Student Onboarding Email

Subject: Get ready for Git Going with GitHub, May 21-22

Hello,

We are excited to welcome you to Git Going with GitHub, a two-day Community Access workshop on May 21-22, 2026.

Before Day 1, please complete the Pre-Workshop Setup Guide. It walks you through creating or checking your GitHub account, configuring accessibility settings, installing Git and Visual Studio Code, and confirming GitHub Copilot access.

You do not need to accept a GitHub Classroom assignment yet. We will share the assignment link at the beginning of Day 1 and walk through it together. That link creates your private Learning Room repository, where you will complete guided challenges and receive feedback from Gandalf, the workshop bot.

You will not clone or change the template repository itself. If a Day 2 challenge asks you to clone a repository, clone the private Learning Room repository created for you by GitHub Classroom. You also do not need a GitHub organization or organization-level permissions; facilitators handle those settings before the workshop.

Please also review the short Student Onboarding Guide. It explains what to complete before the course, what your Learning Room is, and how the challenge flow works.

Recommended links to keep handy:

If you run into setup problems, please contact the facilitators before the workshop. We want Day 1 to begin with learning, not silent troubleshooting.

Thank you, and we look forward to working with you.

Community Access workshop team

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