AWS Educate is a free training platform for individuals to gain knowledge about cloud services in an effort to obtain an IT position or AWS certification. Course materials are available in 14 languages. It no longer supports classroom instruction with AWS credits, but now provides free lab exercises for individuals. To access the instructional materials, go to AWS Educate. Select a language from the pull down menu. Use the Register Now link on the sign-in page to register for AWS Educate.

AWS Skill Builder is a free training platform that allows you to use AWS resources. There are also paid subscription levels of participation that unlocks more courses.

AWS re/Start is a cohort-based workforce development training program. This program is free for the learner. Various organizations are available for group instruction in select states across the country.

AWS Academy is a free training platform for classroom instruction. AWS Academy requires an instructor to organize and present the course materials. The instructor must be added to AWS Academy by the Cloud Team to gain access to the course materials. To be added to AWS Academy, send an email to aws-support@illinois.edu with the following information:

• Your name
• Title
• Department
• Address
• Phone
• Language preference
• LinkedIn Biography URL

The Cloud Team will nominate you as an AWS Academy instructor using the following instructions:

• Sign in to the AWS Academy portal: https://www.awsacademy.com/
• Select the orange Nominate an Educator button
• On the New tab, enter the faculty information
• Choose AWS Academy Foundation Level as the curriculum

After being added as an Educator, you can access AWS Academy:

• Sign in to the AWS Academy portal: https://www.awsacademy.com/
• Select LMS from the navigation and complete the brief Educator Orientation course. Complete the Managing Classes Course to help gain foundational knowledge of implementing the cloud curriculum.
• Your LMS dashboard will populate with several courses.
• As part of the available courses, focus on AWS Academy Cloud Foundations. This is your professional learning course. Use this course to learn more about cloud computing, experience hands-on labs, and prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam (if desired).
• To create a course for students to enroll in, click the Account icon and choose Create a Course. From here you can enter the information regarding your course and invite students via their email

Questions? Send an email to aws-support@illinois.edu.