Help & Support

Overview

• You can now create and share a link to an existing CreateAI project containing starter data and code, and MakeCode extensions.
• This could make starting a project in CreateAI easier for your learners, particularly if the project contains complex code that could otherwise be difficult or time-consuming to set up in the classroom.
• Now your learners can click on a link in your educational materials to open an existing CreateAI project and edit the starter data according to your instructions.

Here’s how to generate a link that opens an existing project in CreateAI:

1. Create a project in CreateAI as normal.
2. Save the project in CreateAI using the “Save” button on the green toolbar.or click “Download as File” in the MakeCode code editor to download the hex file.
3. Go to https://makecode.microbit.org/
4. Open the saved hex file by dragging and dropping it over MakeCode editor.
   • Note that this will only show your code, but the actions and data samples are still part of the project.
5. In MakeCode editor, click the button with the share icon in the top right corner.
6. Click ‘Share Project’ button.
7. Copy the link.
8. Edit the copied link to convert it to one that will open in CreateAI rather than MakeCode: 
   • Replace "makecode” part of the link with “createai”, taking care to make no other changes, e.g. change https://makecode.microbit.org/_amHRq13MF28v to https://createai.microbit.org/_amHRq13MF28v
9. Share this amended link with your users.
   • When the user clicks on the CreateAI link, they will go to a landing page, showing data preview and a prompt to open the starter project.