# Course setup:

## Set up your [[SPO600 Communication Tools]] - in particular, set up a blog and add it to [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/~chris.tyler/planet/ Planet CDOT] (via the [[Planet CDOT Feed List]]).

## Generate a [[SPO600_Servers#Preparatory_Steps|pair of keys]] for [[SSH]] and email the public key to your professor, so that he can set up your access to the [[SPO600 Servers|class servers]].

## Optional (strongly recommended): [[SPO600 Host Setup|Set up a personal Linux system]].