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Customizing the Course for Your Needs

The website is setup to be easy to run automatically through GitHub:

• Fork or import the repository to https://github.com/yourusername/semester-biology.
  • You may change the Repository name (semester-biology) from the Settings tab.
• Update # Setup information in _config.yml in the main directory for proper site rendering.
  • You must push this change to your repository to build and browse your forked version.
  • In a few minutes you should be able to see a copy of the site at: https://yourusername.github.io/semester-biology/
  • If you want to use a custom domain name instead of github.io, follow GitHub’s instructions for setting up a custom domain.
  • If you choose to keep the “Data Carpentry” name in your title:, please contact us via email (cmhulshof@vcu.edu) to confirm permission.
• Add or Edit any of the course content files. In particular, you will be interested to update:
  • course description in index.md in the main directory
  • course details and policy in syllabus.md in the main directory
  • assignments: list in the schedule.md front matter
  • motivation and support documents in about/
  • software download and install in computer-setup.md
• If you have any problems please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

Check out some examples of customized courses:

• Introduction to Ecology by Andrew Tredennick

• Introduction to Scientific Computing by Phillip Alderman

  Please, let us know if you have developed a customized version of the course so we can list it here.