GitHub as an Academic Archive: Preserving and Sharing Student Work

Publication Date

Spring 4-16-2025

College

College of Sciences & Mathematics

Department

Math and Computer Science, Department of

Student Level

Undergraduate

SPARK Session

Dr. Christina Davis: 11:45-12:45pm, Data Science

Presentation Type

Poster

Summary

This project aims to develop a centralized GitHub platform to archive and showcase undergraduate student projects within the College of Science and Mathematics, specifically for the Mathematics, Computer Science, and Data Science departments. The platform serves as a resource for students and faculty, providing inspiration for future projects and a reference for incoming students. To facilitate project submissions, a Google Form was created, allowing students to input project details in a systematic manner. An automated workflow was then implemented using Zapier, which transfers submitted information from the form to a committed issue in GitHub. The process will be streamlined further by using methods to convert the issued data into a structured repository, generating a README file and repository based on submission details. These methods will be shared at SPARK. This project enhances accessibility to student work, fosters collaboration, and creates a sustainable knowledge-sharing system for the department.

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