Quickstart for GitHub Educators

Introduction

Educators who teach a course on software development can use discounts, partnerships, training, and tools from GitHub Education to effectively teach relevant skills to students.

In this guide, you'll get started with GitHub, sign up for accounts and discounted services through GitHub Education, and create a space for your course and assignment on GitHub Classroom.

Creating accounts on GitHub

First, you'll need to create a free user account on GitHub.

1. Go to GitHub's Pricing page.
2. Read the information about the different products and subscriptions that GitHub offers, then click the upgrade button under the subscription you'd like to choose.
3. Follow the prompts to create your free user account.

After you create your user account, create a free organization account. You'll use this organization account to create and manage classrooms GitHub Classroom.

1. En la esquina superior derecha de cualquier página, da clic en tu foto de perfil y después da clic en Configuración.
2. En la barra lateral de configuración de usuario, da clic en Organizaciones.
3. En la sección "Organizaciones", haz clic en New organization (Nueva organización).
4. Follow the prompts to create a free organization.

For more information, see "Types of GitHub accounts."

Applying for an educator discount

Next, you'll sign up for discounts on services from GitHub. To apply for an educator or researcher discount, you must meet the following requirements.

• Be an educator, faculty member, or researcher.
• Have a verifiable school-issued email address.
• Upload documents that prove your school affiliation.
• Have a user account on GitHub.

1. Ve a GitHub Education y, en la parte superior derecha, haz clic en Get benefits (Obtener beneficios).

2. Under "Individuals", click Get teacher benefits.

3. Selecciona o añade la dirección de correo electrónico que utilizas para la escuela.

   Sugerencia: seleccionar una dirección de correo electrónico emitida por la escuela, si tienes una, te da mayor probabilidad de una revisión rápida.

4. Si se solicita, carga la prueba de tu situación académica.

   • Haz clic en Use your camera to take a picture (Utiliza tu cámara para sacar una foto).

   • Como alternativa, para cambiar la cámara que deseas utilizar, usa el menú desplegable de la cámara.

   • Coloca tu ID académico válido u otra prueba de tu situación académica actual en el cuadro, después haz clic en Take a picture (Sacar una foto).

   • Si no puedes sacar una foto de la prueba de tu situación académica, para cargar una imagen desde tu computadora en su lugar, haz clic en Upload image (Cargar una imagen).

     Nota: no se admiten archivos PDF y no puedes cargarlos como prueba de tu situación académica.

5. Ingresa el nombre de tu escuela.

6. Describe cómo planeas utilizar GitHub.

7. Verifica los detalles de tu aplicación, luego haz clic en Submit your information (Enviar tu información).

   Si tu solicitud es aprobada, recibirás un correo electrónico de confirmación. Las solicitudes generalmente se procesan en pocos días, pero puede llevar más tiempo durante las horas pico, así como durante el inicio de un nuevo semestre.

Set up GitHub Classroom

With your user account and organization account, you're ready to get started with GitHub Classroom. GitHub Classroom is free to use. You can track and manage assignments, grade work automatically, and provide feedback to your students.

1. Sign into GitHub Classroom.

2. To authorize GitHub Classroom to access your user account on GitHub, review the information, then click Authorize GitHub Classroom.

3. Review the information. To authorize GitHub Classroom to access your organization account on GitHub, click Grant.

   Tip: If you see a Request button instead of a Grant button, you are a member of the organization, not an owner. An owner must approve your request for GitHub Classroom. You must be an organization owner to create and manage classrooms and assignments in GitHub Classroom. For more information, see "Authorizing OAuth Apps."

4. Click Authorize github.

Create your classroom

A classroom in GitHub Classroom is where teachers and students interact during a course. Teachers can create a student roster for the classroom, then create, assign, review, and grade assignments within the classroom.

1. Sign into GitHub Classroom.
2. Click Create your first classroom or New classroom.
3. In the list of organizations, click the organization you'd like to use for your classroom. Optionally, you can create a new organization. For more information, see "Creating a new organization from scratch."
4. Type the name for your classroom.
5. Click Create classroom.

Next steps

You've created a classroom, and you're ready to enrich your course with GitHub and GitHub Classroom! 🎉

• Watch some videos about GitHub Classroom. For more information, see "Basics of setting up GitHub Classroom."
• Manage your classrooms and classroom admins, and create a roster of students for your classroom. For more information, see "Manage classrooms."
• Use the Git and GitHub starter assignment to give students an overview of Git and GitHub fundamentals. For more information, see "Use the Git and GitHub starter assignment."
• Create an assignment for individual students or teams. For more information, see "Create an individual assignment" or "Create a group assignment."
• Write and implement automated tests to provide immediate feedback to students directly in assignment repositories. For more information, see "Use autograding."
• Participate in the GitHub Education Community.