Github Classroom

In this article you will learn how to use GitHub classroom to complete coding assignments.

Create a Github Account

Open Visual Studio on your desktop PC
In the ‘Get started’ page, click the ‘Clone a repository’ selection
In the online GitHub assignment repository, click on the ‘Code’ button in GitHub and copy the ‘Clone’ section copy the ‘HTTPS’ link
In Visual Studio, copy the link into the ‘Repository location’ text box
Create a local path on your desktop PC to save your cloned repository, and select it in the ‘Path’ text box in Visual Studio
Click the ‘Clone’ button when you are done

In the Visual Studio ‘Solution Explorer’, click on the ‘.sln’ file
You can now start completing your assignment in the solution
After you close the solution, you can subsequently open the solution from your local path where you saved the cloned repository

In the Visual Studio solution, add your code to complete the assignment
In the Visual Studio ‘Git Changes’ tab, enter a comment for your commit, then click the ‘Commit All’ link
Use the ‘circle’ con to sync the commit with your online remote GitHub assignment repository
Verify, your commit is saved online on GitHub by opening the solution folder in the GitHub assignment repository and checking your file changes
If you make additional changes to your code, you can make multiple commits

When you have complete your assignment, open the online assignment repository on GitHub
In the GitHub assignment repository, click on the ‘Pull requests’ link
Open the ‘Feedback’ pull request
In the ‘Comments’ section, type ‘Assignment Completed’ and click the ‘Comment’ button
Your will receive feedback on your submitted assignment
You can carry out a discussion with your assessor in the Pull Request comments section

You can use the ‘Feedback’ Pull Request comments section to seek clarification from your assessor on the assignment