Welcome to your coursework planner

This is how you will plan and manage your coursework at CYF. You will add all your work as issues to your fork of this repository, and then use a project board to manage your work. This is broadly how all technical projects are managed, so you will need lots of practice. Get started today.

1. How to get set up

Forking the My-Coursework-Planner repo

1. Fork this repo to your own GitHub
2. You should see your own GitHub username under Owner
3. Turn on issues in the Settings of your forked version of the repo

You must fork to your personal Github account. Forks created in the CYF org will be deleted by a bot.

Creating your project board

1. Go to the example project board
2. Click the three-dot menu on the Coursework Planner Board then select Make a copy
3. Make sure your own GitHub username is under Owner and change the name to "Coursework Planner". These steps are very important! If either value is incorrect the issues will not be cloned correctly.
4. If you make a mistake naming your project you can go back and change it later. Hover your cursor over the board's name then click the pen icon which appears.

On the next screen you can rename your board to "Coursework Planner" and save your changes.

5. Make your project board public so your mentors can see your progress - open the project board settings
6. Scroll to the bottom to find the setting to make your board public

Linking the My-Coursework-Planner repo to your project board

1. Go back to your forked version of the My-Coursework-Planner repo
2. Under Projects, click Link a project and select your project board
3. That's it! You're ready to start adding issues to your board!

2. In every module, you will add your work as issues

Each sprint in each module has a Backlog page which lists the work you're expected to do for that module. Every item in the list is actually a GitHub issue.

There is a "Clone" button next to each issue. When you're starting a sprint, clone each of its issues into your coursework planner.

Copy issues for each week or at most for each module. The coursework content is updated frequently, you will not have the most up to date tasks on your board if you copy all modules at once.

If the Clone button isn't working you can send a message in Slack asking for help, or speak to a volunteer in class on Saturday.

3. Manage and adapt your project board as you learn

There are example project boards attached to each module, showing you ways you can use boards to manage your time, prioritise, scope, and track your work. You should use the same project board all the way through the course, and add to it as you go. Learn as you go, and adapt your board as you learn.

You can, and should, also add your own tickets to the board. Just remember it's a public board, so don't add anything you don't want to share with your mentors.

You can watch this video about how to create your coursework-planner board.