Minecraft
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Installing Minecraft Education Edition on a MacBook
Download the Education Edition it from the website: Open Chrome and go to education.minecraft.net/get-started/download Under Apple Products, select MAC The file will download. Installing it On Your Laptop: When complete, click on it (at the bottom of the window) to open and install it. A new window appears. In it is an icon for Minecraft: Education Edition and an Applications Folder. Drag the icon into the folder. If you get a warning that you're overwriting another version, click Replace. Here you will need to use the administrator password for your computer (email help@meadowbrook-ma.org if you don't know it.) After typing the correct password, the file will be copied. Using Minecraft for Education for the First Time: To confirm it is working, Go to the Finder (in your Task Bar), then use the Go Menu and select Applications. A new window opens. Scroll down to find Minecraft. Double-click on it. Click Open Type in your Meadowbrook email address. Click Next. Click Work or school account Type your school google password. Click Sign in Click OK to get started or Learn More to learn how to use Minecraft.
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Loading Schematics in Minecraft
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Teacher Basics in MinecraftEDU
Open MinecraftEdu Launcher Open MinecraftEdu. Often the easiest way is to use spotlight. Click the magnifing glass in the top right to search spotlight Open MinecraftEdu Search for minecraftEdu Launcher, and press return (enter) to launch Enter your name Join one of Meadowbrook's servers Click multiplayer If you haven't already added the server, do so now. Click add server Enter the server name and address In this case we are adding minecraft02.meadowbrook-ma.org Join the server Select the server (1), then Join (2) Enter as a teacher Select I am a Teacher (1), enter the password provided to you (2), then Connect (3) The Teacher Menu Press the M key on the keyboard to open the teacher menu. Player Settings The player settings panel has some of the most helpful settings. Use Freeze Students (1) to get the classes attention, or prevent students from moving and building. Uncheck Students Can Build (2) if you'd like students to move but not build. Stations Stations are handy for moving around the world easily. When stations have been placed in the world, any teacher can teleport to the station immediately through this menu. In this example, we'll teleport to the "Boy's Group" station. The new location loads... And we arrive at the boy's station. Equipping blocks To build, you must equip blocks. To do so, open the Equip menu by pressing the E key on the keyboard. Searching for blocks Often it is easiest to search for the block by name. Click the search tab, then type the name of the block. Drag and drop the block to your inventory. Building Options MinecraftEdu 1.7.10 classroom (stable build 20) MinecraftEdu 1.7.10 classroom (stable build 20) Player Management Movement Speed
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How to Back Up Worlds in Minecraft
Sign into Minecraft with your standard account Click "Play" Click the pencil icon to the right of the name of your world Scroll down to find "Export World" and click it Name your file (call it something descriptive) and save it; remember where you save it so you will be able to find it easily Check where you save your world to verify that it saved correctly