# Week 1 overview

## Learning Objectives:
Course overview and software environment setup

## Learning and Participation Activities with Due Dates (Monday, Aug. 29, Noon EDT):
1. Register for a free [GitHub account](https://github.com/join)
2. Respond to the following Class Community Forum threads on [Blackboard](https://blackboard.albany.edu):

    a. Post your GitHub ID that you created in the previous step

    b. Introduce yourself on the *Welcome/Introduce Yourself* thread
3. Run through an example Jupyter notebook that has been placed in your **/home/\<*netid*\>/atm533/week1** folder:

    a. Log into our primary Jupyterhub server for the class: https://turing.atmos.albany.edu:8000

    b. When prompted, enter your UAlbany NetID (use lower-case) and the associated password

    c. In the Jupyterlab instance that should load after several seconds, browse to your *atm533* folder

    d. Double-click on the *NYSM_Hourly_Map.ipynb* file

    e. Run through the entire notebook cell-by-cell

    f. Close and halt the notebook when done

    g. Close the browser tab

<div class="alert alert-info"> Note: a fully-executed and rendered version of the NYSM_Hourly_Map notebook appears in the next section of this Jupyterbook! </div>