# 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 ![steps](https://i.imgur.com/b6L3Y0H.png) * 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: ![yay done](https://i.imgur.com/yqUA5Ld.png)