Collaborate with others with Markdown and GitHub Pages

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Free Online Course: Collaborate with others with Markdown and GitHub Pages provided by Microsoft Learn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 3-4 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge.

Overview
    • Module 1: Learn to use key GitHub features, including issues, notifications, branches, commits, and pull requests.
    • In this module, you will:

      • Communicate with the project community in issues
      • Manage notifications for project events
      • Create branches to manage work in parallel
      • Make commits to update project source
      • Introduce changes with pull requests
      • Deploy a web page to GitHub Pages
    • Module 2: Learn to use Markdown to communicate with brevity, clarity, and expression.
    • In this module, you will:

      • Use Markdown to add lists, images, and links in a comment or text file
      • Determine where and how to use Markdown in a GitHub repository
      • Learn about syntax extensions available in GitHub (GitHub-flavored Markdown)
    • Module 3: Learn how to host your personal, organization, and project sites for free with GitHub Pages.
    • In this module, you will:

      • Enable GitHub Pages
      • Choose a theme with Jekyll
      • Use YAML front matter
      • Customize your site
      • Create and edit blog posts

Syllabus
    • Module 1: Introduction to GitHub
      • Introduction
      • What is GitHub?
      • Exercise - A guided tour of GitHub
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary
    • Module 2: Communicate effectively on GitHub by using Markdown
      • Introduction
      • What is Markdown?
      • Exercise - Communicating using Markdown
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary
    • Module 3: Create and host web sites by using GitHub Pages
      • Introduction
      • What is GitHub Pages?
      • Exercise - Enable, create, and update a GitHub Pages web site
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary