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# System prepended metadata

title: GitHub upskilling workshop
tags: [skills-team, upskilling]

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# GitHub upskilling workshop

[![hackmd-github-sync-badge](https://hackmd.io/3oYQefFHT3-ULt3RgEPvOQ/badge)](https://hackmd.io/3oYQefFHT3-ULt3RgEPvOQ)


###### tags: `upskilling` `skills-team`


## Agenda & Useful Links
 
 - [Intro, background and motivation](https://the-turing-way.netlify.app/collaboration/github-novice/github-novice-motivation.html#cl-github-novice-motivation)
 - [Markdown](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet)
 - [Version control](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/github-flow)
 - [Project management](https://github.com/features/issues)
 
 **Break**
 
 - [HackMD integration](https://hackmd.io/c/tutorials/%2Fs%2Flink-with-github)
 - [Git pages / Websites](https://pages.github.com)
 - [Jupyter notebooks and Jupyter book](https://jupyterbook.org/start/build.html)



## Recording & Presentation
 
1. [Zoom cloud link](https://turing-uk.zoom.us/rec/share/DTXzTeK1aBOOgb2KGxGItd1ELfBqYKlBlG--TnJXb5UWCPj-By57r6EhfBWf-Un-.OMsVI6UQLu00TQ0c)
    Passcode: #Sk8=%+^ 
2. [Link to presentation](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/learning-at-the-turing/blob/main/GitHub%20upskilling%20session.pdf)


## Exercises 

- Exercise 1: create a new repository
- Exercise 2: create a (README) file: Writing in Markdown
- Exercise 3: fork the Learning at the Turing repository

https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/learning-at-the-turing/

- Exercise 4: make a Pull Request

https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/learning-at-the-turing/blob/main/upskilling-workshop.md 

- Exercise 5: create a new issue in the Learning at the Turing repository

https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/learning-at-the-turing/issues

- Exercise 6: add a HackMD file to your repository
- Exercise 7: create a project / repository page using GitPages


## Other useful GitHub Resources

Setting the scene for self-paced learning after this session

- Useful GitHub resources
  - [GitHub for Collaboration (from Mozilla)](https://mozilla.github.io/open-leadership-training-series/articles/github-for-collaboration/)
  - [Understanding the GitHub workflow](https://guides.github.com/introduction/flow/)
  - [A Friendly Github Intro Workshop (from Danielle Robinson)](https://daniellecrobinson.github.io/friendly-github-intro/)
  - [GitHub help](https://help.github.com/)
  - [Oh Shit, Git!?!](http://ohshitgit.com/)
  - [Try Git](https://try.github.io/)
  - [Git book](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2)
  - [GitHub glossary](https://github.com/joeyklee/friendly-github-intro/blob/master/glossary.md)
  - [Writing on Github](https://help.github.com/categories/writing-on-github/)
  - [Git workflow](https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/comparing-workflows)
 
*Reference*: Open Life Science, License*: CC BY 4.0, The Turing Way*


