# Basic questions before contributing

**URL:** https://discourse.itk.org/t/basic-questions-before-contributing/7797
**Category:** Beginner Questions
**Created:** [September 8, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/basic-questions-before-contributing/7797 "2026-09-08T15:38:52Z")
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### Author: ![Toddthegod1](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/toddthegod1/32/4699_2.png) [@Toddthegod1](https://discourse.itk.org/u/Toddthegod1)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/basic-questions-before-contributing/7797/1 "2026-09-08T15:38:52Z")

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Hi ITK,

I am a senior in college in a course where we have to contribute as a team with other students to an open-source project. Is there anything appropriate I should know before we start to contribute to the project? Have you ever had teams of students work on this project? Also, are there mentorship opportunities?

Thanks,

Todd

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### Author: ![dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/dzenanz/32/1093_2.png) [@dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/u/dzenanz)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/basic-questions-before-contributing/7797/2 "2026-09-09T12:54:25Z")

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You could take a look at:

> **[Contribute to ITK](https://docs.itk.org/en/latest/contributing/index.html)**
>
> Welcome to the Insight Toolkit (ITK) ! We are excited that you are here! Join us as a contributing member of the community. Alt This article documents how to contribute improvements to ITK. For a q...

Contributions are welcome.

@hjmjohnson do you have availability for mentorship?