Assignment: Create a GitHub account

Author

Jelmer Poelstra

Published

March 3, 2022


What?

Create a personal GitHub account.

Why?

GitHub is a website that hosts Git repositories, i.e. version-controlled projects. In Week 3 of this course, you will be learning how to use Git together with GitHub. In addition, you will submit your final project assignments through GitHub.

How?

If you already have a GitHub account, log in and start at step 6.

  1. Go to https://github.com.

  2. Click “Sign Up” in the top right.

  3. Follow the prompts to create your account — some notes:

    • When choosing your username, I would recommend to keep it professional and have it include or resemble your real name. (This is because you will hopefully continue to use GitHub to share your code, for instance when publishing a paper.)

    • You can choose whether you want to use your OSU email address or a non-institutional email address. (And note that you can always associate a second email address with your account.)

  4. Check your email and click the link to verify your email address.

  5. Back on GitHub website, now logged in: in the far top-right of the page, click your randomly assigned avatar, and in the dropdown menu, click “Settings”.

  6. In the “Emails” tab (left-hand menu), deselect the box “Keep my email addresses private”.

  7. In the “Public profile” tab, enter your name.

  8. Still in the “Profile tab”, upload a Profile picture. This can be a picture of yourself but if you prefer, you can use something else.

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