The Terra platform requires a Google account, either a Gmail account, an institutional Google Apps account, or a Google Apps account that you create. Using your institutional email address will allow you to receive notifications via your institutional email and helps Broad Project managers more easily coordinate data access and delivery. 

If your institution uses G Suite, your account will already be a Google account and you can proceed directly to register on Terra. If not, then you can follow these steps to create a Google account that is associated with your non-Gmail, institutional email address:

 1. Go to the Google sign-up page (https://accounts.google.com/SignUp):

2. Under "Choose your username", click "Use my current email address instead":

3. Enter the email you want to use for your Terra account in the box:

4. Follow the prompts to complete your Google account setup. Once you have this new Google account set up, you'll be able to register for Terra with that email address.