Getting Started

These are the first steps for the beginner using GitHub with screen readers. It’s designed to walk the user through in an easy to understand manner.

Navigating to the file

• Log in to GitHub.
• Go to the blurringtheboundaries repository
• Once you have loaded the repository page, click the repositories link
• From the resulting page, select the desired repository from the list. This list can be navigated by heading and clicked, but the name will not be recognised as a link.

Creating a new file

• In the repository, click the Add File button.
• Click the Create New File button.

Naming the file

• In the resulting page, navigate to the Name your file text field.
• Type your file name.

Entering and formatting text in the main body

Creating a heading

• To create a new heading, navigate to the first line of text and press the # sign followed by a space. Then type the text for the heading.
• Add a new line by pressing the enter key.
• To create sub-level headings, type the pound sign the desired number of times followed by the space bar, then type the desired text.

Creating a bullet list

• Type a hyphen followed by a space, then the text of the bullet point.
• To create sub-level bullet points, press the tab key the number of times corresponding to the desired level of bullet point, followed by a hyphen and a space before typing the desired text.
• Make sure there is a double line break between the last bullet point and the next heading in the document.

Creating a repository

• Navigate to the GitHub home page.
• Navigate to the create new popup menu button and click it.
• From this menu, select New repository
• Navigate to the repository name and name the repository. Spaces can not be used in the repository name. Use hyphens instead.
• Navigate to the repository description and type a short description.
• Choose whether to make the repository public or private by navigating to and selecting the desired radio button.
• Navigate to the Add a README file tick box and tick it if desired. A basic README file will be created automatically using the short description you wrote, once the repository is created.
• Leave Add .gitignore unticked.
• Tick the choose a license button. In the next step you will be taken to a form to choose the license.
• Finally, navigate to the create a repository button and click it.