About this course: Thanks to a growing number of software programs, it seems as if anyone can make a webpage. But what if you actually want to understand how the page was created? There are great textbooks and online resources for learning web design, but most of those resources require some background knowledge. This course is designed to help the novice who wants to gain confidence and knowledge. We will explore the theory (what actually happens when you click on a link on a webpage?), the practical (what do I need to know to make my own page?), and the overlooked (I have a page, what do I do now?). Throughout the course there will be a strong emphasis on adhering to syntactic standards for validation and semantic standards to promote wide accessibility for users with disabilities. The textbook we use is available online, “The Missing Link: An Introduction to Web Development and Programming” by Michael Mendez from www.opensuny.org. This course will appeal to a wide variety of people, but specifically those who would like a step-by-step description of the basics. There are no prerequisites for this course and it is assumed that students have no prior programming skills or IT experience. The course will culminate in a small final project that will require the completion of a very simple page with links and images. The focus of this course is on the basics, not appearance. You can see a sample final page at http://intro-webdesign.com/html5-plain.html. This is the first course in the Web Design For Everybody specialization. Subsequent courses focus on the marketable skills of styling the page with CSS3, adding interactivity with JavaScript and enhancing the styling with responsive design. You can see a sample site for the capstone course at http://intro-webdesign.com/
Taught by: Colleen van Lent, Ph.D., Lecturer
School of Information
| Basic Info | Course 1 of 5 in the Web Design for Everybody (Basics of Web Development and Coding) Specialization |
| Commitment | 3 weeks of study, 2-4 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
| User Ratings |
- Reading: Syllabus
- Video: 01.01 - Welcome to Introduction to HTML5
- Reading: Required Materials
- Reading: Optional Resources
- Reading: Help us learn more about you!
- Video: 01.02 - The Evolution of HTML
- Reading: OPTIONAL - The browser wars
- Reading: OPTIONAL - The origins of MOSAIC
- Video: 01.03 - How it Works: The "Magic" of Page Requests
- Reading: Browsers
- Video: 01.04 - Looking at Your Browser Options
- Video: 01.05 - Editors: How to use an editor to create an HTML file
- Video: 02.01 - The Document Object Model [DOM]
- Video: 02.02 - HTML5 Tags and Syntax
- Video: 02.03 - Semantic Tags
- Video: 02.04 - Template Page
- Video: 02.05 - Images
- Video: 02.06 - Hyperlinks
- Video: 02.07 - Multimedia
- Video: 02.08 - Tables
- Video: 02.09 - Useful Tags
- Video: 03.01 - Accessibility
- Video: 03.02 - Validating Your Site
- Discussion Prompt: Optional - Validation Article
- Reading: Putting Your Code Out on to the Web
- Video: 03.03 - Hosting Your Site
- Video: 03.04 - cPanel
- Video: 03.05 - Using Secure File Transfer Protocol
- Reading: Final Project Description
- Video: 03.06 - Final Project Demo
- Reading: The Final Exam has changed.
- Reading: Congratulations!
- Video: 03.07 - Closing
- Reading: Watch for a link to more material
- Reading: Post-course Survey
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I like this course and I've learned quite a lot.
Still, I think some questions in the tests are not very useful. For example I have learnt that css was first made available for the public in 1996 and that HTML version 2.3 (or so) offered more options for - I can't remember what exactly ;) but my point is that these are important basic facts one must have heard about. But in my opinion they don't necessarily need to be asked in a test.
Still, all in all I'm very happy that I did this course and I would definitely recommend it for beginners of HTML. You definitely get to know all the basics.
Thanks a ton to professor and team. It was a wonderful experience.
This course was well paced and understandable. I did not feel bored or uninterested. I felt appropriately challenged and I learned a lot!
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Just want to say thank you to Professor !