Three Days of HTML

The following curriculum unit contains learning objectives and hands-on activity examples for guiding students towards learning how to create their own HTML webpages. It is broken up into three 2.5 hour instructional sessions.

Day 1

Today’s instruction will include the following:

• Webbrowser basics
• Basic directory navigation.
• What is HTML
• Using Word to create an HTML document
• Creating plane text webpages
• Saving a webpage
• Opening FrontPage to make a fancier webpage
• Manipulating Colors and Fonts
• Adding tables and images

Hands-on

Today’s hands-on project will consist of making your very own webpage. See if you can include the following on your webpage:

• Your first name.
• Your occupation.
• Your e-mail address (if desired).
• Why you are learning HTML.
• And a link to a website you find useful.

Day 2

Today’s instruction will include the following:

• Quick review of basics
• Getting your webpages served
• Taking a closer look at HTML without the editor
• Learning how to use Claris Homepage (if installed)
• Adding your webpage to a search engine

Hands-on

Today’s hands-on project will consist of adding another page to your existing homepage. Find an image that you like and include it. On your original webpage, please also append to it a list of further goals that you have in working with HTML.

Next, find a website where you can serve your webpages. If you have any problems with this I will help you. After you have a location, go to as many search engines as you can and register your page to be indexed.

Day 3

Today’s instruction will include advanced HTML issues, which increase the level of interactivity of web sites.

• What are animated gifs?*
• What is java?*
• What is a CGI?*
• What is javascript?*
• What are databases?*
• How do I use some of these on my *webpage?

Hands-on

Today’s hands-on project will consist of taking your pages that you created in previous sessions and adding some bells & whistles. See if you can employ any of the advanced web technologies discussed today and spiff up your webpage.

That’s all!

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