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 No extra credit will be given, out of interest of fairness.
 
 ## Preconfigured cloud environment
-Students registered for the course have the option of completing homework assignments on their personal computers, or in a cloud Jupyter environment with all required packages pre-installed. Students can log onto the environment using their nyu net ids [XXX](XXX).
+Students registered for the course have the option of completing homework assignments on their personal computers, or in a cloud Jupyter environment with all required packages pre-installed. Students can log onto the environment using their nyu net ids [here](https://dsga-1016-spring.rcnyu.org).
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 # Obtaining the Homework
 
-If you are using the university provided Jupyter instance ([here](XXX)) 
+If you are using the university provided Jupyter instance ([here](https://dsga-1016-spring.rcnyu.org)) 
 rather than your own personal computer the homeworks and other materials will automatically download into a folder in your account
 called `class_materials` each time you login.