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{{Distinguish|Minecraft Education}}
{{msgbox
| type = notice
| image = Cobweb (texture).png
| title = This page describes a mod that has been discontinued.
| text = This mod is no longer updated nor available for download, and has been replaced with {{edition|edu}}. It can still be played if previously downloaded on a compatible device.
}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Infobox program
| title = ''MinecraftEdu''
| image = MCEdu mainmenu.png
| image2size = 280px
| author = ; Licensors
{{FileLink|id=Mojang Studios logo.svg|Mojang Studios}}
; Developers
{{FileLink|id=TeacherGaming.png|text=TeacherGaming}}
; Publishers
E-Line Media
| platform = {{OS|win|mac|lin}}
| programming language = {{OS|java}} {{w|Java (programming language)|Java}}
| version = [[Minecraft:MinecraftEdu 1.8.9 Build 3|1.8.9 Build 3]]
| date = November 5, 2011<ref>{{citation|title=MinecraftEdu - News, MinecraftEdu beta is out!|website=MinecraftEdu|date=November 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108093246/http://minecraftedu.tumblr.com/post/12323349807/minecraftedu-beta-is-out}}</ref>
| size =
| ratings = Not Rated
| license = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160317015734/http://minecraftedu.com/terms Terms of Use (archive)]
| source available = No
| website = https://store.teachergaming.com
| forum = https://groups.google.com/g/minecraft-teachers
| customlinks = [https://web.archive.org/web/20181224010555/https://wiki.education.minecraft.net/Main_Page Wiki (archive)]
}}

'''''MinecraftEdu''''' is a discontinued mod for {{el|java}} developed by [http://teachergaming.com TeacherGaming], published by [http://elinemedia.com E-Line Media] and licensed by [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]].<ref>https://help.mojang.com/customer/en/portal/articles/325947-where-can-i-buy-minecraft-</ref> It was intended to be an educational version of ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]''.

In the beginning, ''MinecraftEdu'' was developed by ''TeacherGaming'', consisting of three developers and three teachers, located in the United States and Finland. Later, ''TeacherGaming'' expanded into a team of eight.

''MinecraftEdu'' focuses on allowing the [[Minecraft:player]] to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically-generated [[Minecraft:The Overworld|map]] made of {{w|Cubic metre|one-cubic-meter-sized}} [[Minecraft:blocks]]. In doing so, the student, with the help of the teacher, is intended to learn a variety of subjects. The teacher can change settings to define where students can place and destroy [[Minecraft:blocks]] and the [[Minecraft:world]] used on the server.

On January 19, 2016, Mojang announced that they would be acquiring ''MinecraftEdu'' from TeacherGaming. At the same time, a new educational version of the game was announced: ''Minecraft: Education Edition'' (later renamed to {{el|ee}}) has since launched to schools around the world.<ref>{{cite|url=https://hosting.teachergaming.com/education_edition|title=MinecraftEdu & Minecraft: Education Edition}}</ref><ref>{{Link|url=https://twitter.com/Kulttuuri/status/689442908294905856|title=We've been acquired|website=Twitter|date=January 19, 2016}}</ref>

== Purchase and availability ==

''MinecraftEdu'' could be purchased for {{w|United States dollar|US$}}18 per student (24 or less) or US$14 (25 or more) for the User license and US$41 for the server license. The server license could be bought as a one-time purchase. Once purchased, the game could be played by downloading the launcher. ''MinecraftEdu Hosting Beta'' was also available for US$20/month and did not require the user to pay the server software license again. In early 2016, ''MinecraftEdu Hosting'' exited beta and the price was increased US$25/month<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160119022444/http://minecraftedu.com:80/hosting</ref>. Despite ''MinecraftEdu's'' sunsetting by ''Mojang'' in early 2016, ''MinecraftEdu Hosting'' could still be purchased for this price until December 31st, 2017<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180105154450/http://hosting.teachergaming.com/</ref>. Once their subscription ran out, the only way you could get a ''MinecraftEdu'' server was to self-host it.

=== System requirements ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ MinecraftEdu system requirements<ref>{{Citation|url=https://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/325948|title=Minecraft system requirements|website=Mojang Support|date=22 July 2014|archive=1|archive-time=20140905000313}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|url=http://minecraftedu.com/faq#question_2-13|title=Frequently Asked Questions|website=MinecraftEdu|archive=1|archive-time=20160401020432}}</ref>
|-
! Component !! Minimum !! Recommended
|-
! Processor (CPU)
| Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 (K8) 2.6 GHz
| Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon II (K10) 2.8 GHz
|-
! Memory (RAM)
| 2 GB
| 4 GB
|-
! rowspan="2" | Graphics card (GPU)
| '''Integrated''':<br />Intel HD Graphics or AMD/ATI Radeon HD Graphics with OpenGL 2.1
| rowspan="2" | NVIDIA GeForce 2xx series or ATI Radeon HD 5xxx{{fn|Excluding integrated chipsets}} series with OpenGL 3.3
|-
| '''Discrete''':<br />NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT or ATI Radeon HD 2400 with OpenGL 3.1
|-
! Storage
| At least 200 MB of free space
| At least 1 GB of free space
|-
! Java version
| [[Minecraft:w:Java 6|Java 6]] Release 45
| [[Minecraft:w:Java 7|Java 7]] or later
|-
! Operating system<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/system-configurations.html|title=Oracle Certified System Configurations - Java SE 6|website=Oracle}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/jdk-jre-7-cs-config.html|title=Oracle JDK 7 and JRE 7 Certified System Configurations|website=Oracle}}</ref>
| colspan="2" | Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Windows XP or later (32-bit or 64-bit)<br />Mac OS X 10.7.3 or later<br />Linux (x86 or AMD64; Ubuntu 12.04 or later)
|}

=== Discontinuation ===

As of April 5, 2016, ''MinecraftEdu'' is no longer for sale. However, customers that have already purchased ''MinecraftEdu'' licenses may continue to use ''MinecraftEdu''. Since then, ''MinecraftEdu'' no longer receives new updates from TeacherGaming, and Mojang no longer supports ''MinecraftEdu''. Worlds built in ''MinecraftEdu'' cannot be ported over to ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft Education]]''<ref>{{tumblr|minecraftedu|142249320886/required-minecraftedu-update-and-other-changes}}</ref> because ''Minecraft Education'' is built on {{BE}}, not Java.

== Development ==
''MinecraftEdu'' development had continued on a daily basis with new changes and features since it first launched in 2011, until its discontinuation in 2016. All current and future updates were included in the cost. Changes to the software could be viewed on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160415173551/http://services.minecraftedu.com/wiki/Changelog Changelog page].

Aleksi Postari and Toni Paavola, two developers of ''MinecraftEdu,'' had a [https://mcedudev.tumblr.com/ development log] detailing the game's development.

=== History of ''MinecraftEdu'' ===
For a 2013 thesis,<ref>https://www.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/54002/Opinnaytetyo_Aleksi_Postari.pdf#page=26</ref> Aleksi Postari made the following table (originally in Finnish), laying out the history of MinecraftEdu.
{| class="wikitable"
!Time
!TeacherGaming LLC.
!MinecraftEdu
|-
|Early 2010
|SCGroup OY was founded
|
|-
|February 2011
|First contact with Mojang AB
|
|-
|June 2011
|Contact with Joel Levin
|The development of MinecraftEdu began
|-
|August 2011
|MinecraftEdu's sales calls for Finnish schools began
|
|-
|September 2011
|Toni Paavola started training
|
|-
|October 2011
|The first MinecraftEdu licenses were sold
|
|-
|November 2011
|TeacherGaming LLC was formed. Contact Carnegie from Mellon University.
|The first test version of MinecraftEdu was sent to be tested for about ten people
|-
|December 2011
|MinecraftEdu sale started.
|The [https://minecraftedu.com minecraftedu.com] website was launched.
[[Minecraft:MinecraftEdu mod 0.97|0.97]] and later [[Minecraft:MinecraftEdu mod 0.975|0.975]] of MinecraftEdu were released.
|-
|January 2012
|
|
|-
|February 2012
|Santeri & Joel met face to face. We rented office space.
|
|-
|March 2012
|
|MinecraftEdu version 0.98 was published.
|-
|May 2012
|
|MinecraftEdu version 0.982 was published.
|-
|June 2012
|Taavi Saarelainen, Miika Pakarinen,
Aki Tanninen started as trainers
|
|-
|Mid-Late 2012
|Toni Paavola started as a part-time employee.
|
|-
|October 2012
|
|MinecraftEdu version 0.984 was published.
|}

==Gameplay==

The objective of the game remains the same as regular {{MC}}, where players can build virtual realities in a sandbox-like environment. However, ''MinecraftEdu'' also has the goal of an educational use to teach a variety of subjects.

=== Features ===
''MinecraftEdu'' differed from unmodified {{JE}} in a variety of ways, such as a tutorial mode, teacher [[Minecraft:options]] and exclusive [[Minecraft:blocks]] and [[Minecraft:items]].

==== Blocks and items ====
[[File:MinecraftEdu inGame.png|200px|thumb|right|''MinecraftEdu'' Blocks]]

These IDs are in the namespaced ID format, with their <code>mcedu</code> namespace omitted.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Blocks<ref name="BlocksandItems">https://youtube.com/watch?v=0DBmmg_xM1Y</ref>
!Block!!Note!!Namespaced ID
|-
|[[File:Information block.png|30px]] [[Minecraft:Information block]]|| When right clicked, it opens a menu with text that a teacher can write.||<code>blockDialogMessage</code>
|-
|[[File:Spawn Block.png|30px]] [[Minecraft:Spawn Block]]||Defines the spawn of the world when placed by teachers. The last spawn block placed determines the spawn.||<code>blockSpawnMP</code>
|-
|[[File:Border block.png|30px]] [[Minecraft:Border block]]||Used to define the area students can play in. Students cannot go over, under, or through it.||<code>blockBorder</code>
|-
|[[File:Build allow block.png|30px]] [[Minecraft:Build allow block]]|| Allows students to build above the block even if the world is set to disallow building.||<code>blockBuildAllow</code>
|-
|[[File:Build disallow block.png|30px]] [[Minecraft:Build disallow block]]||Disallows students to build above the block even if the world is set to allow building.||<code>blockBuildDisallow</code>
|-
|[[File:Big_sign.png|30px]] [[Minecraft:Big Sign|Big sign]]||A three block wide sign. When a sign is placed, it gives the player a choice if they would like a small or big sign.||
|-
|[[File:Information sign.png|30px]] [[Minecraft:Information Sign|Information sign]]||Decorative. Used to draw students' attention to important things.||<code>blockInfoSign</code>
|-
|[[File:Foundation block.png|30px]] [[Minecraft:Foundation block]]||Measures distance to other foundation blocks.||<code>blockFoundation</code>
|-
|[[File:Teleport block.png|30px]] [[Minecraft:Teleport Block]]||Used to teleport large distances to the location you set in the world.||<code>blockTeleport</code>
|-
|[[File:Home Block.png|30px]] [[Minecraft:Home Block]]||Used to teleport players to their home.||<code>blockHome</code>
|-
|[[File:Steppedirt.png|30px]] [[Minecraft:Steppe Dirt]]
|A natural block originally used for the removed 'Desertification' feature. Removed in later versions.
|<code>blockSteppeDirt</code>
|-
|[[File:Steppesand.png|30px]] [[Minecraft:Steppe Sand]]
|A natural block originally used for the removed 'Tropification' feature. Removed in later versions.
|<code>blockSteppeSand</code>
|-
|[[File:Quiz.png|30px]] [[Minecraft:Quiz Block]]
|When right clicked as a teacher, it opens a menu to set a quiz for students. Removed in later versions.
|<code>blockQuiz</code>
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Blocks for decoration
|+{{main|Number Block}}
!Block!!Namespaced ID
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Number 0.png|30px]] Number 0||<code>edunumber_0</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Number 1.png|30px]] Number 1||<code>edunumber_1</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Number 2.png|30px]] Number 2||<code>edunumber_2</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Number 3.png|30px]] Number 3||<code>edunumber_3</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Number 4.png|30px]] Number 4||<code>edunumber_4</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Number 5.png|30px]] Number 5||<code>edunumber_5</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Number 6.png|30px]] Number 6||<code>edunumber_6</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Number 7.png|30px]] Number 7||<code>edunumber_7</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Number 8.png|30px]] Number 8||<code>edunumber_8</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Number 9.png|30px]] Number 9||<code>edunumber_9</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Add Symbol.png|30px]] Add Symbol||<code>edunumber_add</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Subtract Symbol.png|30px]] Subtract Symbol||<code>edunumber_subtract</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Divide Symbol.png|30px]] Divide Symbol||<code>edunumber_divide</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Multiply Symbol.png|30px]] Multiply Symbol||<code>edunumber_multiply</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Equals Symbol.png|30px]] Equals Symbol||<code>edunumber_equals</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Over Symbol.png|30px]] Over Symbol
|<code>edunumber_over</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Less than Symbol.png|30px]] Less than Symbol
|<code>edunumber_lessthan</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Decimal Dot Symbol.png|30px]] Decimal Dot Symbol||<code>edunumber_decimaldot</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Decimal Comma Symbol.png|30px]] Decimal Comma Symbol||<code>edunumber_decimalcomma</code>
|-
|[[File:MCEdu Pi Symbol.png|30px]] Pi Symbol||<code>edunumber_pi</code>
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Items<ref name="BlocksandItems" />
!Item!!Note!!Namespaced ID
|-
|[[File:BlockInspector.png|30px]] [[Minecraft:Block Inspector]]||Displays the name of the block the player is looking at on screen.||<code>itemBlockInspector</code>
|}

==== Options and menus ====

===== Teacher options =====
(Can open by pressing {{Key|M}}. On older versions, it can be opened by pressing {{Key|P}}.)
{| class="wikitable"
|+Menus{{Main|Teacher Menu}}
!Image||Option!!Description
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[File:MinecraftEdu Personal Settings.png|200px]]
|Spectate Mode||When enabled, the player is invisible to others.

|-
|Creative Mode (Self)||When enabled, double-tap space to fly, unlimited blocks in inventory, destroy blocks instantly.

|-
|Movement speed ||Adjust how fast the player walks or flies.
|-
| rowspan="9" |[[File:MinecraftEdu World Settings.png|200px]]
|Gamemode||MinecraftEdu, Survival and Creative

|-
|Difficulty|| Peaceful, Easy, Normal, Hard

|-
|Allow Fire & TNT||When enabled, fire can burn objects and spread, TNT can detonate and explode.
|-
|Allow Weather Effects||When enabled, rain and snow storms may occur randomly.
|-
| Generate Structures||When enabled, structures and buildings are created when world is being generated.
|-
|Allow Other Dimensions||When enabled, players can travel to other dimensions like nether and the end.
|-
|Allow Animals||When enabled, peaceful animals spawn.

|-
|Allow Villagers||When enabled, villagers spawn.

|-
|Allow Monsters||When enabled, monsters are generated and may attack players.
|-
| rowspan="8" |[[File:MinecraftEdu Player Settings.png|200px]]
|Enable PvP||When enabled, players can engage in combat with and injure one another.
|-
|Allow Student Respawning||When enabled, students can teleport themselves back to the spawn location using a button on the student menu.
|-
|Allow Student Surfacing
|When enabled, students can teleport themselves to back to the surface directly above their heads using a button on student menu.
|-
|Students Can Build||When enabled, students can place or destroy blocks anywhere except on top of Build Disallow Blocks.
|-
|Freeze Students||When enabled, students cannot move, destroy blocks or place blocks.
|-
|Mute Students||When enabled, students cannot use the in-game chat.
|-
|Keep Inventory
|When enabled, users don't lose their inventory content on death.
|-
|Students Can Always Fly||When enabled, students can fly in any gamemode.
|-
|[[File:MinecraftEdu Player Management.png|200px]]
|
|
|-
|[[File:MinecraftEdu Give.png|200px]]
|
|
|-
|[[File:MinecraftEdu Assignments.png|200px]]
|
|
|-
|[[File:MinecraftEdu Stations.png|200px]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="8" |[[File:MinecraftEdu Building Tools.png|200px]]
|Build Mode||When enabled, the player can fly with precise movement control and can move through solid blocks
|-
|Long Distance Building||When enabled, the player place/dig blocks up to 60 blocks away.
|-
|Fill/Clear tool||When enabled, the player can place two blocks in opposite corners to completely fill the defined area with that block and hold nothing in their hands and right-click the corners to clear an area.

|-
|Place Amount||Set how many blocks are placed in a column when the player places blocks.

|-
|Dig Amount||Set how many blocks are destroyed in a column when the player dig blocks.
|-
| Undo Last Fill||Reverts the most recent fills.

|-
| Undo Last Place||Reverts the most recent blocks placed.
|-
|Undo Last Dig||Reverts the most recent blocks destroyed.
|}

==== Tutorial world ====
*''MinecraftEdu'' came with a [[Minecraft:MinecraftEdu Tutorial World|tutorial world]] that teachers could select from the server menu. The tutorial detailed the basic controls, placing/destroying [[Minecraft:blocks]], teacher options, and other essential information.

==== Mods ====
;[http://files.minecraftforge.net Forge]
*MinecraftEdu came prepackaged with [[Minecraft:Minecraft]] [http://files.minecraftforge.net Forge] for easy mod installation.

;[http://computercraftedu.com ComputerCraftEdu]
*[http://computercraftedu.com ComputerCraftEdu] came prepackaged with ''MinecraftEdu'' and is an educational version of [http://www.computercraft.info/ ComputerCraft] made by TeacherGaming and [https://twitter.com/DanTwoHundred Dan200](Author of ComputerCraft), intended to teach students how to code inside of [[Minecraft:Minecraft]].

==== Skins ====

* As players first joined a server or created world, they picked their [[Minecraft:skin]] from one of many default ''MinecraftEdu'' skins. In a multiplayer session, the skins they are able to pick from are dependent on whether the player is a student or a teacher.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Female Student Skins
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
|-
|[[File:EduStudentFemale1 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentFemale2 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentFemale3 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentFemale4 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentFemale5 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentFemale6 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentFemale7 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|-
!8
!9
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
|-
|[[File:EduStudentFemale8 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentFemale9 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentFemale10 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentFemale11 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentFemale12 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentFemale13 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentFemale14 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Male Student Skins
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
|-
|[[File:EduStudentMale1 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentMale2 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentMale3 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentMale4 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentMale5 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentMale6 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentMale7 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|-
!8
!9
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
|-
|[[File:EduStudentMale8 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentMale9 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentMale10 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentMale11 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentMale12 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentMale13 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduStudentMale14 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Female Teacher Skins
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
!8
|-
|[[File:EduTeacherFemale1 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduTeacherFemale2 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduTeacherFemale3 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduTeacherFemale4 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduTeacherFemale5 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduTeacherFemale6 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduTeacherFemale7 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduTeacherFemale8 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Male Teacher Skins
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
!8
|-
|[[File:EduTeacherMale1 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduTeacherMale2 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduTeacherMale3 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduTeacherMale4 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduTeacherMale5 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduTeacherMale6 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduTeacherMale7 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|[[File:EduTeacherMale8 (Render).png|width=200x200]]
|}

== Trailers ==
{{yt|UHPFSijPsvc}}
{{yt|-mTf3j2koJA}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:MinecraftEdu.jpg|MinecraftEdu logo
File:MinecraftEdu logo 4.png|MinecraftEdu in-game logo
File:TeacherGaming.png|Teacher Gaming logo
</gallery>

== External links ==
*[http://hosting.teachergaming.com MinecraftEdu website] (no longer works)
*[http://minecraftedu.com: Old MinecraftEdu website] (now redirect to education.minecraft.net)
*[http://services.minecraftedu.com/wiki/Main_Page MinecraftEdu Wiki]
*[http://teachergaming.com: Teacher Gaming website]
*[http://elinemedia.com: E-Line Media website]
*[http://computercraftedu.com: ComputerCraftEdu website]

== Notes ==
{{Fnlist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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