and designers”
It becomes all to easy to get caught up in the tech and forget to make good
art and design choices
Leverage those foundational skills, particularly at the end of a project
during the polish phase

46. To recap...
Continue to Teach professional tools!
Remember... "There is no license to practice art and design“
Yes, naturally teach your students how to do things, but make certain they
understand “why”.
Choice management is a key ingredient of success in game development.

47. Thank You!

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