Lesson content: Introduction to Markdown
Description: This brief module provides instructions that give newcomers experience using Markdown, a markup language for adding formatting elements to plain text files.
Time to complete: 15-20 minutes
Audience: undergraduate students; graduate students; faculty; information professionals
Prep:
- Complete foundations-0
- Complete foundations-1
Objectives:
- Use Github to create an index.md file
- Apply Markdown syntax to render a simple web page that includes headings, paragraphs, line breaks, emphasis, links, images, lists, and block quotes