Cartography.

MOOC

Exercise
Required for all students: Obtaining
your course credentials
Section 1 Exercise 1
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Required for all students: Obtaining your course credentials

Instructions
Use this guide to obtain the credentials required to complete this course. You must obtain
these course credentials even if you already have an ArcGIS organizational or public
account.

Time to complete
Approximately 15-30 minutes.

Introduction
You will need two different credentials (user names and passwords) to complete this course:

1. Esri credentials -- you already have these

2. Course ArcGIS credentials -- you do not have these yet

In this exercise, you will document your Esri credentials, and then you will obtain and
document your course ArcGIS credentials.
Important: You must complete this exercise to obtain the course ArcGIS credentials that
have been created for you, even if you already have an ArcGIS organizational or public
account.

Step 1: Create a credentials table

Your Esri credentials and your ArcGIS credentials are used to access different resources:

• Esri credentials give you access to the course and all of its videos, exercises, polls,
quizzes, and so on.
• ArcGIS credentials give you access to the ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro software
used to complete the course exercises.

Important: These credentials are not interchangeable. You cannot use your Esri
credentials to access the software, and you cannot use your ArcGIS credentials to access
the course.

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a Create a table like the one below to document your credentials for future reference.

My Cartography. credentials

Credential Access User Password Temporary

name password
Esri Course: www.esri.com/training/ (1) (2) N/A
my-schedule
ArcGIS Software: (3) (4) 1969*EsriMOOC
*ArcGIS Online (www.arcgis.com)
*ArcGIS Pro

You may create your table in many ways. For example, you may print out this page, make a
table in a word-processing program such as Microsoft Word, or draw a table on a piece of
paper.
What is most important is that by the end of this exercise, you have a completed table. You
will need refer to the completed table throughout the course.
Note: If you create your own table, do not forget to include the URL that goes with each
credential.

Step 2: Fill in your Esri credentials

a In the table, in the cell labeled (1), enter your Esri user name. This is the user name you
used to sign in to this course.

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b In the cell labeled (2), enter the password that goes with your Esri user name. Remember
that you created your Esri user name and password. This is the password you used with
your Esri user name to sign in to this course.

My Cartography. credentials

Credential Access User name Password Temporary

password
Esri Course: Ex: Ex: N/A
www.esri.com/ jSmith@gmail.com MyEsriPassword
training/my-
schedule
ArcGIS Software: (3) (4) 1969*EsriMOOC
*ArcGIS Online
(www.arcgis.com)
*ArcGIS Pro

Step 3: Obtain your course ArcGIS credentials

When you registered for this course, the MOOC team created ArcGIS credentials for you.
These credentials will allow you to access the software—ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro—used
throughout the course. Now you will obtain your course ArcGIS credentials and write them in
your credentials table.
Important: You must obtain these course ArcGIS credentials even if you already have an
ArcGIS organizational or public account.

a Open another browser window in private or incognito mode.

This article (https://bit.ly/2qTQdQL) explains how to open a private or incognito browser
window.
To learn why you are being asked to use a private or incognito browser window, see this
Common Question (https://bit.ly/2WIGUAa).

b In the private/incognito browser window, browse to www.arcgis.com.

c Click Sign In.

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Since you do not know your course ArcGIS user name, you will use the Forgot Username link
to have it emailed to you.

d Click Forgot Username.

Note: Be sure to click Forgot Username, and not Forgot Password.

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e Type the email address that you used to create your Esri user name and click Continue.
Note: If you are unsure what email address to enter, refer to this Common Question (https://
bit.ly/2Uj457E).

f Click Return To Sign In.

g In your email inbox, look for a message from ArcGIS Notifications.

If you do not receive this message within five minutes, refer to this Common
Question (https://bit.ly/2OSfwx0).

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h In the email message, find the organizational account that has "_cart" included in the user
name.
This is your course ArcGIS user name.

Note: You may notice that the email includes the text "Esri Access: disabled." Don't worry! It
is supposed to say this.

If you receive an email from ArcGIS Notifications but it does not contain
your "_cart" user name, refer to this Common Question (https://
bit.ly/2uN9vIz).

i In your credentials table, in the cell labeled (3), enter your course ArcGIS user name.

j Return to the ArcGIS Online tab in the private or incognito browser window.

k Type your course ArcGIS user name and the temporary password, 1969*EsriMOOC.

l Click Sign In.

Hint: If it fails at first, please try a few times; it can be challenging to type correctly when you
do not see the characters in the password.
Note: If you do not see the fields to sign in, open www.arcgis.com in a new private or
incognito browser window and click Sign In.

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m Follow the instructions on the screen to change your password and set your security
question.

n In your credentials table, in the cell labeled (4), enter your new, permanent course ArcGIS
password.
You are done using ArcGIS Online for now. It is good practice to close the private or incognito
window after you complete an exercise or when you take a break.

o In ArcGIS Online, in the upper-right corner, click your name and select Sign Out.

p Close the browser window.

Step 4: Manage your credentials table

a Verify that you have completely filled out your credentials table, similar to the example
table below.

My Cartography. credentials

Credential Access User name Password Temporary

password
Esri Course: Ex: Ex: N/A
www.esri.com/ jSmith@gmail.com MyEsriPassword
training/my-
schedule
ArcGIS Software: Ex: Ex: 1969*EsriMOOC
*ArcGIS Online student_cart MyArcgisPassword
(www.arcgis.com)
*ArcGIS Pro

Make sure to save your table in a safe and convenient place. We also suggest you take a
photo of it with your phone. Having a photo will allow you to look up your credentials if you
cannot access the actual table.
When signing in to either the course or ArcGIS Online, always refer to your table to ensure
that you use the correct credentials. If you are not seeing the webpage you expect when you
sign in (or are automatically signed in), please sign out, navigate to the correct target URL and
sign in again being careful to use the correct credentials.

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Hint: Here is an easy way to remember when to use which credentials:

• Whenever you type a URL with "esri" in it, use your Esri credentials.
• Whenever you type a URL with "ArcGIS" in it, use your ArcGIS credentials.
• Whenever you open ArcGIS Pro, use your ArcGIS credentials. You will learn more
about accessing ArcGIS Pro in the next exercise.

Conclusion
Congratulations! You've now obtained and documented the required credentials for this
course. You will refer to your completed credentials table throughout the course.

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