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Build your foundational knowledge of GitHub topics, tools, and concepts with our GitHub Foundations Exam prep course. Pace yourself over five weeks or the timeline you choose, we’ll prepare you to pass the GitHub Foundations certification exam with ease.

This course will be broken up into five weeks, each with a specific topic, curated resources, additional exam questions from our Hubber experts, Q&A, and the potential for office hours with GitHub staff. You can expect to be exam-ready by the end!

How do I join the prep course?

Use the modules linked below to study are your own pace, each module contains:

• Links to resources
• A Q&A discussion
• Practice questions to test your skills

Why should I do this?

Getting GitHub certified is a resounding endorsement that validates your skills, credibility, trust, and knowledge of the technologies and developer tools that are used by more than 100 million developers worldwide.

What is the GitHub Foundations certification?

Highlight your understanding of the foundational topics and concepts of collaborating, contributing, and working on GitHub. This exam covers:

• Collaboration
• GitHub products
• Git basics
• Working within GitHub repositories

What’s the schedule?

Part One: Foundations of Foundations🧱

• Introduction to Git
• Introduction to GitHub
• Introduction to GitHub’s Products

Part Two: Copilot 🧑‍✈️

• Introduction to GitHub Copilot
• Using GitHub Copilot with Python

Part Three: Repositories 📦

• Manage repository changes by using PRs on GitHub
• Search and organize repository history by using GitHub
• Maintain a secure repository by using GitHub best practices

Part Four: GitHub Features and Open Source 🌐

• Code with GitHub Codespaces
• Manage your work with GitHub Projects
• Contribute to an open-source project on GitHub
• Communicate effectively on GitHub using Markdown

Part Five: Enterprise Essentials 💼

• Manage an Inner Source program by using GitHub
• Introduction to GitHub administration
• Authenticate and authorize user identities on GitHub

Then, once you complete the course and the exam, share your feedback so we can continue to make the certification process a great one! We’re looking forward to getting you exam-ready.

For more information on our certifications program, please visit the Certifications site.