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Teachers: Getting Started With Practice Room

Updated: Sep 5

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
  • 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 make your classroom set to Private and Hidden.
  4. Submit — you’ll be notified once your classroom is activated


Step 3: 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 MusicBox
  • Upload files into your classroom
  • Access site-wide files like the theory book and chord diagram
  • Review and comment on student submissions


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


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