Players of the Minecraft Education Edition can construct almost anything they can think of. Their imagination is the only thing holding them back from creating enormous castles, underwater bases, and even a functioning calculator.
Because of this, it’s perfect for a collaborative learning environment, which the game offers. Students are primarily immersed in the virtual world of Minecraft in educational settings, where they can put their lessons into practice.
Chromebook users might not know how to install the Education Edition because it differs from the Java and Bedrock Editions. Continue reading to find out.
- Click Add Add from Google Play .
- Search for and click Minecraft: Education Edition.
- Click Select.
- Accept the Terms and Conditions to add the app.
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On supported devices, Minecraft Education can be downloaded from the managed Google Play Store and the general Google Play Store. How to set up Minecraft Education on a Chromebook is covered in this article.
Before installing Minecraft Education, ensure these prerequisites are met.
- Your Chromebook must meet the system requirements, see System Requirements.
- Depending on how your organization set up and installed the system, users need to have the appropriate permissions.
- Your Chromebook must support the Google Play Store. All 2019 or newer Chromebooks support the Play Store. Earlier devices from 2018 are covered by the Chrome OS Systems Supporting Android Apps page. Note that not all Android-compatible devices can run Minecraft Education.
- Users must enable the Store, Android apps, and Minecraft Education for managed Google Play Store.
- For details on features that are not supported on Chromebooks, see the Considerations for Minecraft Education on Chromebooks.
Considerations for Shared Devices
If the Chromebook is shared by multiple students, there are a few things to be aware of, including world storage, hard drive usage, and installation.
Minecraft Education, worlds are stored locally on the device. Before turning off the Chromebook, we strongly advise exporting worlds and saving them to cloud storage or removable storage if students frequently switch devices or if accounts are deleted when the student signs out.
Applications are kept separately for each user. That means there are separate installations of Minecraft Education for each account on the device. You should budget 350–500 MB (250–500 MB for the application and 100–250 MB for worlds) for each user sharing the device when installing.
To speed up installation, the controlled Google Play Store maintains an application download cache that is shared by all users on a device. This means that users within the same domain should only be allowed to download the application once per device using the same bandwidth.
Install Minecraft Education manually
Installing Minecraft Education on a Chromebook from the general Google Play Store requires the following steps.
- Select Chromebook from the Get Minecraft Education page’s section for Chromebooks. Result: The Google Play Store opens.
- Select Install.Result: Minecraft Education is installed and ready to play.
Deploy Minecraft Education to managed users on Chromebooks
Refer to this article: Set up Minecraft Education on Chromebooks – Chrome Enterprise and Education Help (google.com)
Other helpful Chromebook articles:
For assistance installing Minecraft Education from the consumer Google Play Store, see Get Android apps & digital content from the Google Play Store.
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FAQ
How to play Minecraft on Chromebook?
Check that your Chromebook has Android apps enabled. Check out our comprehensive guide to Android apps on Chrome OS if you’re unsure how to do it. Visit the Play Store and install Minecraft: Education Edition. To sign in and start playing, open the app from the ChromeOS launcher.
Why can I not play Minecraft on my Chromebook?
These computers are not optimized for gaming. You would need to “root” your Chromebook in order to access the Linux kernel in order to play Minecraft on it, though doing so defeats the purpose of using a Chromebook and using an alternative computer would be preferable.
What device can you play Minecraft: Education Edition on?
Windows, Mac, iPhone/iPad, Chromebook, and Android smartphones and tablets all support Minecraft Education. Start your journey today! Learn to teach with Minecraft.
How to download Minecraft: Education Edition mods on school Chromebook?
How to get Mods in Minecraft Education EditionDownload addons. To start, go to this link: https://www. minecraft. net/en-us/addons. Import add-ons into Minecraft Education Edition. After downloading your desired file, select “education edition” and press “play.” Check out the mods in action. More Addons.
