# Accessing NCShare for a Course

<span>Your App State username and password are used to access NCShare. </span>[Watch a video of the NCShare Account Claim Process](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZJUBFfbDrk).

**If you have not yet accessed the NCShare cluster before**, you must first register using this link:

[](https://ncshare-com-01.ncshare.org/registry/co_petitions/start/coef:1)[https://ncshare-com-01.ncshare.org/registry/co\_petitions/start/coef:1](https://ncshare-com-01.ncshare.org/registry/co_petitions/start/coef:1)

<span>Then you can use the </span>**container management center** using this link:

[https://cmgr.ncshare.org/](https://cmgr.ncshare.org/)

<span>Be sure to type in </span>**Appalachian State University** as the institution.

<span>Once you are logged into the </span>**Container Management hub**<span>, select </span>**Reserve a Container**<span> and choose the service you would like to use for your classroom.</span>

Additional instructions and variations on NCShare educational compute can be found here:  
[Course Computing Resources - CaaS and GaaS User Guide](https://userguide.ncshare.org/services/student/).

<span>For help with NCShare, </span>[contact Systems and Research Computing](https://res-wiki.appstate.edu/shelves/help-access).