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How to Install and Activate Autodesk Maya

Autodesk Sign Up

 

To sign up, follow this link to Autodesk’s education homepage. Click "See all Products"

 

 

The Autodesk education homepage, with a red bounding box around the "see all products" button

 

 

On the list of applications, scroll down until you find Maya. Click "Select".

 

 

The Autodesk educational products page. There is a red bounding box around the select button under the software Maya.

 

 

When asked which Subscription Plan you would like to access, choose "Student".

 

 

An image showing the choice of three license types on the Autodesk website, a Student, Educator, or Student IT Administrator.

 


A pop-up will appear asking you to confirm your educational information, select "Continue".

 

 

A pop-up warning on the Autodesk website with the text "Continuing requires verification that you are a Student at a qualified educational institution". There are two buttons at the bottom, a "cancel" button and a "Continue" button. There is a red bounding box around "continue".

 

 

You’ll then be asked to set up your Education profile, enter your Short Form MCAD email address.

 

 

The Autodesk Education Verification form. The first step that is requesting your email is open.

 

 

It will then as for your name, enter your Prefered First and Last Name. For your Education Role, choose Student. Then enter your birthday.

 

 

The Autodesk Education Verification form continued. Step one is open requesting your name, role, and birthday.

 

 

Then fill out the information for MCAD using "Minneapolis College of Art and Design" in the Name of Educational Institution box.

 

 

The Autodesk Education Verification form continued. Step two is open, and is requesting information about your educational institution.

 

 

Finally, it will verify your access. When it has, the "Submit" button under Maya will turn black. Click it to submit your access form.

 

 

The Autodesk Education Verification form continued. All steps have been completed. There is a red bounding box around the "submit" button.

 

 

You will then get an email requesting you confirm you account. When you get that email select "Complete Account Setup"

 

 

An email from Autodesk requesting account finalizing. There is a red bounding box around "Complete account setup"

 

 

You will then be asked to create a password. Once you do that, you'll land on your account page.

 

To Access your software, click on the profile icon in the top right corner of the Autodesk Website and select "Products and Services".

 

 

An image of the Autodesk website with the profile tab open showing the Products and Services option.

 


Scroll down to Maya and select View Options

 

 

An Image showing the view details option at the bottom of the Maya download tab.

 

 

Choose your operating system at the top and as well as which verison you'll need.

 

 

An image of the Maya Downloads page on the Autodesk website.

 

Then if you need a different verison than the one Autodesk defaults to, under Updates, choose which verison of the software you'd like and download that installer.

 

An image showing the updates options on the Maya download page.

 

Follow the on-screen prompts to install Maya on to your computer. Once Maya is installed, open in via your Applications Folder.

 

Once you open up Maya, a window will open in your default browser. If you're not signed into your Autodesk account, it will ask you to sign in.

 

From there Maya should open as normal!

 

Autodesk Still Not Allowing Access?

 

If Autodesk says you don't have a license after you sign in, you may need to assign yourself Maya in your Autodesk account.

 

Sign into your account on the Autodesk website. Click the profile icon in the top right corner then go down to Products and services.

 

 

Go down to User Management > By User, then click your name.

 

 

Then click Assign.

 

 

Then try to reopen Maya. Your Autodesk account should now have full access to Maya!

 

To get continued access to Autodesk products all students are required to renew licenses every year. Autodesk will send you an email when it's time to renew your access.

 

If you run into any problems with sign up, reach out to the Animation Lab Technician Charis Clark (cclark239@mcad.edu) for assistance. Maya can always be opened on Animation Studio and other Computer Lab computers without a student license.