GitHub

1. Check your JCU email.
You'll get an invitation to the cp3405-tr3-2026 organization, already added to your team's repo — no username or form needed, it's sent straight to your JCU address.

2. Accept the invite.
One click. You'll land directly in your team's repo, already set up under the org.

3. Add a short README.
Team name, members, nothing more required yet.

The fastest way to make your first commit — no software needed

1. Open your team's repo (the link from your invite email).
2. Click on any file — for example, README.md.
3. Click the pencil icon (top right of the file view) to edit it directly in the browser.
4. Make your change, then scroll down — you'll see a box asking you to describe what you changed.
5. Click "Commit changes". That's it — you've just made your first commit.

Quick vocabulary — the only four words you actually need

• Repository (repo) — your team's shared folder, where all files live.
• Commit — a saved snapshot of a change, with a short note describing it.
• README — the file that shows automatically when you open a repo, usually an overview.
• Organization (org) — the shared account (cp3405-tr3-2026) that owns every team's repo.

If you want a proper walkthrough — video and written guides

• GitHub's own official beginner guide — written, covers repos, commits, and pull requests from zero.
• GitHub Tutorial for Beginners (video) — uses GitHub Desktop, a visual app rather than the command line, good if you'd rather see it done than read it.

Neither is required reading — the 5-step commit walkthrough above is genuinely enough for everything Sprint 2 needs. These are here if you want to go deeper.