Welcome Lili Elbe Engaged Learners!

Getting Started with GitHub

Here is the quick, shareable link to our main GitHub Repository - http://bit.ly/ELEarners.
Fall 2019 Learners should use this link - http://bit.ly/ELfall19.

Each Learner is tasked with creating a GitHub account. GitHub Guides - https://guides.github.com - is a great resource for learning more about using GitHub. Learners are encouraged to engage with the tutorials there prior to our class meetings.  Please reach out with any questions - rparker3 (at) luc (dot) edu!

Steps to Creating an Account   

1. Go to github.com to set up your free account. Scroll to the top of the page and will see a green "Sign Up" button. You can use whatever GitHub handle you want (that is @blahblah). When you go to sign up it is just like signing up for Instagram or Twitter in the sense that you do not put the @ symbol before your username when you are creating it. The @ is a feature only to be used when mentioning or pinging someone on the platform.   
2. Under "Choose a Plan" - select "Free"    
3. Under "Tailor Your Experiences" - You can either skip this step (located at the bottom of the screen) or make some selections that will customize your login dashboard slightly to display projects available on the platform linked to your selected interests.   
4. Verify your email address via your email - you will receive a verification email via GitHub - For more information regarding email verification please see https://help.github.com/articles/verifying-your-email-address/. An example of the verification email is available here for your reference.
5. Immediately, send your GitHub username/handle (example: @blahblah) via email to your course's technical assistant - either rparker3 (at) luc (dot) edu or cmccraw (at) luc (dot) edu. This step is necessary to add you as a collaborator on the course repository.
6. Navigate back to our class repository - http://bit.ly/ELEarners 

Optional: 

1. Click on “watch” (in the upper right-hand corner of our class repository) in order for an email to be sent to you any time anyone updates something in our GitHub repository. You need to verify your account via your email address before you will be able to complete this step.   
2. Click on “star” (also in the upper right-hand corner) so our class repository appears on your main GitHub dashboard/newsfeed. You need to verify your account via your email address before you will be able to complete this step. 

Next Steps...

Install oXygen
Review and adopt our Working-in-GitHub Course Workflow and Digital Etiquette Expectations.