--- title: Build Your Personal Brand with GitHub Copilot — Full... description: A multi-episode beginner course aimed at students walks through signing up for the GitHub Student Developer Pack, installing GitHub Copilot and VS Code, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/build-your-personal-brand-with-github-copilot-full-course-for-students-sy1ylozpr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Build Your Personal Brand with GitHub Copilot — Full Course for Students | daily.dev og:description: A multi-episode beginner course aimed at students walks through signing up for the GitHub Student Developer Pack, installing GitHub Copilot and VS Code, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/build-your-personal-brand-with-github-copilot-full-course-for-students-sy1ylozpr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SY1yLOzpr.png og:image:alt: Build Your Personal Brand with GitHub Copilot — Full Course for Students og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Build Your Personal Brand with GitHub Copilot — Full Course for Students **[Microsoft Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/microsoftdeveloper)** · 125 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A multi-episode beginner course aimed at students walks through signing up for the GitHub Student Developer Pack, installing GitHub Copilot and VS Code, and building a personal portfolio website from a resume using no-code AI prompting. Later episodes cover Git and GitHub fundamentals (branches, commits, diffs, merging, pull requests), publishing a site via GitHub Pages, and configuring the Copilot desktop app's sessions, models, effort levels, and interactive/plan/autopilot modes. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I sign up for GitHub Copilot as a student? Apply through the GitHub Student Developer Pack at github.com/education, which requires proof of enrollment such as a school email or unofficial transcript. Approval typically takes about three days, after which students get access to GitHub Pro, GitHub Copilot, unlimited repositories, and other free resources worth thousands of dollars. _daily.dev helps students track new AI coding tool access and student developer benefits as they roll out._ ### What is the difference between GitHub Copilot's interactive, plan, and autopilot modes? Interactive mode is the default, applying standard settings without extra reasoning or unapproved actions. Plan mode has Copilot draft and present a plan of file changes for review before implementation, useful for tasks like adding a new website section. Autopilot mode lets Copilot execute the approved plan with no further user input, essentially handing it full control. _developers comparing AI agent modes can follow ongoing coverage of copilot workflows on daily.dev._ ### How do you publish a static website for free using GitHub Pages? Create a GitHub repository containing your site's HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files, then go to the repository's Settings, navigate to Pages under Code and Automation, choose to deploy from a branch, and select the branch (such as master) to publish from. 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