Otter for Education Basics

Activate Your Otter Account & Download the App

You'll receive an email from Otter.ai inviting you to join our Team. You'll be asked to set up a password and invited to download the app to your smartphone or tablet. Look in your student email account: Otter subscriptions are linked to my.smccd.edu email addresses.

Once you set up your password, you can start using the app or the online interface right away.

You can get the app for free from the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Otter Activation Step by Step

Look in your student email account for the invitation: Otter subscriptions are linked to my.smccd.edu email addresses.
Tip: It is easiest to set up Otter from a computer (though you could use your phone as well).
Click Join to go to the Otter.ai login page.
Look for your student email address on that page, and click the Create button directly below it.
Important: Do not select the Google or Microsoft options.
On the next page, enter your name and create a password.
Otter will send an activation code to your student email account; you'll need to enter this code into the Otter.ai web page to continue.

Important Tips:

When you set up Otter for the first time, it will ask you present a few optional screens - please skip them all.

It will ask you for access to your calendar and scheduling software, so that it can automatically send an Otter Assistant to all your meetings. Do not do this!
It may also ask what you will use it for, what your role is, and so on. Just select Other or click the X on those screens. (Otter.ai updates these screens from time to time.)

Otter website with groups and folders on the left; and recording and uploading buttons on the right.