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Introduction to GitHub Concepts

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Updated 01/2025
Learn how to use GitHub's various features, navigate the interface and perform everyday collaborative tasks.
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Course Description

Learn How to Use GitHub

Do you ever struggle to keep track of everything going on in a project? Or confuse GitHub with Git? In this course, you'll learn how to leverage the power of GitHub, become a successful collaborator, and recognize the differences between GitHub and Git.

Explore Key GitHub Concepts

Building on the topics covered in Introduction to Version Control with Git, this conceptual course enables you to navigate the user interface of GitHub effectively.

You will perform everyday tasks, including creating public and private repositories, creating and modifying files, branches, and issues, assigning tasks, tagging users, reviewing pull requests, and merging branches. You will also discover how to clone and fork repositories and generate private access tokens (PAT).

By the end of this course, you'll be able to take these new skills and apply them to any coding or data project, making you feel on track and in control. Everyone will want to collaborate with you on GitHub!

Prerequisites

Foundations of Git
1

Introduction to GitHub

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Working with Repos

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Collaboration with GitHub

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  • Yanqing S.
    9 days

    explained everything clearly!

  • Nancy J.
    18 days

    Amazing content.

  • Joan Q.
    2 months

    This course makes github work very easy, with practices and clear explanations.

  • Sowmya V.
    2 months

    I really loved the structure of the course and I recommend it to everyone. Beginner-Friendly Course.

  • Itumeleng M.
    3 months

    Excellent

"explained everything clearly!"

Yanqing S.

"Amazing content."

Nancy J.

"This course makes github work very easy, with practices and clear explanations."

Joan Q.

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