Events
Dream House Competition
Dream House competition in Minecraft was another step into introducing new and exciting ways of promoting student collaboration, especially during covid-19, where student from all types of technological background came together and build houses. Apart from requiring coding skills, it also promoted their designing and graphic skills which are equally important which prepares students to go into their professional life, therefore the judges were professors from many disciplines, including art and architecture which indeed made the competition more existing.
Campus Tour
Students and staff have recreated an interactive model of the business and law building in the game Minecraft, the building can be explored through the video, with one previous student describing it as ‘scarily accurate’. This recreation helps fresher students to find directions before coming to campus. Both students and staff have found it a creative online resource.
Minecraft Treasure Hunt
The Business Technology programme from the Faculty of Business and Law decided to run their orientation program through a Minecraft treasure hunt with the intention to prepare/help students to feel comfortable when coming to campus. The treasure hunt was held in the ManMet campus where students got the opportunity to explore the faculty building and get to interact with the staff members. This program was a huge hit as according to Dr. Cranmer, “The ratings, the response, and the feedback from this was excellent. Students said that it allowed them to communicate and play with each other. They didn’t have to know much about Minecraft to play, so it was successful for everybody. They got to experience and navigate the layout of the building better, which was really important for them and eased some of their worries about coming to campus the week after and finding a room or a location.”
Minecraft Xmas Build Off
Minecraft Xmas Build Off is a Christmas social event for ManMet students across all facilities to build an xmas design in teams. This event hosted through Minecraft helps students to apply their creativity and designing skills and build confidence in students, improve their leadership skills and improve their interactions with tutors.
Easter Build Off
The Easter event at ManMet is another social event where students across all facilities were randomly placed into groups get to collaborate with other students and tutors to race against the clock to design and build their favourite Easter related structure around the Minecraft Education Campus Map, allowing students to show off their building and designing skills.
