[dorkrawk]

Things like version control should be taught along with the "first week setup" stuff in courses that cover CS topics. For example, in your CS101 class you should learn how to do some basic version control while you're learning to write your first Python/Java/whatever "Hello World". This way you can all be learning about Git (or whatever is being taught) together and students and maybe TAs can help out with skills (though email, course discussion pages, etc) so that the professor can spend more time on course content.

One of the big values of college is having a lot of other people around you learning the same things at the same time. This can be helpful when learning about subject matter and about tools like version control.