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Another great collaboration tool is Discussions. These are places for you and your team to have conversations about ideas, questions, showcases, and, well, have a 'discussion'. I've seen some teams even use these for showing off their latest vacation.
As you're browsing your way around the internet, especially as a GitHub newbie, start looking for projects hosted on GitHub. For example, if you are searching for a new media player, and you come across VLC check their website and see if they are an open source project. If they are, see if they are on GitHub. If so, go check out their repo. Star it, read it, being to understand it. You'll get a good sense of how people, companies, orgs, and projects are using GitHub.
If you're already familiar with the browser version of GitHub, why not branch out? You can also use GitHub via desktop. GitHub Desktop is great for managing files and updates to your repo.
Another way to use GitHub is through the terminal. The GitHub CLI is a great way to use GitHub from the command line. You can clone repos, checkout, create issues, and heaps more. It's perfect if you're already working in the terminal and you don't want to leave it.