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I would just set up a new account for each student, have them use their own billing info, have them use the free tier, teach them how to set up billing alerts,
by autotune 10y ago
I would just set up a new account for each student, have them use their own billing info, have them use the free tier, teach them how to set up billing alerts, and let them go to town. They're going to need to learn to take cost into account when working at a real job with AWS so this is the best way to teach them to take accountability.
- PetahNZ 10y agoI'm not sure its reasonable to expect your students to have a credit card.
- autotune 10y agoDepends on the age group. Anyway most could get a secured credit card if needed.
- danso 10y agoYeah that's the thing. Most students do have a credit card. But I've had a few who are very much against it, for financial or privacy reasons. For me, it's not worth compelling them to change their ways (which I'm highly sympathetic to) for what could amount to as little as $5 of AWS costs.