Course Contents, Workings, Policies

Course Contents

In this course, you download and install GitHub on your computer and set up an account
on GitHub. You learn Git basics: creating a repository, forking and cloning repositories,
collaborating on GitHub document projects, adding and committing files to a GitHub project, modifying and
staging files, branching and merging projects, adding a README to a GitHub project.

In this course, you will:

• install Git on your computer
• set up an account on GitHub
• add your instructor to your GitHub site
• create a repository
• add a README to a GitHub project
• collaborate on GitHub projects
• add and commit files to a GitHub project
• modify and stage files
• branch and merge projects
• fork and clone repositories
• learn Markdown to write well-formatted readme documents and others

This course does not involve computer programming; instead, you work with technical documents. You use links, videos and transcripts of those videos to learn these tasks, e-mail your instructor when you have questions, and invite your instructor to review your work in GitHub.

Course Workings

1. Once we receive your payment for this course, we send you a link in which you select a start date. Your schedule is then set up for you with due dates starting 3 days from the start date you selected.
2. For each unit:
   1. you do some reading, watch some videos to learn concepts and procedures for that unit. (You can skip units for whatever reason, but if you need a recommendation, your instructor will mention those omissions.)
   2. you then practice the concepts and procedures of that unit. The videos show you step by step how to do the practice work for that unit.
   3. you send the practice work (or screen shots of it) to your instructor, who reviews and comments, and if necessary explains revisions needed. You repeat the revision–review cycle until your instructor signs off. (You can choose not to revise—it's your course, your money.)

Policies

• You have three months to complete the eleven units of this course. If you foresee needing extra time, contact admin@mcmassociates.io
• You can choose whether to take this course for a letter grade or pass–fail.
• No refunds will be granted after the third day that you have access to this course.
• Unless results are automatic, your instructor will review, comment on, and return your work within three days of receipt. Expect an e-mail confirmation that your instructor has received your work.
• Your instructor is available many hours per week to answer your questions and provide other help. Setting up an appointment works best.
• Your instructor will gladly provide you with a letter describing the quality of your work in this course.
• Your instructor will make reasonable efforts to ensure your success in this course but can make no guarantees concerning your writing or career success outside of this course.

Grades

You can have your performance in this course evaluated in one of these two ways:

Grades

You can have your performance in this course evaluated in one of the following ways:

Confirmation letter:

Your instructor can write a document confirming which units you completed and evaluating any original project creation and writing you did in the course. In addition to sending you this document, your instuctor can send this document to your current or prospective employers.

Letter grades:

• A: All studies and projects completed and approved by your instructor.
• B: All studies and projects completed and approved by your instructor except for the final project.
• C: All studies and projects completed and approved by your instructor, except for the final project and one of the units.
  
• D: All studies and projects completed and approved by your instructor, but not the final project and two of the units.
  
• F: Anything less than the above.
  

Pass–fail:

• Pass: All studies and projects completed and approved by your instructor.
• Pass: All studies and projects completed and approved by your instructor except for the final project.
• Pass: All studies and projects completed and approved by your instructor, except for the final project and two of the units.
  
• Fail: Anything less than the above.
  

Return

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