Wctd Account Guide
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We-Connect-The-Dots International Back-To-School Code-a-Thon
Record your important information here. You should keep this paper in a safe place and only use when
needed.
You should keep this for the weekend and for your continued education after the weekend. All of these
tools and products are free, so you can keep building web sites after the code-a-thon is over.
IMPORTANT: By participating in the Code-a-Thon, you agree you will only use your accounts and will not
interfere with any other participant’s accounts, even if they leave this information out in the open
where it could be seen or copied. Do not do harm to any fellow participant’s work or steal their
credentials.
Email Account:
You need an email account for the weekend to sign up for these products. You should use an email
account important to you. Make sure the email address is professional. This identity is the beginning of
your professional resume as a developer. Software managers DO look for your work on sites like
CodePen and GitHub. They know the best developers are using these tools and others like them.
Your email account:
CodePen (www.codepen.io):
Username:
Password:
Github (www.github.com)
Username:
Password:
Yammer (www.yammer.com/creatingsteam) NOTE! Special link for the Code-a-Thon!
Username: (Your email address is used to log in to the Yammer community)
Password:
Signing up for CodePen
1. Go to the website: codepen.io
2. Click the Sign Up button in the upper
right corner
3. Go to the bottom of the page to sign
up for a Free Plan
4. Enter your name, a username, and a
password along with your email
address.
5. You will be logged into your new account immediately, but some features may not be available until
you confirm your email address.
6. You will receive emails from CodePen
welcoming you and asking you to
verify your email. There is a button in
the email to click that will confirm you
signed up for this account.
Signing up for Yammer
1. For the Yammer Community, you
must have received an invitation
email. If you did not receive it, ask for
help to get an invite sent to your
email address right away.
2. Click on Accept Invitation.
I’m already a Yammer user!
If you have used Yammer before AND are logged in, this will add you to the group and you’re done.
If you have used Yammer before AND are NOT logged in, you will be asked to login with your
Yammer password. This will add you to the group and you’re done.
I’ve never used Yammer!
3. If you haven’t used Yammer before, you
will sign up now.
4. Enter your first and last name and
choose a password (you can leave Job
Title blank).
5. Make sure you check the box saying you
agree to the policy for using Yammer.
6. Make sure you select the 2017 We-
Connect-The-Dots Code-A-Thon as a
relevant group so you can join the
community!
This community will serve you during the
Code-a-Thon weekend AND BEYOND. You
can always find help and meet others
interested in coding here!
Signing up for GitHub
1. Go to the website: github.com
2. The sign up form is right on the
front page. Pick a username, enter
your email address, and create a
password.
For best results, use only letters for
your user name.
3. Choose the free plan so you can
get started right away. Click the
Continue button.
4. The next page is an optional
survey regarding how you will use
GitHub.
This is optional.
You may go directly to the bottom
and click “Skip This Step”.
5. You will receive an email from GitHub asking you to verify your account. You will need to complete
verification before you can use GitHub’s features.
