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title: Get started with Hawkeye
description: Create your educator account, confirm your email address and sign in for the first time.
sidebar:
  order: 1
features: [accounts]
---

Hawkeye records students while they take an online exam. You create the exam, invite the students and review each attempt. First, you need an educator account.

> **Do you use Canvas?**
>
> If your school added Hawkeye to Canvas, you do not need a separate account. Open Hawkeye from your Canvas course. Read [Use Hawkeye with Canvas](/docs/educators/canvas).

## Create your account

1. **Open the sign-up form**

    Go to Hawkeye and select **Sign Up**. The **Create Your Account** form opens.

2. **Choose I'm Teaching**

    At the top of the form, select **I'm Teaching**. **I'm Taking Exams** is selected until you change it.

3. **Enter your details**

    Type your first name, last name, email address and a password. Both names are required. Then select **Create Account**.

4. **Confirm your email address**

    Hawkeye sends you an email with a confirmation link. Open the link and select **Confirm and Sign In**.

![The Create Your Account form with the I'm Taking Exams and I'm Teaching choices, first name, last name, email and password inputs, and the Create Account button](/docs/blume-assets/content/docs/educators/images/e01-signup.png)

> **You choose the role only once**
>
> Hawkeye sets your role when you sign up. If you leave **I'm Taking Exams** selected, the account is a student account. You cannot change it later. Sign up again with a different email address.

If you open the confirmation link in a different browser, Hawkeye asks for your password first. This step makes sure that the account is yours.

## Your exams list

After you sign in, Hawkeye shows your **Exams** list. At first, the list is empty. Select **New Exam** to create your first exam.

The rail on the left filters the list: **All**, **Open Now**, **Upcoming** and **Closed**. Each filter shows how many exams it has. The table shows the status of each exam, its number of sessions and how many sessions wait for your review in **To Review**.

![The empty Exams list with the All, Open Now, Upcoming and Closed filters at 0, the message "No Exams Yet" and two New Exam buttons](/docs/blume-assets/content/docs/educators/images/e05-exams-empty.png)

## Sign in again later

1. Go to Hawkeye and select **Sign In**.
2. Type your email address and password.
3. If you forget your password, select **Forgot Password?** on the sign-in page.

## Change your name

To correct your name:

1. Select your name at the top of the page. Then select **Account**.
2. Next to your name, select **Change**.
3. Type the correct first name and last name.
4. Select **Save**.

## Next steps

- [Create an exam](/docs/educators/create-an-exam)
- [Ask a launch questionnaire](/docs/educators/student-details)
- [Invite students](/docs/educators/invite-students)
- [Review an attempt](/docs/educators/review-attempts)