Scribd
Upload
64 views

Communicating Using Markdown in GitHub

The document provides instructions for completing tasks to learn how to communicate using Markdown. It includes steps to create a task list, turn on GitHub Pages, add headers, merge pull requests, add an image and link, create lists, and use emphasis. The goal is to gain experience with Markdown formatting and features by editing sample files in a GitHub repository.

Uploaded by

Rrezearta Thaqi
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
64 views

Communicating Using Markdown in GitHub

The document provides instructions for completing tasks to learn how to communicate using Markdown. It includes steps to create a task list, turn on GitHub Pages, add headers, merge pull requests, add an image and link, create lists, and use emphasis. The goal is to gain experience with Markdown formatting and features by editing sample files in a GitHub repository.

Uploaded by

Rrezearta Thaqi
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

Communicating using Markdown 

 
A quick reference guide to complete the steps in the course. 
https://lab.github.com/courses/comunicating-using-markdown/  

1. Create a task list 


1.1. Add a comment to this issue 
1.2. Use Markdown to create a task list of todo items. Your task list could include 
any items you’d like, here’s an example you can use: 
­ [ ] Turn on GitHub Pages 
­ [ ] Outline my portfolio 
­ [ ] Introduce myself to the world 
1.3. Use the Preview tab to check your markdown formatting 
1.4. Click Comment 

2. Turn on GitHub Pages 


2.1. Click on the Settings tab for this repository 
2.2. Use the Select source drop-down menu to select master as your GitHub 
Pages publishing source 
2.3. Click Save 

3. Add headers  
3.1. In this pull request, click the Files Changed tab 
3.2. In the upper right corner of the file view, click the pencil (✏ ) icon to open the 
file editor for the file titled _includes/01-name.md 
3.3. On the Edit file tab, add a # before the content so it formats as a heading 1. 
You can use the same concept to add more headers, using 1 through 6 hash 
symbols 
3.4. Above the new content, click Preview changes 
3.5. At the bottom of the page, type a short, meaningful commit message that 
describes the change you made to the file 
3.6. Click Commit Changes. 

4. Merge your headers 


4.1. Click Merge pull request below 

1 
 

5. Add an image 
5.1. Like before, edit the file in this pull request 
5.2. Look for the filler text on the file _includes/02-image.md. Replace that text 
with the Markdown to feature your image of choice. Don’t forget to include 
alt-text! 
5.3. Commit your changes 

6. Add a profile link 


6.1. Edit the file _includes/03-links.md 
6.2. Replace the filler text with a link to your Github profile or anywhere else 

7. Merge your image and link 


7.1. Click Merge pull request below 

8. Add a list 
8.1. Like before, edit the _includes/04-lists.md file in this pull request 
8.2. Create a list somewhere in the file. It could be ordered or unordered 
8.3. Commit your changes 

9. Use emphasis 
9.1. Edit the file _includes/05-emphasis.md in this pull request 
9.2. By using the Preview tab and your new markdown knowledge, add emphasis 
(like bold or italics) to your skills 
9.3. Commit your changes 

10. Merge lists and emphasis 


10.1. Go ahead and click Merge pull request below  

2 

You might also like