Building Tools
The last tab in your MinecraftEdu Teacher Menu is called Building Tools. These settings are for creating your zone or any other structures within the world. It's important to note that you can build within the game without using these tools; these are powerful build tools that allow you to fill or clear large areas in the gameworld.
Please ensure that you have mastered the use of these tools and settings before using them in the game. The green check mark indicates that a feature has been enabled. Please keep in mind that these settings are for all students in the game at any given time; when you freeze students, it will apply to any user who is logged in as a student. Use such features with caution as they will impact students in other classes. The green check mark indicates that a feature has been enabled.
Build Mode: When enabled, you can fly with precise movement control and move through solid blocks. This turns on Long Distance Building by default. You can switch between these modes by pressing CONTROL (Ctrl) to enable placing blocks in mid-air. Set the distance with the mousewheel or +/- characters.
Fill/Clear Tool: Place two blocks in opposite corners to completely fill the defined area with that block. Hold nothing in your hands and right-click the opposite corners to completely clear the defined area. WARNING: It is possible and in fact quite easy to destroy large areas or even crash the server by filling (or clearing) too many blocks at a time!
Undo Last Fill, Place or Dig Tool : Reverts the most recent fills, blocks placed, or blocks destroyed (up to 50 times). These options can be your best friend when you accidentally fill or clear large areas in the gameworld. If this occurs, immediately return to this tab and "Undo" your actions until you correct it.
Long Distance Building: Allows you to place/dig blocks up to 60 blocks or spaces away.
Place/Dig Amount: Set how many blocks will be placed or destroyed in a column when you place or dig blocks.
Challenge: Join a Givercraft Teacher Practice Session (Tuesdays at 6:00 pm AKDT) in the gameworld and practice using the building tools. Take a screenshot or screencast/video of your experience using these building tools and post it to the Givercraft Google Community.
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