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What you need to do to get started
Computer scientists use special tools to solve problems. Learning how to correctly use your tools is an important part of becoming a computer scientist or programmer.
When you first start using a new tool it can feel confusing, overwhelming or weird. Don’t worry! This topic is concerned with the very first steps in setting up your tools. The more you use a tool, the better you become.
Join Google classroom
Please make sure you have joined our google classroom. Your teacher will give you a google classroom code. If you have any trouble, please let your instructor know.
Bookmark the following sites
- https://computersciencewiki.org
- https://courses.computersciencewiki.org
- Please also bookmark the daily notes for your course, which you can find in the link above.
- https://discuss.computersciencewiki.org
- https://help.computersciencewiki.org
- https://moodle.computersciencewiki.org
- https://github.com/bmackenty
Register for github
Please click here to request github signup page. Once the page has been rendered by your browser please follow the instructions to register.
- Please make sure you use only your school email address
- Please make sure your username:
- Does not contain your last name
- Does not contain any personally identifiable information
- Does not contain any inappropriate content
Most students use their first name, for example, Tom or Felix123 After you register, you might get a bunch of questions. You can ignore the questions.