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Classroom management app for Minecraft Education Edition. Version 1.83 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Classroom management app for Minecraft Education Edition
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Project history and usage
Classroom Mode for Minecraft is Microsoft's educator-facing companion application for Minecraft: Education Edition. It provides centralized classroom and student-management controls during multiplayer lessons.
Project history
Classroom Mode for Minecraft was released as a companion application for Minecraft: Education Edition. It gave an educator a central interface for interacting with students and managing a hosted multiplayer learning environment.
Adoption history
Microsoft distributed Classroom Mode as a companion for educators hosting Minecraft: Education Edition multiplayer sessions. Official training materials packaged installation, connection, and classroom-operation guidance for teachers.
How it is used
An educator installs the companion app, connects it to a Minecraft Education session, and uses its central interface to monitor participants, communicate with students, and adjust classroom-oriented world controls.
Why package nerds care
The package reflects an era when classroom controls were delivered as a separate desktop companion rather than solely within the main educational game. Its dedicated macOS cask is therefore useful for preserving and identifying that deployment model.
Timeline
- 2016: Minecraft: Education Edition and its educator-oriented classroom tooling entered general availability.
- 2021: Microsoft's Minecraft Education design guide continued to document Classroom Mode as a central management interface.
- 2023: The official Classroom Mode installation and usage training was updated.
Related projects
- Minecraft Education
- Minecraft: Education Edition
Sources
- Official Minecraft Education design guide: https://education.minecraft.net/content/dam/education-edition/software-downloads/Minecraft_Education_Edition_Design_Guide_June_2021.pdf
- Official Minecraft Education training: https://education.minecraft.net/en-us/trainings/install-use-classroom-mode-for-minecraft
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page generated2026-11-04
manager version1.83
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://education.minecraft.net/
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- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://education.minecraft.net/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:classroom-mode-for-minecraft |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.83 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/classroom-mode-for-minecraft |
| Homepage | https://education.minecraft.net/ |
| Upstream docs | https://education.minecraft.net/ |
| Source archive | https://downloads.minecrafteduservices.com/retailbuilds/ClassroomMode/mac/Classroom_Mode_1_83.dmg |
| SHA-256 | 5eaf55eb603229f003c02a4addde4e50eb5665d8c02de098d4586bf5f04e4ef0 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | classroom-mode-for-minecraft |
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| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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