10 Introduction
Start the workshop by introducing yourself and the helpers. Then briefly introduce the workshop by going through the schedule.
10.1 Workshop details
Briefly review the learning design, reinforcing why we do each activity. Especially highlight the use of the stickies/hats.
Before we get started, let’s go over some of the details of the workshop, which will help orient you to the workshop structure and what to expect. We’ve already covered a lot of these things in detail in learning design, so this is mostly a brief reminder.
We do “type-alongs” or “code-alongs” where the teacher types and shows how to do things and explains what they are doing and why, while you type along.
Reading tasks are used to give you time to think and process at your own pace. After the reading task, the teacher repeats and rephrases the key points to reinforce the concepts you just read.
Discussion activities are used to reflect on the workshop content and give you a chance to talk to your peers about the concepts.
We use “stickies”, origami hats, or other visual indicators to assess how everyone is doing and for you to request help if you get stuck. When the “help” sticky/origami hat/indicator is up, a helper will come by as soon as they are available and help you out.
The schedule is a guide only, some sessions might be longer, others shorter. It is not intended to be firm or strict.
We depend on and want honest, constructive, and critical feedback to improve the workshops. At the end of the workshop, you will fill out a survey to get your feedback. While you are a participant, you are also a “collaborator” and “tester”. There are always things to improve on and your feedback helps us identify those things.
10.2 A reminder: The big picture
Verbally and briefly go over this section, to remind the learners about the reason and purpose of this workshop.
As you read about in the pre-workshop tasks, GitHub is an increasingly common tool that researchers use. You will likely encounter it in some way as you do your work, either through collaborators or when reading literature. As research becomes increasingly more dependent on integrated digital tools and workflows, it is essential to be familiar with these tools in order to be effective in present day research.
This workshop aims to get you more familiar with GitHub to help you get started with using it in your own work. During this workshop, we’ll create a Git repository on GitHub with a recipe book, adding, organising, and editing text files with recipes 🍰 🥞 🍪
This is meant to be a fun and light-hearted project that will help you learn the basics of Git and GitHub.
During the first session, The Basics of Git and GitHub, we will go through the basics of Git and GitHub. This is a more conceptual, reading-heavy session, where we will learn about the concepts of Git and GitHub. We will also learn about the difference between Git and GitHub, and how they work together.
Then, in the next session, Creating a repository on GitHub, we will navigate the GitHub landing page and create a new repository.
Then, in the third session, Working with files on GitHub, we will learn how to work with files in Git and GitHub, including how to add, and edit files and folders.
Finally, in the last session on GitHub Issues, we will use GitHub Issues to track tasks and discussions, and how to assign and tag people in issues.