# github/heroku instructions
* activate github students from the link emailed to you. You may have to sign into your github from the link.
* sign up for a heroku account student account [here](https://www.heroku.com/github-students/)
> remember to save your heroku username and password credentials, these are important as we will use this account to deploy our projects from here on out in the class
## You must complete these three steps

* connect heroku to your github classroom, it will ask you to authorize the heroku github app
* add a credit card to your heroku account, and verify the payment method. This must be a valid credit card.
* apply to the heroku for students offer
> When finished, you screen will look like this:
