Getting Started with GitHub Instructional Videos and Guide
Getting Started with GitHub Instructional Videos and Guide
This resource was designed to help students set up GitHub for the first time and learn how to connect local projects to a GitHub repository. It includes a step-by-step written guide and two instructional videos, making the content accessible for both visual and text-based learners. The design reflects my ability to create clear, technical tutorials that are approachable for beginners and applicable in academic and professional contexts.
GitHub (Web & Desktop Client)
Eclipse IDE (for Java projects)
Instructional Video Production (Camtasia, YouTube)
By the end of this module, learners were able to:
Create a GitHub account and configure GitHub Desktop.
Add a local Eclipse project into GitHub Desktop and initialize it as a repository.
Commit changes locally with meaningful summaries and push them to GitHub.
Publish a repository to GitHub and share the project URL.
Update projects by syncing local changes to GitHub.
Multi-Modal Resources: Combined a written guide with video walkthroughs to support different learning preferences.
Clarity & Accessibility: Used plain language, screenshots, and live demonstrations to make GitHub setup approachable for first-time users.
Professional Practices: Incorporated habits like writing meaningful commit messages and maintaining professional repository naming conventions.
Practical Application: By the end, learners had a working GitHub repository with a project uploaded and synced, a tangible outcome they could share in coursework or portfolios.
Practical Task: Students demonstrated learning by successfully publishing their local project to GitHub.
Deliverable: The GitHub repository URL served as a final product and evidence of completion.
Extension: Students could continue applying this workflow for all future coding projects, reinforcing long-term skill adoption.