Training
Dr. Burton is available to provide on-site training in North American and in some situations, internationally.
Training is organized in Units. Each Unit is approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour of educational material. Units can be mixed and matched for an ala carte/personalized schedule. Minimum training is 5 Units (1 day).
Training will average 6 hours a day (3 Units before lunch & 2 Units after lunch with 1 hour of questions and answers at the end of the day) or other, mutually agreed upon schedule.
Each unit is $250.00 + reasonable travel/housing expenses.
All units assume an understanding of previous material and units (i.e. if Unit 11 is selected, it is assume that participants will be comfortable with the material in Units 1 through 10).
Please contact us if you would like more information.
DrBurton at BurtonsMediaGroup.com
| Unit | Title | Description |
| Unit Teachers 1 | Teaching Mobile Application & Game Development | Covers pedagogy/scope & sequence for teaching. Designed for those new to teaching mobile app & game development |
| Unit Corona 1 | Introduction to Corona. | Setup & Hello World |
| Unit Corona 2 | Corona Objects, variables, and Functions | Introduction to the concepts of variables, objects and developing functions in Lua |
| Unit Corona 3 | Basic Animation | How to move objects on the screen |
| Unit Corona 4 | Orientation | Handling device orientation change. |
| Unit Corona 5 | Working with user data | Using text fields and text boxes for capturing user data |
| Unit Corona 6 | Publishing to device | How to publish to different types of devices. |
| Unit Corona 7 | Handling Graphics | Using vector and bitmap graphics |
| Unit Corona 8 | Sprite Sheets | Creating, using and animation of sprite sheets |
| Unit Corona 9 | Custom Fonts | Loading and using custom fonts |
| Unit Corona 10 | Groups | Working with display groups |
| Unit Corona 11 | External Modules | Using external modules and files |
| Unit Corona 12 | Storyboard | Flow/view control for your app |
| Unit Corona 13 | Audio, Movies, & Camera | Working with audio, movies and device cameras |
| Unit Corona 14 | Physics (part 1) | Using the Corona Physics engine |
| Unit Corona 15 | Physics (part 2) | Continued development with physics in Corona |
| Unit Corona 16 | Tables & Arrays | Using Tables & Arrays in Corona |
| Unit Corona 17 | Widgets (part 1) | Corona widgets |
| Unit Corona 18 | Widgets (part 2) | More Corona widgets |
| Unit Corona 19 | Accelerometer, GPS, Gyroscope & Maps | Using system or device specific resources such as accelerometer, GPS, Gyroscope, & Maps |
| Unit Corona 20 | File I/O & JSON | Reading and writing files locally |
| Unit Corona 21 | SQLite Databases* | Using a local SQLite database (assumes familiarity with SQL & database design) |
| Unit Corona 22 | Network Communications* | Using network communications |
| Unit Corona 23 | Network Database Communications* | 3-tier network database communications (assumes 21 & 22 or understanding of 3-tier development) |
| Unit Corona 24 | Corona Cloud* | Cloud computing made easy with Corona |
| Unit Corona 25 | Analytics* | Implementing analytics in your app |
| Unit Corona 26 | Custom* | Customized content or help with organizations project (2 block minimum) |
* – Signifies advanced topic, previous knowledge, or training required.