diff --git a/.github/workflows/delete-preview.yml b/.github/workflows/delete-preview.yml
index 419d2f4e8..b910ad459 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/delete-preview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/delete-preview.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   build-all:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+
       # This is because if a PR is closed before a render finishes it won't find it.
       - name: Sleep for 5 minutes
         run: sleep 300s
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-build-test.yml
index a96a1a0dc..d22e887ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build-test.yml
@@ -32,8 +32,13 @@ jobs:
 
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
     steps:
-      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: login as jhudsl-robot
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "itcrtrainingnetwork@gmail.com"
+          git config --local user.name "jhudsl-robot"
 
       - name: Don't re-test if this is a sync branch
         if: ${{ github.head_ref == 'repo-sync/OTTR_Template/default' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/send-updates.yml b/.github/workflows/send-updates.yml
index 6ccbe898f..b00f77b36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/send-updates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/send-updates.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@master
 
+      - name: login as jhudsl-robot
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "itcrtrainingnetwork@gmail.com"
+          git config --local user.name "jhudsl-robot"
+
       - name: Get the version
         id: get_tag
         run: |
@@ -32,7 +37,6 @@ jobs:
             echo ::set-output name=version::${{ github.event.inputs.prtag }}
           fi
 
-
       - name: Run Mechanics File Sync
         uses: BetaHuhn/repo-file-sync-action@v1.7.1
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/starting-course.yml b/.github/workflows/starting-course.yml
index 7926e23df..2ba37f279 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/starting-course.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/starting-course.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.event.repository.name != 'OTTR_Template'
     steps:
-
-      # Check out current repository
-      - name: Fetch current branch
+      - name: checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
+      - name: login as jhudsl-robot
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "itcrtrainingnetwork@gmail.com"
+          git config --local user.name "jhudsl-robot"
+
 ##### Filing issues!
 
       # Issue for what repository settings need to be set
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
             resources/images/04-figures_files \
             Course_Name.rds \
             docs/*.html \
-            docs/*.md 
+            docs/*.md
 
       # Commit modified files
       - name: Commit deleted files
diff --git a/.github/workflows/style-and-sp-check.yml b/.github/workflows/style-and-sp-check.yml
index 002cbebfa..9716ab425 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/style-and-sp-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/style-and-sp-check.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,13 @@ jobs:
 
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: login as jhudsl-robot
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "itcrtrainingnetwork@gmail.com"
+          git config --local user.name "jhudsl-robot"
 
       - name: Run spell check
         id: spell_check_run
@@ -35,7 +41,6 @@ jobs:
           name: spell-check-results
           path: spell_check_results.tsv
 
-      ############ The items if there's too many spelling errors!
       - name: Build components of the spell check comment
         id: build-components
         env:
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           body-includes: spelling errors
 
       - name: Spelling errors!
-        if: ${{ steps.spell_check_run.outputs.sp_chk_results > 3 }}
+        if: ${{ steps.spell_check_run.outputs.sp_chk_results >= 3 }}
         uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v1
         with:
           comment-id: ${{ steps.fc.outputs.comment-id }}
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           edit-mode: replace
 
       - name: Check spell check results - fail if too many errors
-        if: ${{ steps.spell_check_run.outputs.sp_chk_results > 3 }}
+        if: ${{ steps.spell_check_run.outputs.sp_chk_results >= 3 }}
         run: exit 1
 
       - name: No spelling errors
@@ -88,8 +93,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Commit
         run: |
-          git config --local user.email "actions@github.com"
-          git config --local user.name "GitHub Actions"
           git add \*.Rmd
           git commit -m 'Style Rmds' || echo "No changes to commit"
           git push origin || echo "No changes to commit"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-send-updates.yml b/.github/workflows/test-send-updates.yml
index d3159efb3..d02034bca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-send-updates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-send-updates.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@master
 
+      - name: login as jhudsl-robot
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "itcrtrainingnetwork@gmail.com"
+          git config --local user.name "jhudsl-robot"
+
       - name: Get the version
         id: get_tag
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/url-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/url-checker.yml
index 2d03a4058..fd3efdf6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/url-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/url-checker.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: login as jhudsl-robot
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "itcrtrainingnetwork@gmail.com"
+          git config --local user.name "jhudsl-robot"
 
       - name: URLs-checker
         uses: urlstechie/urlchecker-action@master