# Contributing to Learn.co Curriculum

We're really exited that you're about to contribute to the [open
curriculum](https://learn.co/content-license) on [Learn.co](https://learn.co).
If this is your first time contributing, please continue reading to learn how to
make the most meaningful and useful impact possible.

## Raising an Issue to Encourage a Contribution

If you notice a problem with the curriculum that you believe needs improvement
but you're unable to make the change yourself, you should raise a Github issue
containing a clear description of the problem. Include relevant snippets of the
content and/or screenshots if applicable. Curriculum owners regularly review
issue lists and your issue will be prioritized and addressed as appropriate.

## Submitting a Pull Request to Suggest an Improvement

If you see an opportunity for improvement and can make the change yourself go
ahead and use a typical git workflow to make it happen:

- Fork this curriculum repository
- Make the change on your fork, with descriptive commits in the standard format
- Open a Pull Request against this repo

A curriculum owner will review your change and approve or comment on it in due
course.

## Why Contribute?

Curriculum on Learn is publicly and freely available under Learn's
[Educational Content License](https://learn.co/content-license). By embracing an
open-source contribution model, our goal is for the curriculum on Learn to
become, in time, the best educational content the world has ever seen.

We need help from the community of Learners to maintain and improve the
educational content. Everything from fixing typos, to correcting out-dated
information, to improving exposition, to adding better examples, to fixing
tests—all contributions to making the curriculum more effective are welcome.