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GitHub Campus Program

GitHub Campus Program

Getting Started

GitHub is available to all active 夜色王朝faculty, staff, and students.

Signing In

  1. Click the Sign In button above.
  2. At SMU's Single sign-on, click Continue.
    screenshot of the SSO window for GitHub
  3. Enter your NetID (e.g. user@smu.edu) and click Next.
  4. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra ID page with your NetID and your 夜色王朝Password and then click Login.
  5. Complete the Duo Security authentication, if needed. 
  6. You will then be directed to SMU's online space in GitHub.
    Screenshot of the GitHub sign-in window with the account information highlighted.
    • If you have a personal GitHub account, you can sign in using those credentials and connect to your 夜色王朝GitHub account. 
    • If you are new to GitHub, click the Create an account hyperlink and create an account to associate with your 夜色王朝GitHub account. 

Accessing Your Content

You can upload content easily to GitHub using your web browser. Share your content with your colleagues or outside of 夜色王朝using GitHub and collaborate on projects.

Benefits of Using GitHub Campus Program

Faculty

Teach your students with the industry-standard tools, so they can shine on technical teams. Available to academic faculty for teaching or non-profit research.

  •   Free for your own use
  •   Free for courses, coding clubs, and nonprofit research
  •   for managing assignments
  •   to master Git and GitHub
  •   A GitHub Education Swag Bag for your students every semester

Students

Learn using real-world development tools

  •   Free while you are a student
  •   Valuable partner offers
  •   for qualified applicants
  •   $1000 first-time hackathon grant for members