- 1.1.3: Present ideas in a clear, logical order appropriate to the task.
- 1.4.1: Produce grammatically correct material in standard academic English that supports communication.
- 2.3.1: State conclusions or solutions clearly and precisely.
- 11.1.3: Install the software.
- 11.2.1: Configure technology according to stakeholder specifications and requirements.
- 11.3.1: Add and update systems as required.
- 13.2.1: Evaluate vendor recommendations in the context of organization requirements.
1 Version 2 Activating your AWS Educate Classroom Overview This document explains how to activate an AWS Educate classroom associated with your UMGC classroom. Registration versus Activation Activating a classroom is a separate task from registration. You only need to register once for all of the possible courses at UMGC that use AWS educate resources. However; you need to activate each AWS Educate classroom to be able to use it. Steps to Activating an AWS Educate Classroom 1. Receive the classroom email invitation from AWS Educate AWS Educate will send an email to your UMGC email account indicating you have an AWS Educate classroom available to activate. You will receive an email notification similar to the following but the text will be slightly different based on the specific class. ************ Sample AWS Educate Classroom Activation Email ****************** Hi, Your educator has invited you to join AWS Educate and access a "Classroom" for CMSC 307 Pilot. A "Classroom" is a hands-on learning environment for you to access AWS services and practice AWS. There are no costs or fees to access a Classroom. Classrooms are managed by a third-party content and service provider, Vocareum ("Third-Party Content Provider"), and use of the Classroom feature is governed by the Third-Party Content Provider’s terms and conditions (including its Privacy Policy) in addition to the AWS Educate Terms & Conditions. If you accept the Classroom invitation, the Third-Party Content Provider may allow your educator to view your Classroom account and activity, including the AWS console in your Classroom account, the number of EC2 instances running and any Content running in the services, and your access activity. Click to sign in to AWS Educate to Accept or Decline the invitation under the “My Classrooms” menu option. AWS Educate ***************************************************************************** 2. Sign in to your AWS Educate account 2 Version 2 Click on the sign in link available in the invitation email from AWS Educate. You can also just directly navigate to the following URL and to sign-in: https://www.awseducate.com/signin/SiteLogin As shown in figure 1, if you have previously registered at AWS Educate with a UMGC student email account, enter your credentials and sign-in. Figure 1 Already Registered? Sign-in with your Credentials 3. Navigate to the My Classrooms menu After successfully signing in to the AWS Educate you will see the main page. As shown in figure 2, the menu links near the top of the page include a listing for “My Classrooms”. Click on the My Classrooms to view the available AWS Educate classrooms. Figure 2. Select the My Classrooms menu link After selecting the My Classrooms menu link, you will be presented a list of your classes. Figure 3 shows a sample CMSC 307 Pilot classroom along with description, educator, course end date, credit allocation and status. Each of these fields may be slightly different depending upon the AWS Educate classroom https://www.awseducate.com/signin/SiteLogin 3 Version 2 you have been assigned. Note the Educator field is the person who requested the AWS Educate classroom on your behalf. In most cases, this will not be your UMGC classroom instructor. The status currently shows a green button labeled with “Accept Invitation”. This is the button that needs to be selected to accept the AWS Educate classroom. Figure 3. AWS Educate Classroom Acceptance 4. Click Accept Invitation Click on the Accept Invitation button shown in figure 3 to continue. After clicking this button you will be presented with some third party information as shown in figure 4. Click Continue to complete the process. Figure 4. Read the Third Party Information 4 Version 2 5. Classroom Status has changed to Accepted Once the Continue button was clicked, the classroom status will change to Accepted as shown in figure 5. Figure 5. Classroom has been Accepted 6. Go to the classroom Now that your classroom is accepted you can click on the Go to classroom link to enter the classroom. There will be some additional terms that you need to accept before entering the classroom, but once accepted you will be able to use the project and lab instructions, provided in your UMGC classroom to complete your specific assignments. An additional document is available describing the details associated with entering your classroom. 1 Version 2 Entering your AWS Classroom through your AWS Educate Account Overview This document explains how to enter an AWS Educate classroom associated with your UMGC classroom. You should have already accepted your AWS Educate Classroom prior to attempting to enter it. Directions on activating your AWS Educate are found in another document. Steps to Entering an AWS Educate Classroom 1. Sign in to your AWS Educate account. You can directly navigate to the following URL to sign-in to you AWS Educate account. https://www.awseducate.com/signin/SiteLogin As shown in figure 1, if you have previously registered at AWS Educate with a UMGC student email account, enter your credentials and sign-in. Figure 1 Already Registered? Sign-in with your Credentials 2. Navigate to the My Classrooms menu After successfully signing in to the AWS Educate you will see the main page. As shown in figure 2, the menu links near the top of the page include a listing for “My Classrooms”. Click on the My Classrooms to view the available AWS Educate classrooms. https://www.awseducate.com/signin/SiteLogin 2 Version 2 Figure 2. Select the My Classrooms menu link 3. Select “Go to classroom” After selecting the My Classrooms menu link, you will be presented a list of your classes. If needed, scroll down to the available classrooms and select the “Go to classroom” link representing the AWS Educate classroom you want to enter. (See figure 3.) Figure 3. Select “Go to classroom” 4. Accept the Terms There will most likely be terms to accept each time you enter the classroom similar to those displayed in in figure 4. You will need to press continue and, if presented, accept the terms to continue. 3 Version 2 Figure 5. Accept continue and Agree to terms to continue 5. View the Vocareum main screen After the terms have been accepted, you will be presented the main screen for the third party vendor (Vocareum) who hosts the interface and access to the AWS Educate classroom. (See figure 6.) On this screen there are several FAQs, an account status, remaining credits and remaining time. In most cases your account status will display as Active. The remaining credits is very useful for showing how many credits remain for what was initially allocated. UMGC requests sufficient credits to complete the course but this is still worth monitoring to make sure you will have ample credits to complete the course. The session time provides a 3-hour session window. If you are logged on more than the 3 hours you should probably log out and log back in. 4 Version 2 You should review the FAQs and other information on the page. 6. Enter the AWS Console To enter the AWS console, which is where your class labs and projects will be completed, click the AWS console button. A screen, similar to the one shown in figure 7, will be presented. The AWS management console is used to navigate through the various products and services available for you to use during this course. Figure 7. AWS Management Console 7. Finding a Service The specific services you have access to will vary depending upon which UMGC course you are enrolled. In general, to navigate to a service, you type the name of the service in the “Find Services” field. For example, typing Rekognition in this field, will find the Amazon Rekognition service. (See figure 8.) You can also use the Services menu at the top of the screen to display services. 5 Version 2 Figure 8. Searching for AWS services Congratulations. You have successfully entered the AWS console and can use the “Find Services” field to find AWS services. A separate, yet equally important document, is available describing how to exit from the AWS console and the AWS Educate system. 1 Version 2 Exiting your AWS Classroom through your AWS Educate Account Overview This document explains how to exit (sign out) of an AWS Educate classroom associated with your UMGC classroom. Properly signing out will ensure you can easily sign in for future sessions. When you signed in to your AWS Educate account, you opened a specific AWS Educate classroom and then opened the AWS Console. Exiting not only includes signing out from the AWS Console, but also signing out from the AWS Educate site and closing any remaining tabs open in your computer browser associated with the process. To sign out, we will exit, in reverse order, what was opened. Specifically, we will exit the AWS Console, then close the Vocareum tab, and finally sign out from the AWS Educate site. Steps to Exit an AWS Educate Classroom 1. Exit the AWS Console. It is important to exit the AWS console after you have completed your session. You exit the AWS console by selecting the down arrow found on the upper right side of the AWS console next to the vocstartsoft/userXXXXX as shown in figure 1. Your information will be different from what is displayed in figure 1 but it will be similar in format. Figure 1. Select the down arrow to exit the AWS Console When you select the down arrow, several informational items will be presented. However; the critical item you want to select is “Sign Out” as shown in figure 2. Figure 2. Select Sign Out to sign out of the AWS Management Console A response, similar to what is shown in figure 3, will result from a successful sign out from the AWS console. 2 Version 2 Figure 3. Successful Sign Out 2. Close the Vocareum Tab in your Browser The Vocareum tab will remain open after you sign out from the AWS console. You can