2️⃣Begin Assignment

When you are first sent a new assignment, you will receive an email similar to the following:

Begin Assignment email

Once you click the Continue button, you will be brought to the following screen.

You will then need to enter your GitHub or GitLab username.

For GitHub, your username is displayed when you click your profile picture in the top right corner when you are logged into your GitHub account. If you do not already have a GitHub account, you can sign up here for free. For GitLab, your username is displayed when you click your profile picture in the top left corner when you are logged into your GitLab account. Your username will be displayed with an @ symbol prefixed to it. If you do not already have a GitLab account, you can sign up here for free.

Now click the Continue button to proceed. You will then see a screen similar to the following:

Please click the Continue link. You will then see a pop-up similar to the following:

Once you click the Yes button, we will generate a new private repository for you on GitHub/ GitLab, which will contain the assignment details.

Please click on the link shown in the pop-up image above, which will bring you to your repository on GitHub/GitLab.

Note that if you see a 404 Error on GitHub/GitLab when you click on the repo link, please follow these instructions.

The link to your GitHub/GitLab repo will also always be available on this screen:

You can now clone your repo locally, and start working on the assignment inside your code editor of choice.