[game_edu] Unity for Beginners

[Andy]

Hello all. I've been lurking on this list for a while and now I
have a reason to post! This semester I'm teaching an introductory
course in Art and Technology in the Art Department at San 
Francisco State University. This is not a game development course 
per se but an introduction to the use of computers in art, 
including computer graphics, animation, sound, and interactive 
programming. We will be working in a Mac lab and I plan to center 
the course around the Unity Game Development Tool. Does anyone 
have experience of using this tool in this context? Some of the 
students will have zero experience with digital graphics or 
programming. Also, if anyone has curricula they could share, that 
would be most welcome. I am currently planning to use Unity Game 
Development Essentials by Will Goldstone which is available free 
online through the San Francisco Public Library.