EarMaster Cloud user list uploads can contain either students or teachers, can be uploaded as .csv files or directly from a browser, and can work as reusable master lists or single-use additive lists.
You can combine the options available according to the list you are uploading
To upload a user list, go to cloud.earmaster.com and click on Users-->Bulk Add/Edit Internal Users
Master list upload
You can add, edit, and remove EarMaster Cloud users in bulk with a Master list. This means that you will be updating and uploading the same file each time you need to add or remove students to or from your account.
After each upload, EarMaster Cloud will compare the new list with the users already in your account, and will operate the detected changes:
- new users will be added
- users that are currently in your account but who have been removed from the uploaded list will be deleted
- users already in your account will not be modified (unless their details have been updated in the file, in which case the modified fields will be updated)
You can edit your master list and re-upload it when new students are added or when former students are removed. The updated file that is uploaded should include both current users and new users. Students that are not listed in the file will be removed from your EarMaster Cloud account.
Additive list upload
Instead of maintaining a master list for your school, you can choose to upload lists that only add users: Additive lists. You can choose to upload either a list of students or a list of teachers.
These users can be added to the root of the account, or to specific classes. To upload users to a specific class, choose a target class in the drop-down menu "Add to class".
How to create, edit and save a user list
1) Create and edit your lists with Excel, Notepad (Windows), Numbers (Mac), TextEdit (Mac), Google Sheet or other editors that can export CSV files in UTF-8 format.
2) Add one student per line using this format:
<first name>,<last name>,<email>
You can use a header in your file, and fields can be separated by either a column ( , ), a semi-column ( ; ) or a TAB.
Example:
Jorge,Lopez,jlopez@email.ear
Ella,Jensen,ejensen@email.ear
Kim,Lua,klua@email.ear
* You can optionally add a <username> and <password> for each user: <first name>,<last name>,<email>,<username>,<password>. If they are not specified, they will be created automatically by EarMaster Cloud for each student. You can also specify just the <username> and let the password be generated.
* Users are identified by their email. It is therefore very important that each user has his own email. 2 users with the same email will be handled as duplicates by EarMaster Cloud. You can however "trick" the software into treating identical emails as unique ones. To do that, add ?[some text] after the alias. For example if a family uses the email family@email.ear and the kids' names are Elizabeth, Peter and Ophelia, you can construct the addresses family?liz@email.ear, family?pete@email.ear and family?ophie@email.ear and all emails sent to those constructs will end in the inbox of family@email.ear.
3) Save or export the file as .csv in UTF-8 format.
Uploading the list
When you upload a user list, EarMaster Cloud pre-processes it first and then shows you a detailed summary of the changes that are about to occur in your account. Look closely at this summary and make sure that your file was interpreted correctly by EarMaster Cloud before applying any changes to your account.
If everything looks as it should, click PROCESS to apply the changes.
New users will instantly receive their user credentials by email, updated users a notice about their account being updated, and removed users a notivation that their access tot he software has been revoked.
If you find problems in the pre-processed results, then click on the BACK button and fix your file or contact our support team.
EarMaster Cloud consists of 2 distinct areas:
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The administrative website at cloud.earmaster.com: this is where the administrator of the account of a school manages users, credits and classes.
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The EarMaster application for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and Chromebook, which is where the exercises are made and assigned (Teachers on PC/Mac) and completed (Students on all platforms). Students and teachers connect the app to the EarMaster Cloud account of their school using their personal EarMaster Cloud user credentials, which they have received by email when their account was created by the Admin of the school account. As soon as the app is connected, it will fetch class and course data from the cloud, and upload all results automatically as the students complete their assignments.
If your school is paying for student access with an annual school subscription or EarMaster Cloud credits, then you can watch this video tutorial or read the step-by-step instructions below to learn how to set up your school account:
How to proceed - school-paid user access
If your school has bought credits to give students access to EarMaster, then please follow the instructions below. If students are expected to pay for their own access to the system, then please refer to the section titled "How to proceed - student-paid subscriptions" further down.
1. Log into your Admin dashboard
Go to cloud.earmaster.com and log in with your administrator login, which was sent to you by e-mail and consists of:
- School account ID
- Password
The first thing you see when you have logged in is the Dashboard. It will display information on how many credits are available for your account, how many users and classes are active, etc.
2. [Optional] Create classes
In EarMaster, a class is a group of students that will work on the same assignments. If you use classes, make sure to add at least one teacher to each class. The teachers of a class are the only ones who can give assignments and see the results for that class.
To add a class, click on Create new class in your dashboard. This step is optional, but even with only a few students, it will make it much easier to assign workbooks later on.
3. Add users
You can add users in two ways:
a. In bulk by uploading a user list (see "Upload user lists" tab above)
b. Manually one by one (read below)
To add users manually, click on Add Student or Add Teacher from the Dashboard or in the Manage Users page.
Please notice:
- You have an Admin login to manage the account of your school now, but If you also want to use the software as a Teacher to make assignments and monitor student results, then you need to create a user with Teacher access level for yourself.
- All the users you add receive an email with a download link and their user credentials. So make sure that your students are aware that an email from EarMaster Cloud is incoming before you add them to your account. Otherwise they might delete the email by mistake or oversee it.
- If users have forgotten or lost their user credentials, you can resend them by using the Resend email function in Manage Users, or they can request a new one here: www.earmaster.com/support/earmaster-cloud-login-recovery.html
- You can also delete the users that shouldn't be active any longer by checking boxes in the left column, and then by clicking on the Delete button.
Note: if your students don't have email addresses or if you would like to manage their account for them, you can add ?[user name] at the end of your email alias for each user you add. Then you will receive all the system emails sent to these users in your own inbox.
For example:
4. [Optional] Enroll students and teachers into classes
If you have created classes, you can now dispatch your students and teachers into them using the Enroll users into classes button from the Dashboard, or via the Manage Users page by selecting users and clicking on the Classes button.
5. Users connect EarMaster to the Cloud
Users should now have received their user credentials, so they can connect the EarMaster app on all platforms to the Cloud. You can follow the status of the email sending and last login time of each user in the "Manage Users" section of your Admin dashboard. For more info about this step, please refer to the Connect EarMaster to the Cloud tab in the Teacher and Student sections of these Cloud support pages.
If you have a Teacher account, you will have access to a special section in the PC/Mac version of EarMaster 7 (not available on iOS, Android and Chromebook). Read tutorials here
How to proceed - student-paid subscriptions
If your students are going to pay for their own access by subscribing to EarMaster Cloud on a private basis, then here is how to proceed:
1. Go to your Admin dashboard at cloud.earmaster.com, find the USERS menu and click on EXTERNAL USERS.
2. Click on the button labelled INVITE STUDENTS and type the email addresses of the students you want to invite to subscribe. Type one email address per line, and then click SAVE to send out all invites. You should see a list of the invited students by setting the USER FILTER to INVITED and clicking on FETCH.
3. Your students will now receive an email with a link which will enable them to subscribe to EarMaster Cloud on a private basis while linking their account to your school account. As soon as a student has subscribed, you will see his/her name appear in the MANAGER USERS section of your Admin dashboard.
Notice: If your school is not paying for student licenses, you should not use the "ADD STUDENT" feature visible in the main screen of the dashboard and in MANAGE USERS. The only thing you need to do is invite students as describe above. The rest is handled automatically.
Video Guides
Find out how to use the educational features of EarMaster Cloud
[module-302]Courses and workshops available in EarMaster
Click on a course or workshop title to view its full content.
Notice that the availability of the courses and workshops listed below depends on the license that you purchased. For more information, please refer to this Version comparison.
Beginner's Course |
Vocal Trainer |
RCM Voice |
General Workshops - Chord Identification |
General Workshops - Chord Inversions |
General Workshops - Chord Progressions |
General Workshops - Interval Comparison |
General Workshops - Interval Identification |
General Workshops - Interval Singing |
General Workshops - Melodic Dictation |
General Workshops - Melodic Sight-Singing |
General Workshops - Melody Singback |
General Workshops - Rhythm Clapback |
General Workshops - Rhythm Error Detection |
General Workshops - Rhythm Sight-Reading |
General Workshops - Rhythmic Dictation |
General Workshops - Scale Identification |
Jazz Workshops - Chord Identification |
Jazz Workshops - Chord Identification |
Jazz Workshops - Chord Progressions |
Jazz Workshops - Melodic Dictation |
Jazz Workshops - Melodic Sight-Singing |
Jazz Workshops - Melody Singback |
Jazz Workshops - Rhythm Clapback |
Jazz Workshops - Rhythm Error Detection |
Jazz Workshops - Rhythmic Dictation |
Jazz Workshops - Rhythmic Sight-Reading |
You can import scores into EarMaster's score library via the MusicXML file format. Imported scores can then be used to make custom EarMaster exercises in these activities:
- Sight-Singing
- Melodic Dictation
- Melody Singback
- Rhythmic Sight-Reading
- Rhythmic Dictation
- Rhythm Clapback
- Rhythm Error Detection
What is MusicXML?
"MusicXML is a digital sheet music interchange and distribution format. [...] The musical information is designed to be usable by notation programs, sequencers and other performance programs, music education programs, and music databases. [...] With MusicXML you can create music in one program and share your results – back and forth – with people using other programs."
Source: https://www.musicxml.com
How to proceed
1. Prepare your scores
Create a score in your notation software (e.g. Finale, Sibelius or Musescore), and then go to the FILE menu (usually) to find the Export to MusicXML function.
You can also find a large number of ready-to-use MusicXML scores in online score libraries, such as:
Musescore library - https://musescore.com/sheetmusic
IMSLP Petrucci Music Library - https://imslp.org/
ChoralWIKI - https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/
Hymnary - https://hymnary.org
NEUMA - http://neuma.huma-num.fr
File requirements:
- One time signature per score.
- One key signature per score with maximum 6 flats and 5 sharps.
- Monophonic voices only (no harmonies, one note at a time). To use harmonies, spread the notes across multiple voices/staves.
- Maximum 8 monophonic voices, one of which can be chord symbols.
- Supported clefs: Treble, Bass and Alto.
- Supported note values: from whole note to 32nd note, including dotted notes, ties, triplets, quintuplets, and septuplets.
EarMaster can transpose your melodies automatically, so you can define them in a specific key and then select the keys in which you want EarMaster to transpose them when you set up your exercises.
Only features supported by EarMaster can be imported. Unsupported features will be either ignored by EarMaster or converted to similar values (e.g. the unsupported 6/4 time signature will be imported as 12/8).
2. Import your score into EarMaster
Find EarMaster's Music Library via the Teaching Tools menu. Then open the Scores tab and click on "Import MusicXML" to add your score to the list of scores.
3. Use your imported scores in custom exercises
When you make your custom exercise in the Workbook Editor, you can select "Score library" in the "Source of musical material" section, and then choose scores from the library as questions via the "List of questions" section.
In the "List of questions" section, click on + to see the list of available scores. Then trim the score by defining a bar interval, select which voices will be played back, which one will be evaluated, and which will act as accompaniment. Finally, click "OK" to add it as the first question in your exercise.
To add another question, you can either repeat the procedure described above, or you can click on the Duplicate icon to copy the previous question and change the bar interval or the voice options.
Repeat the operation until you have the expected number of questions/excerpts for your exercise.
FAQ
Q: Can I export the score library of EarMaster?
A: Yes, your score library can be exported as an EarMaster database file, and then imported into another EarMaster installation. To do that, use the import/export buttons at the top right corner of the list of scores in the score library of EarMaster.
Q: I imported a score but it looks and/or sounds nothing like the original file. How come?
A: The MusicXML standard is huge and covers tons of features and aspects that are not useful in EarMaster. Therefore, some imports might result in scores being altered beyond recognition. We are constantly improving the MusicXML import feature, so if you experience such a problem, please send us your MusicXML file and a description of the problem so that we may try to improve that feature of EarMaster.
Q: Can I import MusicXML scores on iPad?
A: Unfortunately no. That feature is only available on PC and Mac.
Q: Can I save a custom exercise based on EarMaster's Score library?
A: Yes, but only when using the Workbook Editor, which is available to EarMaster Cloud users with teacher access level.