Beginner Tutorial Part 1 - Setting Up a New Project Space

Setting up a New CommCareHQ Project

Note: If you already have a CommCareHQ account, you can sign in by clicking on the bright blue bottom on the top right and go directly to Part 2.

Navigate to www.commcarehq.org
Click on the big green “Try CommCare” button

Click “Sign Up for Free”
Fill out your name, Email address (you should have access to this email address immediately) and choose a password. We strongly recommend you join our mailing list too. We do not send a lot of messages, but the messages we do send are important- announcements about new features, fixed bugs, and any server downtime.
Find the Email that was automatically sent (you may have to look in your spam folder). The email comes from commcarehq-noreply@dimagi.com
Click on the link in the email to complete your sign up process
Choose a “project name” A project name can be anything you want- it is going to appear in all of your reports and url links in the future, and you cannot change. However, you can always create a new project later. Many people make a practice space by just using a name like "roberttest"
Click on “Create Project” to get started

What is a project space? Is that different from a CommCareHQ account?

Every project has its own site on CommCareHQ. You can have one, or more than one inter-related applications in your project. You can’t change your project name later, but you can always create a new project space. Many people create and maintain a separate project space for practice and testing. If you, as a CommCareHQ Web User create, or are invited to, multiple project spaces, after logging into CommCareHQ you will be able to choose which space you want to work in. Data are not shared among project spaces, so unless you invite someone else to your workspace, no one will be able to see your application or your data.

Great! Now we’re ready to start building! Go on to Part 2.