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6 hours, 41 minutes ago • Sophie McEvoy
UKIE-backed <a href="https://comicvibe.com/digital-schoolhouse-supported-by-ukie-has-teamed-up-with-roblox-to-offer-a-range-of-tools-designed-for-students-to-create-roblox-games-during-class-sessions/” title=”Digital Schoolhouse, supported by UKIE, has teamed up with Roblox to offer a range of tools designed for students to create Roblox games during class sessions”>Digital Schoolhouse partners with Roblox to provide suite of tools for students to develop Roblox games in-class
Roblox and UKIE-backed Digital Schoolhouse are rolling out a free classroom-focused toolkit for teaching students how to make Roblox games. The package includes curriculum-aligned workshops, interactive Roblox Studio lesson plans, and a teacher toolkit with safeguarding guidance, parent-facing materials, and curriculum mapping.
The setup is intentionally school-friendly: students work in a closed, teacher-supervised environment, with an offline version available for schools that lack reliable devices or internet access. The programme starts with offline workshops on game development and pitching ideas, then moves into building a game from scratch on Roblox.
For developers, the interesting bit is less the education angle and more the pipeline Roblox is trying to build. The lessons cover game design fundamentals, scripting in Luau, and AI prompting best practices, which lines up with Roblox’s push into AI-assisted creation tools over the past year. The materials are also being aligned with national computing curriculum frameworks and will be open-
The partnership lands in the middle of ongoing scrutiny around child safety on Roblox. The platform has added tighter under-13 messaging limits, facial recognition checks for adult-minor communication, new content tags, updated moderation policies, and an AI system aimed at spotting early signs of child endangerment. That context makes the teacher-managed, supervised classroom framing a key part of the rollout.
“Working with Digital Schoolhouse gives us the opportunity to make new re
At a glance
what
Roblox and Digital Schoolhouse are launching free classroom tools for students to make Roblox games in school.
who
UKIE-backed Digital Schoolhouse, Roblox, and Roblox senior director of education policy Adam Seldow.
when
The materials will be available to download from the Digital Schoolhouse website at a later date.
impact
Schools get supervised Roblox Studio lesson plans, offline access, and teacher safeguarding support for game-dev education.
SignalMixed
Good for education, but safety concerns remain
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