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If you are a participant in the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge, then this is a quick checklist to get you started. Please complete all of the following before our first seminar on Wednesday 9 December 2009.

'''Checklist'''
* Create an account for this wiki
* Make sure you and your collaborators are registered to the [http://groups.google.com/group/jetpackforlearning jetpackforlearning google group]
* Create a profile page for your project (including where you are based), and link to it from [[Education/Projects/JetpackForLearning/Profiles|this page]]. If you already have a project workspace on another server, no need to copy the content over, just link to it. The idea is that this is a place where you keep others informed about your prototype as you are building it. 
* We are using Adobe Connect Pro for the live seminars. Please have a look at the [http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro/systemreqs/ system requirements] and make sure you have access to a computer that meets them.
* Get an IRC client and connect to the Mozilla #education channel and #jetpack channel. Here are some [[Education/Collaboration/IRC|instructions]].
* Watch the [http://vimeo.com/4752576 Jetpack Tutorial] (by Aza Raskin)
* Install Jetpack from https://jetpack.mozillalabs.com/ (bottom of page). After restart, about:jetpack appears and you can prototype and test jetpacks right away from the Develop link. Other than that, we are flexible, i.e. you can use whatever code editor you want.
* Join the [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla-labs-jetpack Jetpack devel group] - this is the place where you can share technical questions and answers with other Jetpack developers: http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla-labs-jetpack
* As a place to store your code, we recommend [https://github.com/ Github] for source control, but you can self-host or use any revision control system/site that you like.
* Get an account for the [http://jetpackgallery.mozillalabs.com/ Jetpack Gallery]

If you have any difficulties with any of this please drop us a message into the google group.