Assigning Unity EdLab Editor seats

Assigning students to a classroom

Once students have been invited, they must also be assigned to a classroom via the EdLab Roster in order to gain access to the EdLab Editor.

Tutorial outcome: Gain familiarity with creating classes and enrolling students via EdLab Roster.

Understanding student status

Creating a class

As an IT administrator, the EdLab Roster is your tool to invite students and instructors to take advantage of all that the EdLab Editor has to offer. This project will help you learn how to use its features.

Get started with the Unity EdLab Roster

Using the EdLab Editor

Understanding the EdLab file management system

Working with existing projects

Uploading projects and assets to the EdLab Editor

Exporting projects from the EdLab Editor

Planning your curriculum

Adding resources to the Class Drive

Accessing projects from the Class Drive

Accessing projects from the Unity Projects and Assets folder

Accessing projects from the Learn tab

Zip your files

Upload the zipped folder

Move the zipped folder

Unzip the zipped folder

Bringing assets into the EdLab Editor

 A note for educators

Copy your files to the Temporary Folder

Download the zipped folder

The Unity EdLab Editor is a cloud-based real-time 3D development platform that brings the powerful capabilities of the Unity engine to low-performance computers often found in classrooms. This tutorial series will help you learn the fundamentals of using the EdLab Editor.

Get started with the Unity EdLab Editor

What is your experience with Unity?

Explore some recommended courses

Understand the course format options 

Complete the Getting Started Checklist

With a basic understanding of the various features of the EdLab Editor, the next step is planning and implementing your own curriculum. This project will provide you with tips for enriching your class with real-time 3D learning and give you guidance on developing the technical skills to make your lesson plan a reality. 

Planning and implementing your curriculum

This course is designed to help administrators learn to manage seats with the Unity EdLab Roster, give educators tips and resources for bringing Unity into the classroom, and help familiarize all users with the Unity EdLab Editor.

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Get Started with Unity EdLab

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Understanding the dashboard

Understanding the distinction between standard and anonymous users

Add seat manually

Add seats via bulk creation

Add seats via CSV/Excel

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The ability to invite students and staff to use the Unity EdLab Editor is reserved for the IT administrator and is done manually or with CSV/Excel files via the EdLab Roster.

Gain familiarity with the EdLab Roster dashboard and learn how to manage EdLab Editor seats.

Activating your admin account

The dashboard displays a lot of useful information, like the number of allocated/unallocated seats, the breakdown of student and instructor assignments, and a history of the most recent actions. 

The dashboard is also a place to see information about each seat assignee and add more.

To protect student privacy and give instructors more flexibility in the classroom, EdLab Roster allows IT admins to distinguish users as either ‘Standard’ or ‘Anonymous.’ Standard users have open fields to input the actual names, emails, and passwords of users. 

As a school Unity EdLab admin, you can invite students and staff to use the Unity EdLab Editor by assigning seats using the EdLab Roster.   

There are two ways to assign unallocated seats, manually and via CSV/Excel file. Manual additions are meant to quickly and easily add a single user. 

To assign a seat manually, click the ‘Add New’ button and select ‘Add Manually’.

Fill out the information of the student or educator in the form provided, and click the ‘Save Changes’ button. 

The following video is a walkthrough of adding teachers and students to a school.

Newly added students/instructors will receive information on how to activate their accounts within one hour. Encourage them to bookmark the login site for easy access in the future.

Another way to assign unallocated seats is via bulk creation. Please note that only anonymous users can be created using this method.

To add users in this way, click the ‘Add New’ button and select ‘Bulk create anonymous students. 

A window will pop up prompting you to specify the number of anonymous users you would like to create. Click ‘Save Changes’ to confirm the addition.

To easily share login information with students, you can click the ‘Export Users’ button to create a .txt file with usernames and passwords which can then be distributed physically or electronically. 

The other way to assign unallocated seats is via CSV/Excel file. This is helpful when trying to allocate a large number of seats, like for an entire class of students.

To assign seats using a CSV/Excel file, click the ‘Add New’ button and select ‘Upload from CSV/Excel’.

A window will pop up prompting you to upload a CSV file. You can also download the proper file formatting from the link provided.  

 The following information is required for the CSV/Excel file:

Role (either ‘Student’ or ‘Instructor’)

Once you’ve uploaded your file, the information should be automatically added to the table on the dashboard. Click the ‘Save Changes’ button to finish. 

Newly added students/instructors will receive information on how to activate their accounts within one hour. Encourage them to bookmark the login site for easy access in the future. 

Assigning Unity EdLab Editor seats

Overview Video

1. Understanding the dashboard

2. Understanding the distinction between standard and anonymous users

3. Add seat manually

4. Add seats via bulk creation

5. Add seats via CSV/Excel

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