Hi Matt, Along the theme of item 2, Programming Historian already has a lesson on GitHub desktop, meant for being worked through alone. You may find some of their approaches of interest, particularly when code switching for a new population. http://programminghistorian.org/lessons/getting-started-with-github-desktop
Elizabeth On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 3:49 AM, Matthew Gidden <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I searched the list history and didn't see a similar topic already posted, > so apologies if this is a rehash of a previous conversation. > > I'm going to be teaching a version of the git novice lessons next week to > an audience that does not feel comfortable on the command line. My goal > will be to use Github Desktop [1] which provides a (reasonably nice) GUI on > top of common interactions with local and remote repositories. I expect to > walk through the GUI interactions in approximately the same order as the > lessons while having some conceptual slides as I go along. > > I have a few questions for the list: > > 1. Has someone else taught a similar course? Perhaps we can connect > off list for quick ideas/lessons learned (I will be new to teaching with a > GUI..). > 2. Is there interest in developing some sidecar lessons to git-novice > that use the github GUI? > 3. Philosophically, is teaching git without the CLI antithetical to > SWC's core mission (i.e., is it doing more harm by obfuscating the > mechanics of the underlying tool)? > > I'd enjoy any input/suggestions you all may have. > > Cheers, > Matt Gidden > > [1] https://desktop.github.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss >
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