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HOW TO GET GITHUB STUDENT DEVELOPER PACK

When you are a college student you need professional-grade software this software are help in your semester projects as well as learning new skills which are the important thing in college students for better placements professional-grade software is costly usually it's become a difficult task to purchase them and software are necessary for students

GitHub will give you some crazy benefits which any engineering student must know. GitHub Education is a platform which provides you free access to various developer tools as well as a designer, analyst, etc.

What was eligibility for the GitHub student developer pack?

  • You are at least 13 years old
  • Having a GitHub user account
  • Currently enrolled in any degree or diploma course
  • Verified college mail id

There are some steps to follow to get the GitHub Student Developer pack:-
Step1:- Firstly, go to this link given below:
(https://education.github.com/pack)
Step2:- Now, Click on "Sign up for Student Developer Pack" which is highlighted in a blue rectangle in the given below image.

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Step3:- Under the student's category click "Get students benefits”

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Step4:- Add your College/School email address given below:

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Step5:-Enter your College/School name given below

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Step6:- Specify how you use this GitHub plan then click “Continue”

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Step7:- Here, you have to click the pictures of your id card in this your focus on the current year details then they will approve your picture

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Step8:- 1.Click,"Allow" to take a Picture.
2. Then, click on "Process my application"
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Step9:- And that's how the following step-by-step instructions you have successfully created, "Student developer pack" Account! Also, you receive mail from GitHub too...!!

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When will you find out if you've received the GitHub student developer pack?
It might take up to two months to approve an application for the GitHub Student Developer Pack, but it can also take up to two days.
When you become a part, when you get accepted, the first thing you will notice is that your profile gets this "pro" tag.

The advantages of the GitHub student developer pack:-

1.Using your college Gmail ID, you will get a lot of benefits on your domain name or search engine too.
2.You can get benefits on your laptops as well as technical products.
3.Also, you can get benefits from different apps for music.
4.You can also use “CANVA” for free
For premium pro you have to follow some instructions which are given below:-
Step1:- Click on given link you can see various types of technical software which are paid but you can get free access while using developer pack and your college email id

Step2 :- Here, l am telling you about Canva premium pro how you can access freely , so basically click that blue link in that red box which shown in below

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Step3:- Then you will go on this interfere then click on “Sign-up with GitHub”

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Now, you can access Canva pro

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Thank you!

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