Introduction to HTML5

Overview/Description
This course covers the use of HTML5 for building web pages. It covers the basic HTML document structure and some of the most common elements that go into a web page.

Target Audience
Individuals with no experience with HTML who wish to learn the basics of creating a web page

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Introduction to HTML5

• start the course
• select an editor that can edit an HTML5 Document
• configure a development environment for HTML5
• apply tools to validate an HTML5 Document
• describe the markup language used to create an HTML5 document
• describe how tags are used to create an HTML5 document
• apply the !DOCTYPE declaration to an HTML5 document
• define the structure of an HTML5 document
• create the basic head section in an HTML5 document
• create the basic body section in an HTML5 document
• create the basic document structure for an HTML5 document
• apply meta tags to an HTML5 document
• use the new meta tags introduced in HTML5
• create comments in HTML5
• describe how the paragraph tag is used in HTML5
• create paragraph and line break tags in an HTML5 document
• create heading tags in an HTML5 document
• describe best coding practices for HTML5
• describe how to space and format code in an HTML5 document
• describe how to create a hyperlink in HTML5
• use a hyperlink in an HTML5 document
• create an in-site hyperlink in an HTML5 document
• create an e-mail link in an HTML5 document
• specify when to use an Absolute versus a Relative link
• apply font styling to an HTML5 document
• use special characters in an HTML5 document
• understand how HTML5 is used to generate a web page