AWS Educate

Amazon's AWS Educate program is designed to help educators bring cloud technology into the classroom as well as give students valuable experience before they enter the workforce. The platform will also enable instructors to quickly and easily find cloud-related course content, incorporate cloud technology into their teaching curriculum, and provide students with hands-on experience with cloud technology.

By joining the program, students and faculty gain access to AWS Educate resources including:

• AWS credits: As an AWS Educate member institution, CSUN Students and Faculty get $100 and $200 in annually renewable AWS credits respectively. AWS credits can be used for AWS services including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon CloudFront, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR), Amazon Redshift, and Amazon Glacier.
• Web-based training and labs set at your own pace: Hands-on experience working with AWS technologies. In addition, faculty receive online access to AWS Essentials courses to better their understanding of cloud technology.
• Collaboration forums: Students and Faculty can attend in-person and virtual events designed to grow the AWS Educate community.
• AWS resources: All AWS Educate members have access to a wide library of learning materials including webinars on best practices, videos and customer case studies.
• Educator content: Education professionals can access and share professional development materials. AWS Educate hosts many educator-uploaded materials from universities worldwide.

Enroll in AWS Educate as a Student 

Students can apply to join AWS Educate in just a few steps:

• Step 1: Access the AWS Educate website and select the Join AWS Educate Today button.
• Step 2: Select Apply for AWS Educate for Students.
• Step 3: Enter the information requested on the AWS Educate Student Application form.
• Step 4: Verify your email address and complete a captcha to verify that you are not a robot.
• Step 5: Click-through to accept the  AWS Educate Terms and Conditions.

Note: This process may change or the web pages may be updated from time-to-time.

Step 1: Select the Join AWS Educate Today link.

Join AWS Educate Today

Step 2: Complete the AWS Application form. 

• Select a Country. 
• Enter a City. 
• Select a State. 
• Enter your First Name. 
• Enter your Last Name. 
• Select a Field of Study. 
• Enter your Email address. 
• Select a Grade Level. 
• Select a Grad Month. 
• Select a Grad Year. 
• Select the "I'm not a robot" check box. 

Step 3: Select the Next button as noted above. 

Step 4: Make sure the "Click Here to select an AWS Educate Starter Account" check box is selected. It will be orange if selected. 

Step 5: Select the Next button as noted above. 

Step 6: If submitted successfully, you will receive a "Thanks" confirmation. 

Step 7: Check your email and complete the verification process. 

If you have any questions, please contact: the IT Help Center. 

Enroll in AWS Educate as an Educator

Educators can apply to join AWS Educate in just a few steps:

• Step 1: Access the AWS Educate website and select the Join AWS Educate Today button.
• Step 2: Select Apply for AWS Educate for Educators.
• Step 3: Enter the information requested on the AWS Educate Educators Application form.
• Step 4: Verify your email address and complete a captcha to verify that you are not a robot.
• Step 5: Click-through to accept the AWS Educate Terms and Conditions.

Note: This process may change or the web pages may be updated from time-to-time.

Step 1: Access the AWS Educate web page here and then select the Join AWS Educate Today button

Join AWS Educate Today

Step 2: Select Apply for AWS Educate for Educators and select Next to apply as an Educator.

Step 3: Choose Educator for the role if it's not already selected, and then select the Next button. 

Step 4: Fill out the application form.

1. Enter “CSUN” in the Institution Name field
2. Enter your CSUN educator email address in the Email field.
3. Enter your AWS Account ID in the AWS Account ID field. If you do not have an ID, create a free account by navigating to https://aws.amazon.com/ and selecting  “Create a Free Account”. Once your account has been created, login to http://aws.amazon.com/ and navigate to “Account Settings” from the “My Account‘ dropdown list.

Step 5: An email with a verification code will be sent to the email address the educator listed. The educator will need to enter the verification code on this page, select the box to the left of ‘I’m not a robot’ and follow any additional instructions.

Step 6. Click-through to accept AWS Educate Terms and Conditions, and then select Submit. 

You will receive a welcome email from AWS Educate once your account is ready to use.

If you have any questions, please contact the IT Help Center. 

Staff

AWS Educate is not available for staff. If you are a staff member, please contact the IT Help Center.