Requesting and Activating NVivo

This article covers how faculty, staff, and students can request and activate NVivo.

For more information about NVivo, visit the CSUF NVivo website.

Step 1: Create a NVivo Account

Use you campus email address (@csu.fullerton.edu or @fullerton.edu), but do NOT use your campus password.  Please select a new password when creating your account.  

If you have already created a NVivo account with your campus email address, proceed to Step 2.

1. Open the NVivo Software page

  1. Go to the NVivo Software page
  2. Click on Create a NVivo Account
Create NVivo Account

2. Sign up for a NVivo account

  1. Click on Sign up now
  2. Create your NVivo account using your CSUF email address - do NOT use your CSUF password, select a new password
    1. You will need to send a verification code to your CSUF email address to complete the sign-up process
Sign up for NVivo account
Step 2: Get NVivo License

1. Open the NVivo Software page

  1. Go to the NVivo Software page
  2. Click on Get NVivo License
Get NVivo License

2. Login with your CSUF username and password

Login screen

3. Review and agree to the End User License Agreement (EULA)

  1. Agree to End User License Agreement by clicking on the check box
  2. Click on Claim NVivo software license key
NVivo End User License Agreement

4. Your order will be completed and the license key will be issued

The license key will also be sent to your CSUF email account

NVivo license assigned
Email with license key for NVivo
Step 3: Activate & Download NVivo

1. Open the NVivo Software page

  1. Go to the NVivo Software page
  2. Click on Activate & Download NVivo License
Activate and download NVivo

2. Login with your NVivo Account

NVivo login page

3. Enter the license key

  1. Enter the license key you got from Step 2.  You can also refer back to the email you received.
  2. Click on Submit
Enter NVivo license page

4. Activation complete

  1. You will see a confirmation message once your license key has been activated on your NVivo account
  2. You can download NVivo now or wait for the confirmation email, which will also contain detailed download & installation instructions.
Registration completed

5. Download NVivo

  1. You will get an email with instructions on how to download and install NVivo
  2. Select your operating system - Windows or Mac
Email with download and installation instructions

6. Installation Completed

In order to fully activate your downloaded software, you will need to login with your NVivo account and apply the CSUF license to your application.  If this step is skipped, your application will remain as a trail and not be fully licensed.

  1. After you have installed NVivo, open the software and login to activate your application
    1. You will be redirected to the NVivo login page
  2. Click on California State University Fullerton
  3. Your software is now ready to use
Activate downloaded software

Need More Help?

Faculty/staff can contact the IT Help Desk at [email protected] or 657-278-7777 for additional assistance.

Students can contact the Student IT Help Desk at [email protected] or 657-278-8888 for additional assistance.