This is an Introduction to the installation process of using GitHub in the classroom.ย This page will cover a Mish-Mash of Web resources showing this process. The goal is to be able to understand all the GitHub resources available, and a step by step of what I do in my class... and hopefully help other teachers.
Prerequisites:
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Topics:
GitHub
GitHub Resources
Setting up a GitHub classroom
Lessons & Labs
Projects
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No explicit prerequisite course work or coding knowledge is required, but students are expected to have a good understanding of basic computer principles.
Primer: ย "Aaron, I can imagine no way in which this thing could be considered anywhere remotely close to safe. All I know is I spent six hours in there and I'm still alive... You still want to do it?"
As with any activity, please make sure you are using appropriate safety equipment. ย If you are coding, writing, reading, or working a lab, make sure you stand up and stretch every hour or so,ย Please consider any safety issues connecting to a Raspberry Pi, Arduino, computers and other electronic equipment.
GitHub - ย
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Me confessing and asking Claude for help: Holy crap, as a teacher who considers them selves an expert in a lot of technology, I suck at GitHub, and knowing how to run a project and team based collaboration on GitHub.ย can you provide a set of links to good getting started with GitHub.ย links to online resources, youtube video creators, etc.ย My goal is to learn how setup a repository, where I can collaborate with other, and quickly get up to speed with administrating a GitHub repository/project and learn how to manageย commit/push/pull request.ย
Claude just being "nice": Don't be hard on yourself โ GitHub collaboration is genuinely a different skill from just knowing how to code, and most tech people learn it on the job rather than formally. Here's a curated roadmap of resources:
These are the best first stops because they're accurate, free, and maintained by GitHub itself.
GitHub Hello World Tutorial โ The official hands-on intro. Covers repos, branches, commits, and pull requests in under an hour. ๐ https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/hello-world
GitHub Skills โ Interactive courses that introduce repositories, branches, commits, and pull requests. No prerequisites, takes less than an hour. GitHub Learn by actually doing it inside GitHub. ๐ https://skills.github.com
GitHub Docs โ Collaborating with Pull Requests โ The official reference for everything PR-related. ๐ https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests
Learn Git Branching โ A visual and interactive way to master Git commands and branching โ probably the most intuitive explanation you'll find. GitHub It's game-like and genuinely fun. ๐ https://learngitbranching.js.org
GitHub's Official Channel Short, focused videos straight from the source covering everything from cloning to pull requests. ๐ https://www.youtube.com/@GitHubGuides
FreeCodeCamp Covers all the basics: Git, GitHub, branches, commits, pull requests, etc. GitHub Their full Git & GitHub crash course is frequently recommended as the single best free video for beginners. ๐ https://www.youtube.com/@freecodecamp
Traversy Media Brad Traversy takes complex concepts and breaks them down like he's talking to a friend. No fluff, no overthinking โ clear, practical instruction. DEV Community Great crash courses on Git/GitHub workflows. ๐ https://www.youtube.com/@TraversyMedia
The Net Ninja Short, focused videos โ each video covers a single concept, making it easy to learn at your own pace. Analytics Insight Great for looking up specific things like "how do I resolve a merge conflict." ๐ https://www.youtube.com/@NetNinja
Fireship Fast, sharp explainers. Great for quickly understanding what something is before you go deeper. His "Git it? How to use Git and GitHub" video is excellent. ๐ https://www.youtube.com/@Fireship
The Odin Project โ Free full-stack curriculum that includes solid Git/GitHub modules with real projects built around collaboration workflows. ๐ https://www.theodinproject.com
Google's Introduction to Git and GitHub (Coursera) โ A proper structured course covering branching, pull requests, and team workflows. Free to audit. ๐ https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-git-github
Since you specifically want to get up to speed on repo admin, collaboration, and push/pull requests, here's a suggested order:
Do the GitHub Hello World first โ gets you oriented in 30 minutes
Watch FreeCodeCamp's Git crash course โ fills in the command line fundamentals
Play Learn Git Branching โ makes branching actually click visually
Work through GitHub Skills "Introduction to GitHub" โ hands-on practice in a real repo
Read the Pull Requests collaboration docs โ once you have the basics, this becomes very clear
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Don't be hard on yourself โ GitHub collaboration is genuinely a different skill from just knowing how to code, and most tech people learn it on the job rather than formally. Here's a curated roadmap of resources:
These are the best first stops because they're accurate, free, and maintained by GitHub itself.
GitHub Hello World Tutorial โ The official hands-on intro. Covers repos, branches, commits, and pull requests in under an hour. ๐ https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/hello-world
GitHub Skills โ Interactive courses that introduce repositories, branches, commits, and pull requests. No prerequisites, takes less than an hour. GitHub Learn by actually doing it inside GitHub. ๐ https://skills.github.com
GitHub Docs โ Collaborating with Pull Requests โ The official reference for everything PR-related. ๐ https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests
Learn Git Branching โ A visual and interactive way to master Git commands and branching โ probably the most intuitive explanation you'll find. GitHub It's game-like and genuinely fun. ๐ https://learngitbranching.js.org
GitHub's Official Channel Short, focused videos straight from the source covering everything from cloning to pull requests. ๐ https://www.youtube.com/@GitHubGuides
FreeCodeCamp Covers all the basics: Git, GitHub, branches, commits, pull requests, etc. GitHub Their full Git & GitHub crash course is frequently recommended as the single best free video for beginners. ๐ https://www.youtube.com/@freecodecamp
Traversy Media Brad Traversy takes complex concepts and breaks them down like he's talking to a friend. No fluff, no overthinking โ clear, practical instruction. DEV Community Great crash courses on Git/GitHub workflows. ๐ https://www.youtube.com/@TraversyMedia
The Net Ninja Short, focused videos โ each video covers a single concept, making it easy to learn at your own pace. Analytics Insight Great for looking up specific things like "how do I resolve a merge conflict." ๐ https://www.youtube.com/@NetNinja
Fireship Fast, sharp explainers. Great for quickly understanding what something is before you go deeper. His "Git it? How to use Git and GitHub" video is excellent. ๐ https://www.youtube.com/@Fireship
The Odin Project โ Free full-stack curriculum that includes solid Git/GitHub modules with real projects built around collaboration workflows. ๐ https://www.theodinproject.com
Google's Introduction to Git and GitHub (Coursera) โ A proper structured course covering branching, pull requests, and team workflows. Free to audit. ๐ https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-git-github
Since you specifically want to get up to speed on repo admin, collaboration, and push/pull requests, here's a suggested order:
Do the GitHub Hello World first โ gets you oriented in 30 minutes
Watch FreeCodeCamp's Git crash course โ fills in the command line fundamentals
Play Learn Git Branching โ makes branching actually click visually
Work through GitHub Skills "Introduction to GitHub" โ hands-on practice in a real repo
Read the Pull Requests collaboration docs โ once you have the basics, this becomes very clear
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