Minecraft:MinecraftEdu

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MinecraftEdu is a discontinued mod for Template:El developed by TeacherGaming, published by 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 map made of Template:W 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 Template:El) has since launched to schools around the world.<ref>Template:Cite</ref><ref>Template:Link</ref>

Purchase and availability

MinecraftEdu could be purchased for Template:W18 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

MinecraftEdu system requirements<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Citation</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
Graphics card (GPU)	Integrated: Intel HD Graphics or AMD/ATI Radeon HD Graphics with OpenGL 2.1	NVIDIA GeForce 2xx series or ATI Radeon HD 5xxxTemplate:Fn series with OpenGL 3.3
Graphics card (GPU)	Discrete: 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	Java 6 Release 45	Java 7 or later
Operating system<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>	Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Windows XP or later (32-bit or 64-bit) Mac OS X 10.7.3 or later 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>Template:Tumblr</ref> because Minecraft Education is built on Template: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 Changelog page.

Aleksi Postari and Toni Paavola, two developers of MinecraftEdu, had a 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.

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 minecraftedu.com website was launched. 0.97 and later 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 Template: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 Template: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

MinecraftEdu Blocks

These IDs are in the namespaced ID format, with their mcedu namespace omitted.

Blocks<ref name="BlocksandItems">https://youtube.com/watch?v=0DBmmg_xM1Y</ref>
Block	Note	Namespaced ID
File:Information block.png Minecraft:Information block	When right clicked, it opens a menu with text that a teacher can write.	`blockDialogMessage`
File:Spawn Block.png Minecraft:Spawn Block	Defines the spawn of the world when placed by teachers. The last spawn block placed determines the spawn.	`blockSpawnMP`
File:Border block.png Minecraft:Border block	Used to define the area students can play in. Students cannot go over, under, or through it.	`blockBorder`
File:Build allow block.png Minecraft:Build allow block	Allows students to build above the block even if the world is set to disallow building.	`blockBuildAllow`
File:Build disallow block.png Minecraft:Build disallow block	Disallows students to build above the block even if the world is set to allow building.	`blockBuildDisallow`
File:Big sign.png 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 Information sign	Decorative. Used to draw students' attention to important things.	`blockInfoSign`
File:Foundation block.png Minecraft:Foundation block	Measures distance to other foundation blocks.	`blockFoundation`
File:Teleport block.png Minecraft:Teleport Block	Used to teleport large distances to the location you set in the world.	`blockTeleport`
File:Home Block.png Minecraft:Home Block	Used to teleport players to their home.	`blockHome`
File:Steppedirt.png Minecraft:Steppe Dirt	A natural block originally used for the removed 'Desertification' feature. Removed in later versions.	`blockSteppeDirt`
File:Steppesand.png Minecraft:Steppe Sand	A natural block originally used for the removed 'Tropification' feature. Removed in later versions.	`blockSteppeSand`
File:Quiz.png Minecraft:Quiz Block	When right clicked as a teacher, it opens a menu to set a quiz for students. Removed in later versions.	`blockQuiz`

Blocks for decoration
Block	Namespaced ID
File:MCEdu Number 0.png Number 0	`edunumber_0`
File:MCEdu Number 1.png Number 1	`edunumber_1`
File:MCEdu Number 2.png Number 2	`edunumber_2`
File:MCEdu Number 3.png Number 3	`edunumber_3`
File:MCEdu Number 4.png Number 4	`edunumber_4`
File:MCEdu Number 5.png Number 5	`edunumber_5`
File:MCEdu Number 6.png Number 6	`edunumber_6`
File:MCEdu Number 7.png Number 7	`edunumber_7`
File:MCEdu Number 8.png Number 8	`edunumber_8`
File:MCEdu Number 9.png Number 9	`edunumber_9`
File:MCEdu Add Symbol.png Add Symbol	`edunumber_add`
File:MCEdu Subtract Symbol.png Subtract Symbol	`edunumber_subtract`
File:MCEdu Divide Symbol.png Divide Symbol	`edunumber_divide`
File:MCEdu Multiply Symbol.png Multiply Symbol	`edunumber_multiply`
File:MCEdu Equals Symbol.png Equals Symbol	`edunumber_equals`
File:MCEdu Over Symbol.png Over Symbol	`edunumber_over`
File:MCEdu Less than Symbol.png Less than Symbol	`edunumber_lessthan`
File:MCEdu Decimal Dot Symbol.png Decimal Dot Symbol	`edunumber_decimaldot`
File:MCEdu Decimal Comma Symbol.png Decimal Comma Symbol	`edunumber_decimalcomma`
File:MCEdu Pi Symbol.png Pi Symbol	`edunumber_pi`

Items<ref name="BlocksandItems" />
Item	Note	Namespaced ID
File:BlockInspector.png Minecraft:Block Inspector	Displays the name of the block the player is looking at on screen.	`itemBlockInspector`

Options and menus

Teacher options

(Can open by pressing Template:Key. On older versions, it can be opened by pressing Template:Key.)

MenusTemplate:Main
Image	Option	Description
File:MinecraftEdu Personal Settings.png	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.
File:MinecraftEdu World Settings.png	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.
File:MinecraftEdu Player Settings.png	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
File:MinecraftEdu Give.png
File:MinecraftEdu Assignments.png
File:MinecraftEdu Stations.png
File:MinecraftEdu Building Tools.png	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 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

Forge

MinecraftEdu came prepackaged with Minecraft:Minecraft Forge for easy mod installation.

ComputerCraftEdu

ComputerCraftEdu came prepackaged with MinecraftEdu and is an educational version of ComputerCraft made by TeacherGaming and 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.

Female Student Skins
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Male Student Skins
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