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IBM Academic Initiative for Cloud: Process to get started

Use this step-by-step guide with faculty to outline the process to nominate courses for the IBM Academic Initiative for Cloud.

Note to speaker: Please access the Academic Initiative community for the latest file. If you have any input, contact Jean Barlage.

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Get started with the IBM Academic Initiative for Cloud

STEP 1: Join the Academic Initiative You will be prompted to create an IBM ID.

STEP 2: Sign up for the Bluemix trialAlready have a trial account? Proceed to step 3.

STEP 3: Nominate your course. Click on 'Sign in to Academic Initiative' button in Faculty section; Sign in with your IBM ID created in Step 1.

STEP 4 : Enter promo code by signing into your Bluemix trial account ID used in Step 2.

STEP 5 : Explore the courseware assets and faculty guides provided on the Platform as a Service teaching topic page on our website.

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Step 1: Join and/or review the IBM Academic Initiativewww.ibm.com/academicinitiative (see membership section)

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Step 2: Register for the Bluemix Trial ibm.biz/bluemixaicloudoffer

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Step 3: Nominate your courseDirect link for Academic Initiative for Cloud: https://ibm.biz/aiforcloud Direct link to the nomination form: https://ibm.biz/aiforcloudform  

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Step 4: Enter promo code by logging into your Bluemix trial account IDibm.com/bluemix

1. Log in: top right

2. Sign in: Sign in with your IBM ID created in Step 1.

3. Access account information: Click on icon on the right

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Step 4: Continued - Enter your promo codeEach faculty and student will receive a unique promo code.

Once you enter your promotional code, your dashboard reflect your benefit levels.

Dashboard

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Step 5: Explore resources and courseware optionshttp://www-304.ibm.com/ibm/university/academic/pub/page/cloud_paas

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Questions?

Two simple ways to get your questions answered

1.Call into our dedicated bi-weekly virtual office hours

Summer schedule (every other week) – starting on Thursday, June 25th

Tuesday at 9 AM eastern

Thursday at 1 PM eastern

Call details here

Each week, there will be a Cloud subject matter expert to answer questions and potentially show a demo or talk to a cloud-related theme.

Schedule will be published on the Academic Initiative website.

2.Want to send questions in advance? Email: aifeedback@us.ibm.com (24/7) and a member of the Academic

Initiative team will respond.

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Backup

– Additional Bluemix webinars

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Learn more about Bluemixhttp://webinars.mybluemix.net