diff --git a/app/styles/courses/student-log-in-modal.sass b/app/styles/courses/student-log-in-modal.sass
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fd2e0cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/styles/courses/student-log-in-modal.sass
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#student-log-in-modal
+  #log-in-btn
+    min-width: 30%
+    margin-bottom: 10px
+  
+  .form
+    margin: 0 25%
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diff --git a/app/templates/courses/hour-of-code-view.jade b/app/templates/courses/hour-of-code-view.jade
index e93af3a27..a507a8cba 100644
--- a/app/templates/courses/hour-of-code-view.jade
+++ b/app/templates/courses/hour-of-code-view.jade
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ block content
         p - OR -
         
         p
-          button.btn.btn-default Sign In
+          button#log-in-btn.btn.btn-default(data-i18n="login.log_in")
       
     else
       .well.text-center
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ block content
         p - OR -
   
         p
-          button.btn.btn-default Sign In
+          button#log-in-btn.btn.btn-default(data-i18n="login.log_in")
           
   #begin-hoc-area.hide
     h2.text-center(data-i18n="common.loading")
diff --git a/app/templates/courses/student-log-in-modal.jade b/app/templates/courses/student-log-in-modal.jade
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..601c67dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/templates/courses/student-log-in-modal.jade
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+extends /templates/core/modal-base
+
+block modal-header-content
+  .clearfix
+  
+    
+block modal-body-content
+  .text-center
+    h2.modal-title(data-i18n="login.log_in")
+    
+  form.form
+    .form-group
+      label.control-label(for="email")
+        span(data-i18n="general.email")
+        | :
+      .input-border
+        input#email.input-large.form-control(name="email", type="email", value=view.formValues.email)
+    .form-group
+      label.control-label(for="password")
+        span(data-i18n="general.password") Password
+        | :
+      .input-border
+        input#password.input-large.form-control(name="password", type="password", value=view.formValues.password)
+
+  .text-center
+    button#log-in-btn.btn.btn-default(data-i18n="login.log_in")
+    p
+      a#create-new-account-link(data-i18n="login.signup_switch")
+  
+block modal-footer-content
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diff --git a/app/views/courses/HourOfCodeView.coffee b/app/views/courses/HourOfCodeView.coffee
index 16dfc0ce4..9c0f4d1c3 100644
--- a/app/views/courses/HourOfCodeView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/courses/HourOfCodeView.coffee
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ utils = require 'core/utils'
 LevelSession = require 'models/LevelSession'
 Level = require 'models/Level'
 ChooseLanguageModal = require 'views/courses/ChooseLanguageModal'
+StudentLogInModal = require 'views/courses/StudentLogInModal'
 
 
 module.exports = class HourOfCodeView extends RootView
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ module.exports = class HourOfCodeView extends RootView
   events:
     'click #student-btn': 'onClickStudentButton'
     'click #start-new-game-btn': 'onClickStartNewGameButton'
+    'click #log-in-btn': 'onClickLogInButton'
 
   initialize: ->
     @setUpHourOfCode()
@@ -83,6 +85,10 @@ module.exports = class HourOfCodeView extends RootView
         app.router.navigate(url, { trigger: true })
     })
 
+  onClickLogInButton: ->
+    modal = new StudentLogInModal()
+    @openModalView(modal)
+
 #  onClickStudentButton: ->
 #    @state = 'enrolling'
 #    @stateMessage = undefined
diff --git a/app/views/courses/StudentLogInModal.coffee b/app/views/courses/StudentLogInModal.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d2802e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/courses/StudentLogInModal.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+ModalView = require 'views/core/ModalView'
+template = require 'templates/courses/student-log-in-modal'
+auth = require 'core/auth'
+forms = require 'core/forms'
+User = require 'models/User'
+
+module.exports = class StudentSignInModal extends ModalView
+  id: 'student-log-in-modal'
+  template: template
+  
+  initialize: ->
+    @formValues = {}
+
+  events:
+    'click #log-in-btn': 'onClickLogInButton'
+    
+  onClickLogInButton: ->
+    forms.clearFormAlerts(@$el)
+    userObject = forms.formToObject @$el
+    res = tv4.validateMultiple userObject, User.schema
+    return forms.applyErrorsToForm(@$el, res.errors) unless res.valid
+    @enableModalInProgress(@$el) # TODO: part of forms
+    loginUser userObject, null, window.nextURL