School District unable to host for students joining from home in online learning; cannot open MEE port district wide as it invites security issues
Multiple staff and tech from our school district in British Columbia, Canada have reached out to Microsoft about a particular hosting issue we are facing.
Districts are unable to allow hosting (teacher hosting a world from school), thereby preventing students (at home) from joining a teacher hosted world. There are security concerns opening that specific port would entail; teachers, who are required to work on-site, cannot host a world and have their at-home learners join.
What would it take to get this port changed to something more suitable? Can MEE please use a different port for the game so that it is more secure having students join from home to worlds hosted on school sites?
This conversation has been occurring with frustrated teachers in districts all over Canada who would love to use this great learning tool while hosting from school, and having our students join from home.
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We are having the same problem.
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A solution to this would re-engage many learners at home with teachers working from schools, or blended programs with students in school, at home, and teachers hosting from their classrooms.
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Same here in Hong Kong. Teachers failed to host the map at school using the school network, passively relying on one of the student participants as helper to host at home. As teachers were only "players" in these maps, the "classroom" add-ons could not be used. The activity became non-controlled, hugely affecting the learning experience.
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