Send your email address now to your instructor, and get signed up for free Microsoft software.

How? Because of your enrollment in this Computer Studies class, you can get free Microsoft software through SRJC's membership in the Microsoft Developers Network Academic Alliance (MSDNAA), through the end of this semester.

The products include Microsoft operating systems, (Windows 7 Professional, Vista, XP, etc.) server platforms, studios, developer tools and a few applications. You can get Visio, Project and Access (each of these retailing for hundreds of dollars). You download the software as an ISO image, or you can get some products on CD or DVD for minimal purchase.

You don't get Microsoft Office, but as a student, you can buy Office Professional Academic Edition inexpensively.

So, if you'd like to get an account to get the free Microsoft software, please email your instructor right away and provide an email address you don't mind registering as your MSDNAA user name. Your instructor will compile a list of student requests and send it on later.

Then, ELMS, the administrator group of the program for Microsoft, will send a message to you with your username and password; look for this, especially as many filters will label this email as SPAM, and follow the instructions. DO NOT LOSE THIS EMAIL! You agree to various conditions in the EULA and then can download the programs.

Although Michael McKeever is listed as the Program Administrator on the SRJC MSDNAA page, he will not respond to requests for help about using or installing the software or about downloading issues; it isn't his job to answer questions about these topics.

Expires end of semester:  Your MSDNAA enrollment expires at the end of this semester.  If you want MSDNAA access after the semester is over, you'll have to enroll in another qualified course whose instructor offers MSDNAA.