Welcome to HIST-0501 History of Modern Latin America Survey.
Once you are ready to contribute begin by navigating to our classroom Wiki.
- Go to github.com to set up your free account. You can use whatever GitHub handle you want (that is @blahblah) but you must use your Pitt email account for your email. When you go to sign up it is just like signing up for Instagram or Twitter in the sense that you do not put the @ symbol before your username when you are creating it. The @ is a feature only to be used when mentioning or pinging someone on the platform.
- Under "Choose a Plan" - select "Free"
- Under "Tailor Your Experiences" - skip this step (located at the bottom of the screen)
- Verify your email address via your Pitt email account - you will receive a verification email via GitHub - For more information regarding email verification please see https://help.github.com/articles/verifying-your-email-address/
- Send your GitHub username/handle (example: @blahblah) to me via email.
- Navigate to class repository - https://github.com/drherr/HIST0501-MODERNLATINAMERICA
- Click on “watch” (in upper right hand corner of class repository) in order for an email to be sent to you any time anyone updates something in our GitHub repository.
- Click on “star” (also in upper right hand corner) so our class repository appears on your main GitHub dashboard/newsfeed.
- Accept invitation from me to collaborate either via GitHub or your Pitt email.
As an academic and professional in an increasingly digital world it is important to consider our online presence. For students and faculty alike engaging and traversing a variety of digital environments is a powerful professional skill. The open access nature of GitHub and the powerful version-control of Git has placed GitHub among the most used as well as most useful tools of today's tech. developers. By asking our students to create GitHub profiles and contribute to content on this platform we are placing students in an environment where the opportunities for personal knowledge development are truly extensible. For this course we are committed to having students engage with some of the social/collaborative components of GitHub's interface (the Repo. Wiki and Issues Board) with the hope that students will engage with other possible uses of GitHub and Git outside of what falls within this course's requirements. If you are interested in learning more about Git check out git-scm.com. If you are interested in learning more about GitHub check out the GitHub guides.
Please add your name, and GitHub handle below
Example: Dr. Pilar Herr, @drherr
Rebecca Parker, @RJP43 - technical assistant
Megan Schmucker @rushin-spy
Jon Horanic @jonhoranic
Connor Chinoy @ChinoyIndustries
Samantha Koury @samanthakoury
Andrew Barnhart @arb205
Jeremy McLaughlin @jpmcl23
Abigail Noll @alsoarushin-spy
Matt Nowakoski @mattnowakoski
Lucas Kaufman @Lkaufman09
Chris Dutrow @chrisdutrow
Charles Mensa @charlesmensa
Eric Ahrens @era46
Tyler D'Ascenzo @tylerdascenzo
Connor Heath @cjh115
Kylie Decesere @Kylie-D
Anthony Lacunza @aj11x7
Sam Leonard @Ace-Trainer
Alexander Jai Khattri (Alex) @ajk127