Intro-02

Learning Outcome

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• log into your new GitHub account

• connect up and power on a Raspberry Pi

Review

• review logging into your school Gmail account

• review Computer Use Policy, especially board intranet

Lesson

• go over git and GitHub (below: ↓): 

  • (for full video see here):

  • what is git -> version control system

  • what is GitHub -> internet distributed Git system

• do demo of getting GitHub account (see video "Getting a GitHub Account")

• go over how to startup a Raspberry Pi:

  • the SD card provided has Raspberry Pi OS loaded, with wifi password

    • use Raspberry Pi Imager to make a copy

  • watch this video starting at 2 minutes and end at 3:10

Activity

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Daily Assignment

• read TEJ3M Course Outline (see file below: ↓) and then fill in this form 

  • take a screenshot when done filling in the Google Form

• get a GitHub account (if you already have one from this school, you can use it, if you can still log in!):

  • go to GitHub.com and click at the top right, "Sign Up"

  • under Username, enter your real name with a hyphen "-" between your first and last name:

    • ex. Jane-Smith

      • there are the following restrictions:

        • Min: 1

        • Max: 39

        • Can contain: a-z A-Z 0-9 -

        • Other: Can not start with a dash

    • DO NOT pick a name like "Hot-pants24", I will not know who you are, only use your name

      • if you do not get a green ✅, let me know and we will figure something out

    • for Email address, enter your school email address, DO NOT enter anything else

      • if you do not get a green ✅, let me know and we will figure something out

    • for Password, enter your school password; if you loose this I can not recover it!

    • solve the puzzle if you need to

    • get me to check EVERYTHING BEFORE you click "Create an account"

  • in step 2, just leave the account on "Free" and click "Continue"

    • DO NOT create an Organization, we already have one

  • in step 3, enter your programming experience and then click "Submit"

    • you will be sent a verification email, so go to your email

  • in your email find the GitHub email that was sent to you

    • click on "Verify email address" button

    • you should be sent to a GitHub page and see "Your email was verified." in the top left corner

    • take a screenshot of this webpage to enter into your notebook

• get your Raspberry Pi all setup

  • watch video "Raspberry Pi Beginner's Guide" and then follow its steps

    • we are NOT going to take off the cover and touch the GPIO pins; BAD THINGS CAN HAPPEN if you do not know what you are doing

    • use the imager to re-flash the SD card, then insert the micro-sd card into the Pi

    • all the settings from my image should be passed over to yours

• for your daily assignment doc, Intro-02, upload 3 screenshots of:

• 1. your Google form

  2. your GitHub login page (the right corner with your icon)

  3. take a picture of your Raspberry Pi all setup 

• see the example document to know what to submit → Jane Smith - Daily Assignment - TEJ3M - Intro-02.pdf (see file below: ↓)

  • remember, you MUST have an entry for EVERY SINGLE LESSON

Extra

• load a second OS on an SD card for the Raspberry Pi

  • see me for 2nd SD card

Homework

• exactly like it sounds, work to be done at home

  • take a picture of your Raspberry Pi setup and working at home!