         if @state.students_pay
             <span><span style={fontSize:'18pt'}><Icon name="check"/></span> <Space />{@render_require_students_pay_desc(@state.students_pay_when)}</span>
         else
-            <span>You may require that all students in the course pay a one-time $9 fee to move their projects to members only hosts and enable network access, for four months.</span>
+            <span>You may require that all students in the course pay a one-time $9 fee to move their projects to members only hosts and enable network access, for four months.  This is optional, but will ensure that your students have a better experience and receive priority support.</span>
 
 
     render_require_students_pay: ->

                    {@render_student_email()}
                </h5>
            </Col>
            <Col md=7 style={paddingTop:'10px'}>
                {@render_last_active()}
            </Col>
        </Row>


            {if @state.upgrade_quotas then @render_upgrade_quotas() else @render_upgrade_quotas_button()}
            <hr/>
            <div style={color:"#666"}>
                <p>You may add additional quota upgrades to all of the projects in this course, augmenting what is provided for free and what students may have purchased.  Your contributions will be split evenly between student projects.</p>

                <p>If you add new students, currently you must re-open the quota panel and re-allocate quota so that newly added projects get additional upgrades; alternatively, you may open any project directly and edit its quotas in project settings.</p>
            </div>
