Creating Websites and Portfolios with GitPages

Hosted by the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Libraries

GitHub Pages

Welcome to this Introductory workshop on GitHub Pages. During the workshop, we will walk through the information and tasks detailed on these pages. Use the table of contents to navigate through the workshop.

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Presenters

Sarah Young
Principal Librarian
Office: 109G, Hunt Library
sarahy@andrew.cmu.edu

Chasz Griego
Open Science Postdoctoral Associate
Office: 4416, Sorrells Library
cgriego@andrew.cmu.edu

• Please create a GitHub account right now if you have yet to do so.

Goal of this Workshop

The goal of this workshop is to get you started on GitHub Pages. This is not a workshop on Git. We will discuss Git some, but mainly we will focus on GitHub and getting you comfortable with GitHub Pages so you can set up a great looking, free, easy website for your projects or portfolio.

Learning Objectives

Workshop attendees will be able to:

1. Create a website or portfolio with GitPages.
2. Define GitHub-related terminology like ‘repository’, ‘fork’, and ‘version control’.
3. Describe the types of content that can be added to a GitPage.
4. Fork a template from a GitHub repository.
5. Edit and commit a file on GitHub.
6. Launch a GitPage.
7. Find resources to customize a GitPage.

Setup

To be best prepared for this workshop, please create a GitHub account prior to attending.

Pre-Workshop Survey

Before the start of the workshop, please complete this survey. Thank you!!

Schedule

Actual schedule may vary depending on group needs; all times refer to Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Slides

Click on the slides then press CTRL+Shift+F for full screen

Post-Workshop Survey

Please complete this survey after attending the workshop. Thank you in advance!!!

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Table of contents

• 1. Background Info
• 2. Hands On
• 3. Advanced

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