Quickstart

Explore Github on your own

If you already having coding skills, are comfortable with using the command line (see Playing with text on the command line) and you are just looking for quickstart to GitHub, you can use the following links:

Sign up for a personal Github account

• Sign up for a Github account by clicking here

• Create a ‘personal account, which serves as your identity on GitHub.com.

• Select free and follow the prompts.

  • More on Getting started with your GitHub account

SMU GitHub Campus Program

• SMU participates in the GitHub Campus Program. The GitHub Campus Program is available to all active faculty, staff, and students. Sign into SMU’s Github Enterprise account and upload content using your web browser.

• Documentation and Training

Quickstart lessons

• Github Quickstart: Follow this Hello World exercise to get started with GitHub.

• Software Carpentry: Version Control with Git

• Git and GitHub learning resources

  • GitHub Skills: Learn how to use GitHub with interactive courses designed for beginners and experts.

• GitHub Training Kit

• Reference Sheets for Git and Markdown

LinkedIn Learning: Github

• LinkedIn Learning is available to all active faculty, staff, and students.

• You can log into LinkedIn Learning and search for the following courses.

  • Git Essential Training:The Basics LinkedIn Learning

  • GitHub Essential Training LinkedIn Learning

  • Learning GitHub LinkedIn Learning