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+# GitHub Foundations
+
+Core skills for day-to-day use of Git on the command line and GitHub workflows
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+<div class="objectives">
+<input type="checkbox" id="obj1"><label for="obj1">Understand Git vocabulary, GitHub platform</label>
+<input type="checkbox" id="obj2"><label for="obj2">Interact with versioned documents on GitHub</label>
+<input type="checkbox" id="obj3"><label for="obj3">Use graphical clients to download projects</label>
+<input type="checkbox" id="obj4"><label for="obj4">Apply basic workflow principles</label>
+<input type="checkbox" id="obj5"><label for="obj5">Maximize benefits of local, remote repositories</label>
+<input type="checkbox" id="obj6"><label for="obj6">Compare versioned history on GitHub</label>
+<input type="checkbox" id="obj7"><label for="obj7">Utilize Markdown during code review processes</label>
+</div>
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+---
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 ## Understanding version control
 
+Explore an introduction to core concepts of the [Git](https://git-scm.com) technology and its vocabulary for every-day scenarios.
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 ## Surveying the GitHub platform
 
+Discover the flexibility of preserving version controlled files and the simplicity of collaboration workflows all in one ecosystem.
+
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 ## Creating a hosted repository
 
+Publish your versioned documents and share projects on the [GitHub](https://github.com) platform.
+
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 ## Touring content versioning on GitHub
 
+Explore the GitHub Web Flow and GitHub interface that provides robust Git version control actions all through a web browser.
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 ## Acquiring repositories locally
 
+Explore the process of downloading a hosted repository to a local machine, the support across tooling, and the options of protocols.
+
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 ## Exploring the GitHub Flow
 
+Discover the simplicity and flexibility in Git-based collaboration workflows with context-specific sets of changes and code review via pull requests
+
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 ## Syncing local and GitHub repos
 
+Publish and syncrhonize local commit history with a GitHub hosted repository from graphical clients and command line.
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 ## Visualizing changes with GitHub
 
+Identify changes across document history through GitHub's interface and support for code, prose, graphics files, and more.
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 ## Using GitHub Pages
 
+Craft, version, and publish GitHub-hosted web pages directly from a project repository.
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 ## Managing projects
 
+Identify pending contributions, manage collaborator and permissions access, and curate flexible task lists of project objectives.
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 ## Using GitHub Flavored Markdown
 
+Unleash **communication** potential with GitHub's vast support of simple and effective plain-text document formatting known as Markdown.
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