Education Edition 1.12.0

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1.12.0, dubbed the Back to School Update, is a major update to Education Edition. It added some Village & Pillage features from Bedrock Edition 1.10.0 and 1.11.0 along with classroom experience and performance improvements.^[1] It released for Windows, macOS, and iOS on August 14, 2019, and for iPadOS on September 24, 2019. 1.12.0 was discontinued on February 1, 2021.^[2][3]

This version also adds all features from Bedrock Edition versions 1.10.0 and 1.11.0 except experimental features.

Exporting

• Students can now use the export function in the Book & Quill tool to save work as a PDF.
  • Supports assessment, in addition to helping students document and share their work

Immersive reader

• Is an in-game tool that supports reading and translating in-game text, offering formatting options for students and a Picture Dictionary with Minecraft-specific imagery.

Simple Sign On

• Users can choose to be automatically logged in based on their credentials, or sign out at any time and sign in as a different user as needed.

Sharing library content

• Made it easier to assign or share a link to worlds from within the Learning Management System.

Site map

• Added more visual site map helps educators and students find Minecraft worlds in the Library or navigate to a course.

Multiplayer

• Students can now invite others to join their worlds using join codes.
  • Students must be invited in order to participate in a multiplayer world
• Changed permissions for how players join each other's worlds.
  • Other players can be invited to join as a Visitor or given full Member permissions.