Creating a Scratch Account (https:/www.scratch.mit.edu)

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Creating a Scratch Account

by The Articles 101 Team

Topic: Guide/How To

 Hello, and today we will be showing you how to get onto the coding and viewing platform, Scratch. (https://www.scratch.mit.edu) Scratch is a coding platform that lets you code and create projects, games, and studios. You can follow people, view other projects, like and favorite, remix things, and much more. So let's follow the steps on creating an account:

If you don't want to create an account, an you are searching for a project/username, then you should see a "search" bar at the top.

Step 1: Go to https:/www.scratch.mit.edu and a screen should pop up saying "Create stories, games, and animations." On the top bar of your screen, you should see SCRATCH, Create, Explore, Ideas, About, A Search Bar, Join Scratch, and Sign In. If you already have an account, just enter your username and password and hit "login." If you are still reading, that means you don't have an account on Scratch yet, but you want to create one. Click "Join Scratch" and you should see somewhere it says "Create projects, share ideas, make friends. It's free!" It should say "Create a username." Pick whatever you desire and then click the password bar. Type in your password and click "Show Password." In the box below, it should say "Type password again" and you obviously type your password again. Keep in mind that your username can't have a space, and that you write down your strong, secure, safe, Scratch Account password. 

Step 2: You should see a screen saying "Choose a country." Click on it and a list of countries should appear in alphabetical order. Select your country and continue.

Step 3: You should now see a "when were you born survey" that you can fill out. You may choose to put a random date in too, but Scratch will keep the information private.

Step 4: Fill in the next survey about your gender.

Step 5: Fill in an email address (example: random@random.com) and click Create Your Account! You now have your account! Congrats! 

Now you should see a main page with featured projects, some other things, and at the top right your username and profile photo. 

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