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# Accept a course invitation

<mark style="color:$primary;">**Outcome**</mark>\
You join a course on Nuvolos by accepting the invitation sent by your instructor.

<mark style="color:$primary;">**Before you start**</mark>

* You have received an invitation email from your instructor.
* You know which identity provider you want to use to sign in (institutional SSO, Google, or Nuvolos).

The procedure for accepting any Nuvolos invitation is the same regardless of the role you are being granted. See the canonical procedure: [How-to › Common Workflows › Accepting an invitation](/how-to-guides/common-workflows/accepting-an-invitation.md).

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**First-time users**

For first-time users, the signing up process might take up to a minute to conclude.
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**Choose the right login option**

When accepting the invitation, we encourage you to proceed with the recommended option. For students affiliated with a Swiss higher education institution, this is SWITCH.

If you choose to sign up with email and password authentication, the SWITCH option will not be available for you anymore.
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