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Getting Started with GitHub - Practice Area Leads

Welcome Practice Area Leads! We are thrilled to have your dedication, expertise, and enthusiasm to effectively foster collaboration and knowledge sharing with AI CoP community members.

How do I sign up for GitHub?

1. Create a free personal account on GitHub.com and verify your email address.
   • Click “Sign up.”
   • Follow the prompts to create your personal account.
   • During sign up you'll be asked to verify your email address. Without a verified email address, you won't be able to complete some basic GitHub tasks such as creating a repository.
   • If you're having problems verifying your email address, there are some troubleshooting steps you can take. For more information, see Verifying your email address.

How do I join the AI CoP’s organization?

To join the organization, the AI CoP team must invite you to the organization. Please contact [e-mail] if you have not received an invitation to the organization. Then you must click the invitation link in the email.

How do I create a new repository?

1. Navigate to the Repository Template for Practice Area Leads.
2. In the top right, click the button “Use this template”.
3. Add a repository name with “Practice Area” at the end (i.e. Gen AI Practice Area).
4. Make the repository “public”.
5. Click “Create Repository”.
6. Make sure to add in content where there are placeholders (i.e. “Topic”).

How do I start a discussion?

Enable discussions

1. Navigate to the top right corner of the navigation and click on “Settings”.
2. Scroll down to the “Features” section and check the box next to “discussions”.
3. Now you can navigate to the top navigation menu and click “Discussions”.

Create a discussion

1. Before you create a discussion, please introduce yourself to the community in the main repo.
2. Then validate you are under the correct repository that you are leading.
3. Click on the “new discussion” button.
4. Select your discussion topic including:
   • Announcements: Please reserve these for events.
   • General: Anything and everything that doesn’t fit into other categories.
   • Ideas: For those “what if…?” questions.
   • Polls: Solicit feedback from the community.
   • Q&A: Ask questions to engage the community.
   • Show & Tell: share projects and resources.
5. Click “Get Started” under the appropriate category and type in your content.

Note: If you want to close the discussion, you may navigate to the discussion and hit “close discussion” at the bottom.

Best practices

• Ensure that everything you are naming is clear and concise, reflecting the content and purpose. Use descriptive terms that are easily understandable by community members. Ask: What will people search for?
• Create folders or subdirectories within your GitHub repository corresponding to each topic area. For example, you can have folders named "NLP", "Generative AI", "Computer Vision", etc. to organize discussions, projects, or resources related to each practice area.
• Please use appropriate tags when you start discussions within the repository. This will help in categorizing and filtering content effectively.
• Regularly review and update the structure based on community feedback and evolving needs to ensure it remains relevant and useful.

For more information, contact the AI CoP Support Team.