Minecraft: Education Edition builds on the creative paradise of Minecraft with new capabilities for students and teachers to collaborate and foster lessons in a classroom setting. Students are able to send in-game screenshots to their teachers for assessment and input.

Key Points

  • There is a 30 student limit per world. If your class has more than 30 students, you will need to split them up into two or more groups to accommodate this limit.

  • All Students and Staff are licensed to install Minecraft for Education.

  • You can find a detailed feature guide here.

  • You can Download Minecraft for Education from the iOS App Store, MacOS Store Or https://education.minecraft.net/en-us/get-started/download

Host a World

Step 1

Sign in and click Play on the home screen.

Step 2 

Select View My Worlds.

Step 3 

Select an existing world or select New World.

Step 4 

Select Host.

Step 5

Open the menu by pressing Esc. Select the Multiplayer Tab and provide your students with the Join Code.