Your school is participating in a project with Makers Empire.
As part of the project, schools will need to install the Makers Empire 3D design app onto student and teacher devices. The app is available on all platforms.
Makers Empire App can be downloaded here: https://www.makersempire.com/download/
Makers Empire has undergone the safer technologies 4 schools (https://st4s.edu.au/) program on privacy, data security.
If you have technical questions or require assistance our team can be contacted at info@makersempire.com or call our office on (08) 8120 3150
Kind regards
Makers Empire
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Relevant help article(s):
How should I configure proxy credentials in Makers Empire 3D?
How should I configure proxy credentials in Makers Empire 3D?
(Relevant for Queensland Department of Education schools)
Sometimes the app might appear to be offline and it could be because your school network goes through a proxy.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
It is usually no longer necessary to specify proxy authentication details when using the latest version of Makers Empire 3D (from version 4.4.1.4).
The app should now connect successfully on internet connections that go through a proxy server, without requiring any authentication details to be supplied.
If you are having trouble connecting on a Windows device, please make sure you have the latest version from https://dash.makersempire.com/win/MakersEmpire3D.msi and contact us if the problem continues.
Queensland Department of Education Schools
Please submit a request for a per-school un-auth. You will need to:
Review Makers Empire within “Online Service Risk Review Catalogue”
(Internal EQ catalogue for schools)Request a school un-auth via the internal form
If you would like to encourage the department to do this globally for all EQ schools to save others the inconvenience, please reference ticket UR00103163.
In the short term, you can specify proxy details manually to the application as described below.
How to manually specify proxy details
If your proxy requires authentication and the credentials are not stored in your operating system settings, you will need to specify them to Makers Empire 3D manually.
This can be done by entering the details into a file named webpipeconfig.txt at C:\ProgramData\MakersEmpire3D
To do this:
Install Makers Empire 3D then open the windows file explorer and go to C:\ProgramData\MakersEmpire3D.
NOTE: ProgramData is a hidden folder so you need to type it into the top bar in the file explorer.
You should see a file called proxycfg.txt. Rename it to webpipeconfig.txt.
Edit this file and remove all the existing text then enter your details, similar to:
username@proxy2.eq.edu.au:80
password
Copy the file to a USB stick or network drive and put it in the same location on all computers.
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What firewall settings do I need?
What firewall settings do I need?
What to do when you have firewall issues.
If the IT department of you school restricts certain URLs and ports that users can access, then you will need to request the following is white-listed to allow Makers Empire to work correctly.
makersempireprd.blob.core.windows.net
*.makersempire.com (wildcard)
You will need to enable port 80 and 443 on these URLs.
If you need to specify exact URLs instead of a wildcard, then you can use the following list:
dash.makersempire.com
www.makersempire.com
files.makersempire.com
3d.makersempire.com
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NSW Department of Education Schools
NSW Department of Education Schools
(Information for NSW public schools)
Purchase and renew Makers Empire on Edbuy now!
Makers Empire is available to purchase by NSW public schools via the Department of Education 'EdBuy' market place. Your school can simply just log on, search for Makers Empire and purchase. It's fast and you can have confidence that Makers Empire meets the necesssary requirements by the department to ensure it's safe to use in your school.
NSW Public schools can use student Microsoft logins
If your students are already using their DET issued student usernames and logins, the same user names and logins can be used as well to login in and use the Makers Empire 3D design app.
You will just need to give them a 'class code' to enter in their profiles, that way they will be associated with your school's Makers Empire account and you can see them.
see where to find and add a class code: https://help.makersempire.com/en/articles/2166219-what-are-class-codes-used-for
Please note: NSW Public Schools do not need to seek individual or parental permission to use Makers Empire, as Makers Empire is on the NSW Department of Education's online learning tools list and available on 'Edbuy' for purchase.