I’m wondering … how do you all implement Develop in Swift at your higher ed institutions? Specifically, Explorations and Fundamentals?
Do you work with Certiport’s Apple certifications so your students can promote their achievements for potential roles in the App Dev industry?
September 21, 2022
From what I've seen at different community colleges and some universities is a hybrid of the Develop in Swift curriculum. Semester 1 is sometimes focused on Explorations other times it's jumping right into Fundamentals Units 1&2. Semester 2 is finishing Fundamentals and jumping into Data Collections. Semester 3 is an app development boot camp where students are prototyping apps, building out test versions of their app in Xcode, and launching the app to the store or hosting a showcase of some sort.
In terms of the certifications, Explorations aligns to the Associate level certification, and Fundamentals, Data Collections align to the Certified User certification. There are practice tests students can complete to prepare for the actual exam, and there's a free app called Unwrap in the App Store that also might help get students comfortable answering questions about Swift logic.
Check out the Develop In Swift curriculum guide (PDF), there's a great graphic on p. 5 with the HiEd curriculum pathway.
Finally, if you've never supported the Explorations curriculum and want to build off an existing course, check out the free Dev in Swift PL course in Canvas.
Here's a couple examples of successful programs that are using the Dev in Swift Curriculum:
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