Week 2: Markdown and Github

Summary

This week we will learn about Markdown, Git, and Github, technologies that will be used to develop your digital collections in this class and that are generally useful skills for digital and technical information work.

Weekly Learning Objectives

• Use markdown to author a document and generate an HTML version of that document.
• Use GitHub to create a new repository and add documents to the repository.

Before class: Readings, Resources, and Tasks

Markdown

• Gruber, John. “Markdown: Syntax.” Daring Fireball. https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax.
• Villalobos, Ray. (2015). “Learning Markdown.” LinkedIn Learning. https://www.linkedin.com/learning/learning-markdown/welcome

Git and GitHub

• Villalobos, Ray. (2021). “Learning Git and GitHub.” LinkedIn Learning. https://www.linkedin.com/learning/learning-git-and-github-14213624/
• Git Basics Episode 1: What is Version Control? https://git-scm.com/video/what-is-version-control
• Git Basics Episode 2: What is Git? https://git-scm.com/video/what-is-git
• Git Basics Episode 3: Get Going with Git https://git-scm.com/video/get-going
• Git Basics Episode 4: Quick Wins with Git https://git-scm.com/video/quick-wins

Tasks

• Install Visual Studio Code from https://code.visualstudio.com (available for MacOS, Windows, and Linux).
• Install GitHub Desktop from https://desktop.github.com (available for MacOS, Windows, and Linux).

In-class

• slides
• Markdown exercise.
• GitHub/CollectionBuilder homework for next week.