Ukie-backed educational non-profit Digital Schoolhouse has partnered with Roblox on a suite of free tools designed to teach children how to create Roblox games as part of in-classroom education, GamesIndustry.biz reported. Students get curriculum-aligned workshops and learning resources for building on the platform, including interactive Roblox Studio lesson plans.
The version of the platform used in the programme is a closed environment supervised by teachers, with an offline version available for schools without reliable devices or internet access. Pupils join offline workshops to learn game development and pitch ideas, then build a game on the Roblox platform from scratch.
What the course covers
Roblox described the course as developing practical skills in game design fundamentals, scripting in Roblox's Luau, and AI prompting best practices. Lesson plans align with national computing curriculum frameworks, the company said, and the materials are open-source and will be available to download from the Digital Schoolhouse website at a later date. A teacher toolkit is also being supplied, covering safeguarding guidance, parent-facing materials and curriculum alignment support.
Working with Digital Schoolhouse gives us the opportunity to make new resources with established curricula experts, adding to our growing list of high-quality, immersive educational experiences
The AI prompting element follows a year in which Roblox has emphasised AI-based creation tools, which it positions as a way for users to build games more quickly.
Built around supervised classrooms
Roblox described the programme materials as designed around teacher-managed classroom settings and supervised learning rather than unsupervised interaction. That framing matters for a company under sustained scrutiny over minors' experiences on its platform: the state of Louisiana has sued Roblox over child safety concerns, a Los Angeles County lawsuit claimed the platform is "failing to protect children from predatory behaviour," and the Australian government has raised similar issues.
The company has added safety features over the past two years. In November 2024 it blocked users under 13 from direct messaging and restricted the messages they can broadcast in games and experiences. In November 2025 it introduced voluntary facial recognition checks to restrict communication between minors and adults, a feature rolled out globally earlier in 2026, and in August 2025 it added a "sensitive issues" content tag that makes tagged experiences inaccessible to under-13s without parental permission. New moderation policies followed in June 2025, alongside an AI tool intended to detect early signs of potential child endangerment.
