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👥 Student Management Tools

These tools help you organize and control your students in the Minecraft world.

Overview

Student Management Tools let you move students around, change their abilities, organize them into teams, and control what items they have. These are essential for keeping your classroom organized and running smoothly.

Quick Reference

Tool What It Does When to Use It
🚀 Teleport Move students instantly 📍 Gathering class, student lost, moving to activity area
🎮 Gamemode Change Creative/Survival mode 🎯 Starting activities, giving/removing flying ability
👥 Teams Organize students into groups 🤝 Group projects, color-coded teams, class organization
🎒 Inventory Management Control student items 📦 Give materials, clear items, copy inventories
❤️ Manage Health Control health, hunger, and effects 🏥 Healing students, clearing effects, toggling damage/hunger

Note

All Student Management Tools work seamlessly together. For example, you can create teams and then teleport entire teams at once, or change the gamemode for a whole team with a single click.

🚀 Teleport

What it does

Instantly moves students to any location without them having to walk or fly there.

Tip

Teleporting is one of the most-used tools in classroom management. Use it liberally to save time and keep your class organized.

When to use it

Common Use Cases (click to expand)
  • 📍 Gathering the class: Bring everyone together at the start of an activity
  • 🔍 Student is lost: Teleport them back to the main area
  • 🚶 Moving to new location: Transport the whole class to a new building site
  • 🤝 Pairing students: Teleport one student to another for partner work
  • 🆘 Rescuing students: Someone fell into a hole or got stuck somewhere

How to use it

  1. Right-click the Educator Toolbox in your hotbar
  2. Click Teleport
  3. Pick who to move:
  4. Single student (choose from list)
  5. Entire team (choose from your teams)
  6. All players at once
  7. Pick where to send them:
  8. To you ← Most common choice, gathers everyone to your location
  9. To another student ← Good for pairing or grouping
  10. The student(s) instantly appear at the chosen location

Teleport tool interface

Tip

Quick Gather: To instantly bring everyone together, select "All Players" and teleport them to you. This is perfect for starting activities or getting everyone's attention.

✅ Benefits:

  • Students keep their inventory and gamemode when teleported
  • Teleporting doesn't interrupt what students are building
  • You can teleport yourself using this tool too
  • Works instantly across any distance

Info

At least 2 players must be online (you + one student) for the teleport tool to work.

🎮 Gamemode

What it does

Changes whether students are in Creative mode (unlimited resources, can fly) or Survival mode (limited resources, health matters).

Note

Gamemode determines what students can do in the world. Each mode has specific capabilities and restrictions designed for different types of activities.

When to use it

Gamemode Use Cases (click to expand)
  • 🏗️ Creative mode: Building projects, creative activities, no resource limits needed
  • ⚔️ Survival mode: Resource gathering challenges, adventure activities
  • 🗺️ Adventure mode: Students can explore but can't break or place blocks (good for touring builds)
  • 👁️ Spectator mode: Make students invisible observers who can fly through walls (good for assessment)

How to use it

  1. Right-click the Educator Toolbox in your hotbar
  2. Click Gamemode
  3. Choose who to change:
  4. Single student
  5. Team
  6. All players
  7. Yourself
  8. Pick the gamemode:
  9. 🏗️ Creative - Flying enabled, unlimited blocks, can't take damage
  10. ⚔️ Survival - Normal gameplay, health and hunger matter, must gather resources
  11. 🗺️ Adventure - Can interact and explore, but can't break or place blocks
  12. 👁️ Spectator - Invisible observer, can fly through blocks, can't interact
  13. Confirm the change

Gamemode selector

Tip

You can change your own gamemode too! Switch to Spectator mode to observe students without being seen, or match their gamemode to experience what they're experiencing.

Gamemode Explanations

🏗️ Creative Mode

Capabilities: - ✅ Can fly (double-tap jump to start flying) - ✅ Unlimited access to all blocks - ✅ Can't take damage or die - ✅ Can break blocks instantly

Best for: Building activities, creative projects

⚔️ Survival Mode

Capabilities: - 🚫 Can't fly (unless using Elytra) - 📦 Must find or craft items - ❤️ Health and hunger affect the player - ⏱️ Breaking blocks takes time

Best for: Resource gathering, survival challenges

🗺️ Adventure Mode

Capabilities: - 🚫 Can't break or place blocks - ✅ Can interact with objects (doors, buttons, chests) - ⚔️ Can fight mobs and take damage

Best for: Tours of builds, interactive stories, maps

Tip

Use Adventure mode when showing students a pre-built area you don't want modified. They can explore freely but can't accidentally break your builds.

👁️ Spectator Mode

Capabilities: - 👻 Invisible to other players - 🌫️ Can fly through solid blocks - 🚫 Can't interact with anything

Best for: Observing student work, assessment

Tip

Spectator mode is perfect for checking on student progress without being seen. You can fly through walls to see everyone's work without disrupting them.

Note

Most classroom building activities work best in Creative mode. Change to Survival for specific challenges or resource-gathering activities.

Gamemode change demonstration

👥 Teams Management

What it does

Organizes students into groups (teams) that you can target with other tools. Makes it easy to manage multiple students at once.

Tip

Teams are a powerful organizational tool. Once you create teams, you can use them with almost every other tool in the Educator Toolbox (teleport entire teams, change gamemode for a whole team, etc.).

When to use it

Team Organization Strategies
  • 🤝 Group projects: Create teams for collaborative building
  • 🎨 Color-coded organization: Assign students to colored teams for easy identification
  • 📚 Differentiated instruction: Create teams for different skill levels or activities
  • 🪑 Class structure: Organize by table groups or learning pods
  • 🏆 Games and competitions: Set up teams for Minecraft-based educational games

Default Teams

Three teams are always available:

  • 👥 All Players - Every person in the world
  • 👨‍🏫 Teachers - All designated teaching staff (you can add other teachers here)
  • 🎓 Students - Everyone who isn't a teacher

Info

Default teams (All Players, Teachers, Students) cannot be deleted. They are permanent fixtures for easy classroom management.

How to use it

Creating a New Team

  1. Right-click the Educator Toolbox in your hotbar
  2. Click Teams Management
  3. Click Create New Team
  4. Fill in team information:
  5. Team Name - What the team is called (example: "Red Team", "Table 1", "Builders")
  6. Description - Optional details about the team's purpose
  7. Icon - Choose a visual symbol (🪓 Iron Axe, 🐟 Clownfish, 💎 Diamond, 🥚 Egg, or 🥔 Potato)
  8. Confirm creation

Tip

Use descriptive names like "Red Team" or "Table 3" so students immediately understand which team they're on.

Adding Students to a Team

  1. Right-click the Educator Toolbox in your hotbar
  2. Click Teams Management
  3. Select the team you want to edit
  4. Click Manage Members
  5. Click Add Player
  6. Select the student to add
  7. Repeat for additional students

Removing Students from a Team

  1. Right-click the Educator Toolbox in your hotbar
  2. Click Teams Management
  3. Select the team
  4. Click Manage Members
  5. Click on the student you want to remove
  6. Confirm removal

Deleting a Team

  1. Right-click the Educator Toolbox in your hotbar
  2. Click Teams Management
  3. Select the team to delete
  4. Click Delete Team
  5. Confirm deletion

Danger

You cannot delete the default teams (All Players, Teachers, Students). Only custom teams can be removed.

Teams management interface

✅ Team Benefits:

  • Create teams at the start of class for easy management throughout the session
  • Teams work with almost all other tools (Teleport, Gamemode, Inventory Management, etc.)
  • A student can be in multiple custom teams at once
  • Teams persist between sessions - you don't have to recreate them each time
Example Team Structures

🎨 Color teams: - Red Team, Blue Team, Green Team, Yellow Team

🪑 Table groups: - Table 1, Table 2, Table 3

📊 Skill levels: - Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced

🏗️ Project groups: - Architects, Landscapers, Interior Designers

Creating teams demonstration

🎒 Inventory Management

What it does

Controls what items students have in their inventories. You can give everyone the same items, clear unwanted items, or copy one student's inventory to others.

Note

Inventory Management is perfect for ensuring everyone starts an activity with the exact same materials. It saves time and prevents students from being distracted by missing items.

When to use it

Inventory Management Use Cases
  • 📦 Give materials: Ensure everyone has the same starting materials for an activity
  • 🧹 Clear items: Remove all items to start fresh
  • 📋 Copy inventory: Quickly give everyone the same items as one student
  • 🚫 Remove specific items: Take away items that are causing problems
  • ⚙️ Standardize hotbars: Make sure everyone has tools in the same slots

Available Operations

Operation What It Does Icon
Copy Inventory Copy all items from one student to another student or team 📦
Copy Hotbar Copy only the bottom row of items (hotbar - first 9 slots) 🎯
Copy Item Copy one specific item type from one student to others 🧱
Clear Inventory Remove all items from selected students 🗑️

How to use it

Copy Full Inventory

Perfect for giving everyone the same materials after one student has collected what's needed.

  1. Right-click the Educator Toolbox in your hotbar
  2. Click Inventory Management
  3. Click Copy Inventory
  4. Pick the source (who has the items you want to copy):
  5. A student
  6. A team
  7. Yourself
  8. Pick the target (who should receive the items):
  9. A student
  10. A team
  11. Everyone
  12. Confirm the copy

Note

Every item in the source inventory is duplicated to the target(s). Original items stay in the source inventory - nothing is moved or removed.

Copy Hotbar Only

Same as Copy Inventory, but only copies the bottom 9 slots (hotbar) instead of the full inventory.

  1. Right-click the Educator Toolbox in your hotbar
  2. Click Inventory Management
  3. Click Copy Hotbar
  4. Select source and target
  5. Confirm

Tip

Use Copy Hotbar to give everyone the same tools without affecting the materials they've already collected in their main inventory.

Copy Specific Item

Copy just one type of item (like 64 wooden planks) to multiple students.

  1. Right-click the Educator Toolbox in your hotbar
  2. Click Inventory Management
  3. Click Copy Item
  4. Select the source (who has the item)
  5. Specify the item (either by name or slot number)
  6. Select the target (who receives the item)
  7. Confirm

Clear Inventory

Removes all items from selected students. Useful for starting activities fresh.

  1. Right-click the Educator Toolbox in your hotbar
  2. Click Inventory Management
  3. Click Clear Inventory
  4. Select who to clear:
  5. Single student
  6. Team
  7. All players
  8. Confirm the clear

Warning

Clear Inventory permanently deletes items! Make sure students don't have important work in their inventory before clearing. This action cannot be undone.

Inventory management interface

✅ Best Practices:

  • Create a "template student" with perfect starting items, then copy to everyone
  • Use Copy Hotbar to give tools without affecting students' collected materials
  • Clear Inventory at the start of new activities for a fresh start
  • Copy Item is great for giving everyone the same amount of one resource
Example Workflow: Setting Up Starting Materials
  1. Set up your own inventory with the perfect starting materials
  2. Use Copy Inventory with yourself as source, All Players as target
  3. Everyone now has the exact same items as you!

This workflow ensures perfect consistency and saves time compared to manually distributing items.

Info

Requirements for Copy Operations: - At least 2 players must be online for copy operations - Both source and target players must be online for copy to work

Inventory copy demonstration

❤️ Manage Health

What it does

Controls student health, hunger, and status effects. You can heal students, remove unwanted effects, reset health settings to defaults, or configure per-team health behavior.

Note

Manage Health is particularly useful in Survival mode activities where health and hunger matter. In Creative mode, students can't take damage, so this tool has limited use.

When to use it

Health Management Use Cases
  • 🏥 Healing students: Restore health and hunger after combat or accidents
  • 🧹 Clearing effects: Remove all active status effects (poison, slowness, etc.)
  • 🔄 Resetting settings: Return health properties to defaults before a new activity
  • ⚙️ Configuring behavior: Toggle damage, hunger, or effect immunity per team

How to use it

  1. Right-click the Educator Toolbox in your hotbar
  2. Click Manage Health
  3. Choose who to affect (select a team, the tool targets entire teams)
  4. Select the action:
  5. Heal - Clears all effects, briefly restores hunger, and resets health to full
  6. Clear Effects - Removes all active status effects from players
  7. Reset - Returns health settings to defaults (damage on, hunger on, effect immunity off) and heals
  8. Settings - Opens toggles to configure health behavior (see below)

Tip

Use Heal before starting Survival mode challenges to ensure everyone begins at full health and hunger.

Health Settings

The Settings button opens a panel with three toggles that control ongoing health behavior for the selected team:

Toggle What It Does
Enable Damage Turn on/off the ability to take damage. When off, players receive permanent regeneration.
Enable Hunger Turn on/off hunger. When off, players receive permanent saturation.
Enable Effect Immunity When on, all effects are continuously removed from players (including positive ones).

Warning

Enabling Effect Immunity removes all effects, including beneficial ones like speed boosts or night vision. Use with caution.

✅ Common Uses:

  • Heal everyone to full health and hunger before a PvP challenge
  • Clear unwanted effects (poison, slowness) after exploring dangerous areas
  • Disable damage for a peaceful building session without switching to Creative mode
  • Turn off hunger so students aren't distracted during a lesson
  • Enable effect immunity to prevent potion-based disruptions

These tools work great in combination:

Tip

Combining tools creates powerful workflows. Here are some effective combinations:

Tool Combination Examples

🎯 Starting a Group Activity:

  1. Use Teams Management to organize students into groups
  2. Use Teleport to move entire teams to their work areas
  3. Use Inventory Management to give each team their starting materials

🏗️ Building Project Setup:

  1. Change students to Creative Mode for unlimited building
  2. Use Inventory Management to give everyone the same tools
  3. Use Teleport to move everyone to the build site

⚔️ Survival Challenge Preparation:

  1. Change students to Survival Mode
  2. Use Manage Health to ensure everyone starts at full health
  3. Use Teleport to position teams at their starting locations

🔍 Assessment and Observation:

  1. Change yourself to Spectator Mode to observe invisibly
  2. Use Teleport to move between student work areas
  3. Review each student's progress without disrupting their work

Next Steps

Need Help? Check the FAQ and Troubleshooting page.