Lesson Descriptions

Below you will find a link to each one of the lessons along with a short overview of that lesson. Each lesson will take approximately 1 hour (except lesson 4), although you could very easily spend more time on them as you see fit.

The Lessons

  1. Lesson 1 - Getting Ready - This lesson is not really a lesson, but more of a preparatory step. Here you will get the necessary resources (software, reference materials, and tools) you will need to complete the course.
  2. Lesson 2 - The Hows & Whys of HTML - We will discuss the history of HTML and the Web. Learn why it is important to understand the basics of writing an HTML document.
  3. Lesson 3 - The Basics - We will finally write our first page. It won't be much, but we will use this time to learn some of the basic principals behind writing good HTML code.
  4. Lesson 4 - The Basics Cont. - There is so much to learn that I thought I would break it down into two separate lessons. Here we will finally make an acceptable page. (Although it still will not be all that impressive.)
  5. Lesson 5 - Making a Link - This is one of the things that makes Web pages different then printed pages. Here we will learn how to link to pictures, files, other web pages, or even other web sites.
  6. Lesson 6 - Validators - Learn how to check the code of your page and why this is so important.
  7. Lesson 7 - Page Layout - We will look into some of the more advance ways to edit the pages appearance including text alignment, picture alignment, and tables.
  8. Lesson 8 - Wrap Up - So now that you have all this new information, what are you going to do with it? We will finally make our own HTML page.