Academy Class Reviews

I found the instructor was excellent at his subject matter and personable but he went too fast and it was very hard to follow because it is very complex. I would say this course was hardly based at beginners. This is more due to the course content and what is expected to be covered rather than the instructor. I felt the instructor should have been on the same version as us – not a version that is older. The information about the exam was appalling. The instructor wasn't aware we were meant to do an exam until we asked him about it. We were not given information from Academy Class on how to sign up until a few hours before the exam which made us all stressed when we were meant to be focussed on studying. The instructions were also very unclear. We were expected to download software to do the practice exam just before the exam and most of us work for big companies that have firewalls and we can't just download software. My company takes days to grant permission. The instructor was able to download it and we went through the practice exam together on line. I felt the whole exam experience of signing in and get on to do it was a shambles. I also felt as if Academy Class would prefer us not to do the exam and it was reluctant to allow us to. Doing the exam was part of the deal with my company to attending the course. A Mac mouse won't right click during the exam to open pop up menus so I also lost points from this.

Joshua was an amazing instructor who was really able to help me get to grips with Blender in an enjoyable and easy way. I enjoyed my time on the course and his support in looking into other areas of design and creation. Cannot thank him enough.

The course went above and beyond my expectations. Our tutor - Ian Gilbert, was a fantastic teacher. He made the training exercises simple to understand and fun.

Information regarding the final exam should have been sent prior to the day of it, as it took time to figure out how to access this. However, apart from this, the course was excellent. Dom especially made it incredibly valuable, and he is great as a tutor!

I think the course could be split into 3 sections: beginner, intermediate and advanced. A lot of content to take over 4 days.

This Training was excellent. The Instructor was informative, knowledgeable and patient. he answered all my questions in depth as well as adding additional information. i would definitely recommend this course to anyone

Overall great course, photoshop is a hard cookie to crack but the tutor was very patient and knowledgeable about the subject I enjoyed it a lot!

The course was really enjoyable and it was great to learn something new. My only issue was the fact that the exam was on a remote computer which was really slow and 'laggy'. It meant that I was unable to complete around half of the practical exam questions, which was a real shame. Even moving the mouse across the screen was painful and perhaps made slightly worse the fact that I was working on a Mac, so not all of the shortcuts, or right click commands were working - adding a bit more pressure.

Intense, enjoyable and efficient course. I feel i chose well between all the offer i found in the market. We covered a lot in only five days, and the teacher has been able to guide us through all the themes smoothly and making us participate in all the creations.

This course was beyond what I was expecting! So good! The course leader was very informative and patient, answering all questions thoroughly and giving advice for both real world use and the exam. The amount of content covered over 5 days was amazing, I feel more confidant and inspired to animate more! Thank you so much :)