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Procedures: Expression Web FREE

Procedure One:
Create a Dreamspark Account

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1. Procedure One

2. Procedure Two

3. Procedure Three

4. Procedure Four

5. Procedure Five
PRINT these directions.

  1. Sign in to your City College Email account at
    http://mail.google.com/a/mail.ccsf.edu.  The Dreamspark system verifys student status by your CCSF email account. You will receive messages from Dreamspark before you can download the Expression Web.
    Note: When you first applied to the college, you received instructions on how to use CCSF College Email. The instructions were sent to the email address that you supplied on the application form. 

  2. Please write down your CCSF email address (YourUserID@mail.ccsf.edu), which you will need later. Be sure you know how to: * read messages…and….*copy text that's in a message (you'll need this later)

  3. Log out of your CCSF email account.

  4. You need something called a WINDOWS LIVE ACCOUNT in order to get Dreamspark access.  If you already have one (most hotmail users do), make sure you can sign in successfully at http://home.live.com/
    If you don't have one, click the button “SIGN UP” and create one. Make sure that you write down your user name and password. (You'll need it later.)  

  5. Open Internet Explorer and navigate to http://www.dreamspark.com

  6. Click the button for Expression Studio 4.
    Button for Expression Web 4

  7. On the next screen, click the button SIGN IN. You will be directed to the Windows Live login site.
    button to Sign In

  8. Sign in to Windows Live. (You will see the Expression Studio 4 screen.)

  9. Click the button VERIFY.

  10. Click the continent North America.
    pic of North American continent

  11. Fill out the boxes for country, state, and city.
    boxes for city, county, state

  12. In the box for scool/organization, select City College of San Francisco.
    select CCSF

  13. Fill out your CORRECT name, address, date of birth, and your CCSF email address (YourUserID@mail.ccsf.edu). You MUST enter  your CCSF email address.
    form to fill out personal information

  14. Click the button VERIFY.
    the button VERIFY

  15. If all goes well, you will receive a screen with the following message: “An activation email has been mailed to you. Please follow the instructions in the email to get your DreamSpark account activated.”

  16. At the top of the screen, click the button SIGN OUT to log out.

  17. Sign in to your City College Email account at
    http://mail.google.com/a/mail.ccsf.edu

  18. Look for a message from noreply@dreamspark.com and open it. In the message, you will find an “access key” consisting of a bunch of letters and numbers. Drag over it to select it, then use the keys CTRL C to copy it. Now print out the message so you will have a copy. .

  19. Sign out of CCSF email.

  20. Navigate to https://www.dreamspark.com/Activate
    (Note the "s" after "http")

  21. Sign in with your Windows Live ID.

  22. On the verification screen, click in the box Access Code and paste (CTRL V). If pasting doesn't work, carefully type it in from your email printout.

  23. Click CONTINUE or VERIFY or whatever.

  24. If all goes well, you will see a “Congratulations” message. This means that you have Dreamspark account. You now have 12 months access and download software by signing it at Dreamspark.com. If you need to take a break, this is a good time to do it. You can download the software on another day.
    Congratulations

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Last updated on July 15, 2010.