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Teachers: Getting Started With Practice Room

Updated: Feb 20

A step-by-step guide to getting your account set up, preparing your tech, and launching your first classroom.


Welcome!

Welcome to Practice Room — your digital companion for modern music instruction. Whether you're teaching voice, piano, guitar, violin, drums, or songwriting, Practice Room offers a flexible, browser-based platform for practice tracking, feedback, theory, and creative exploration.

This article will help you:
  • Set up your teacher account
  • Request and manage classrooms

  • Give students access

  • Prepare your tech setup
  • Get comfortable launching the DAW
  • Know what your students will see

Step 1: Create Your Teacher Account
  1. Select Sign Up
  2. Complete the form and follow the confirmation steps
  3. Once logged in, select "Practice Room" or "Launch" from the menu.

Practice Room works entirely in-browser. No software to install.

Step 2: Request Your Classroom(s)
Once your account is active:
  1. From the DAW, select the classroom button in the toolbar. You may be prompted to log in the first time that you open the DAW. Select "Create Group."
  2. Give your classroom a name (e.g., “Lowery Piano Studio”)
  3. Please set your classroom to Private and Hidden.
  4. Submit

Step 3: Giving Students Paid Feature Access
After your students have joined your classroom, you can give them access to Practice Room's paid features. This is separate from classroom membership — it unlocks premium tools across the platform.

To add students to your Student Access list:

1. Click your name or account icon in the top right corner of the home website.
2. Select "Student Access" from the dropdown menu.
3. Enter the student's name and email address (the same email they used to join your classroom).
4. Click "Add Student."

- If the student already has a Practice Room account: They will be marked as "Active" immediately and will have access to paid features right away.

- If the student doesn't have an account yet: They will be marked as "Pending." Once they create their Practice Room account, you'll need to remove them and re-add them to activate their access.

Tips:
- It's best to add students to your Student Access list AFTER they've joined your classroom and created their account. That way they'll be marked as Active right away.
- Make sure you enter the student's email address exactly as they use it to log in. If the email doesn't match, they will be added as Pending even if they already have an account.
- You can add as many students as you need if you are a subscribed teacher.

Activating a pending student:
1. Remove the student using their email address.
2. Re-add the student using the same name and email address.
3. Since they now have an active account, they'll be added as Active and will have access immediately.

Recommended workflow:
1. Create your classroom.
2. Invite your student to the classroom.
3. Once they've joined the classroom, add them to your Student Access list (so they can access paid features).

Step 4: Prepare Your Tech
Minimum Requirements:
  • A laptop or desktop with Google Chrome or Firefox
  • Stable internet connection
  • Built-in microphone
Recommended Setup:
  • USB microphone or audio interface
    • We like this microphone
    • And this audio interface
    • Any microphone will do as long as it has a way to connect to your computer (i.e. a USB microphone or run through a USB audio interface).
  • Closed-back headphones (for recording/playback)

In the DAW you can:
  • Record directly
  • Create MIDI sequences in the sequencer
  • Upload files into your classroom
  • Access site-wide files like the theory book and chord diagram
  • Review and comment on student submissions if they've shared their project file with you


Step 5: Test Before You Teach
Take 20–30 minutes to explore:
  • Record a short performance
  • Upload and download a file
  • Navigate chord diagrams and the theory book
  • Create a project like a student would

Check out this document to see some ways you can use Practice Room in your lesson flow!



What Students Will See
  • Join classrooms with a teacher-provided code or email invite
  • Launch the same DAW in-browser
  • Submit projects or assignments
  • Receive feedback from you in one workspace


Need Help?

If you run into any issues setting up your account, managing students, or using Practice Room, please reach out to the Practice Room support team.


Happy teaching!



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