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Welcome to Classroom Mode for Minecraft: Education Edition. With Classroom Mode, you can access a range of features especially designed to interact with students while hosting a multiplayer game by managing settings from a central user interface.

Classroom Mode is only available to users running the Minecraft: Education Edition general availability client. Students do not need to run Classroom Mode. For options on adding additional classroom assistance to teacher’s aides or volunteers during a lesson session in Minecraft, consider granting operator status if appropriate. Classroom Mode is not compatible with Windows 7.

Educators can use Minecraft: Education Edition and Classroom at the same time, and students can use their copies of Minecraft: Education Edition to connect to a multiplayer game and use Code Builder within it, but educators cannot use all three at the same time.

In the situation that a teacher has several multiplayer worlds in the classroom, he or she can open multiple instances of classroom mode, applying each instance to one of the multiplayer worlds.

This article will cover:

• Installing Classroom Mode
• How to Connect
• Using multiple instances of Classroom Mode
• Things to try with Classroom Mode
• Additional Resources

Install Classroom Mode 

How to Connect

Please note that as of our 1.81 release of Classroom Mode all users will need to use the /connect option to connect Classroom Mode to a game

Using multiple instances Classroom Mode

When using Minecraft in the classroom there are times when students will be in smaller groups. A teacher can use an instance of Classroom Mode for each world his or her students are in and connect each one as outlined in the above video.

1. Head to the Start Menu and open an instance of Classroom Mode
2. Log in to Classroom Mode
3. Select the game you want to join from the server list. If the game is not found go to the Waiting Room and ask the host to enter the given `/connect` command in the slash command bar at the bottom of the screen
4. Repeat these steps for each world or student group you would like to use Classroom Mode with

Things to try with Classroom Mode

Manage game options

Classroom Mode for Minecraft supports toggles for various game options that affect the world.

• Pauses game for all players: This allows an educator to pause a game completely for all users. Pausing not only prevents players from interacting but also time does not progress. This means fire will not spread, weather will not change, mobs will not move, and so on. This is off by default.
• Disables chat for all players: When enabled, this allows players in your world to communicate with each other within the world they are in via the client. This is off by default.
• Perfect weather: Need a day with always sunny skies and no rain? Use this switch to turn it on, otherwise your players will experience a usual amount of weather with occasional rain (and other weather effects). This is off by default.
• Allow mobs: This is on by default. Mobs are living, moving creatures found within the Minecraft world. Friendly (creatures like chickens and ocelots) and not so friendly mobs (creatures like creepers) are allowed to appear in the world when this is turned on.
• Allow destructive items: This is on by default. As an example, when enabled, players may use TNT near others. You may also use specialty blocks (allow, deny, border) to help limit potential damage.
• Players can take damage: This is on by default. This means players can take damage from the environment and mobs.
  Prohibits world modification: This is off by default. You can also use the “worldbuilder” permission to control individual building permissions within a world.
• Allow players to damage each other: This is on by default. When on, players will be able to cause damage to each other, including “friendly fire” and intentional behavior.