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Effective August 31, 2020, the University of Waterloo has obtained an Esri Institutional License, which permits any student or employee of the University of Waterloo to use Esri software for teaching, learning, and research purposes. Commercial use is not permitted. For administrative use, email rt-ist-cs-ArcGIS@rt.uwaterloo.ca.

To get started for teaching, learning, and research purposes

1. Become a member of the University of Waterloo ArcGIS Online Organization by signing in to https://uwaterloo.maps.arcgis.com using your username (maximum 8 characters e.g. jsmithso@uwaterloo.ca) @uwaterloo.ca and password 
   

   1. Review Get started with ArcGIS Online.

2. Optionally, if you have access to a computer with a Windows operating system, you can download and install desktop applications from Esri

   1. The latest desktop application from Esri is ArcGIS Pro

   2. The older desktop application is ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap)

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To use ArcGIS Pro

1. Confirm that your computer meets the system requirements for ArcGIS Pro

2. Sign in to https://uwaterloo.maps.arcgis.com

3. Go to your My settings page

4. Click the Licenses tab in the left-hand menu and scroll down for the ArcGIS Pro download option

5. Follow these steps to install (If you are not sure about any settings, accept the default option)

6. Start ArcGIS Pro and choose the option to Sign in with Your ArcGIS organization’s URL

   1. For your ArcGIS organization’s URL, type uwaterloo so that the URL is uwaterloo.maps.arcgis.com 

   2. Check the option to remember this URL and click Continue

   3. Enter your username (maximum 8 characters e.g. jsmithso@uwaterloo.ca) @uwaterloo.ca and your password to get started 

To use ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap)

1. Confirm that your computer meets the system requirements for ArcGIS Desktop

2. Sign in to https://uwaterloo.maps.arcgis.com

3. Follow these instructions to install the software

Additional training/support resources

• Sign in https://uwaterloo.maps.arcgis.com and access free, self-paced training

• Additional learning resources from Esri Canada are available at https://hed.esri.ca/resources/

• Some questions are answered in the FAQ

• Submit questions to rt-ist-cs-ArcGIS@rt.uwaterloo.ca

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