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About the 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 the code, but how do I put it on the web to share with others?). 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. 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 HTML page at https://example-site-1--wd4ehtml.repl.co/ . 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....

Top reviews

JH

Jun 3, 2024

Well done. Feel ready to keep going. Instructor was easy to understand and follow. I did see a few questions in quiz not covered but was able to understand them through the informative links provided.

SP

Apr 15, 2020

This course was very interesting and helpful in the initialization of web development also the course instructor is very good she delivers her knowledge up to maximum possibilities and also motivates.

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By John Y

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Sep 27, 2015

Overall I found the course to do exactly what it said. Give you the very basics of HTML and allow you to put something out there. For someone that has zero experience with programming or creating web pages I would recommend, otherwise it will definitely be a little too beginner.

By Laura C

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Oct 18, 2015

More hands-on practice, more exercises like the one on Week #2 where we(the students) follow the professor's step by step instruction into coding, and not so much lecture (though lecture its understandable as we need to learn all these definitions and what we are actually doing).

By S A J

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Aug 24, 2019

This is one of the best Introduction to HTML5 courses you can find on web. The instructor explains the proper way to use however one thing is missing from this course that is it has very few graded assignments so you have to practice on your own. other than that this is great.

By Seth C

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May 8, 2021

The instructor is very personable. The course focuses too much on content delivery instead of focusing on creating sufficient opportunities to grow and practice HTML. I would have liked to have had many more assignments like the final exam to reinforce what was being taught.

By David V

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Apr 9, 2021

Overall a really good starting point for true beginners! Teacher was easy to follow and understand and the reading material was helpful. My only complaint are some of the quiz questions were not so great and one of the answers I knew was right was marked wrong on the quiz.

By Ali W H

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Jul 6, 2019

The course is a great introductory to HTML5, with practical tips and references, in addition to accessibility in mind, not to mention the great lecturer :) .

The only thing, I guess, could improve the course is taking <tables> and <forms> in more details.

Thanks a lot.

By Priyanka S

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Apr 2, 2018

The course is paced very well. The feedback that I mainly have is regarding the final project. I got the final project wrong, but passed all the questions. It would be great if I was able to find out what I did wrong in the html code, even though I passed the course.

By Karen S

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Sep 2, 2016

Great beginning course to avoid being overwhelmed. I had no experience in writing code or how it worked, but I got to the "final" and realized how much I actually loved writing code! And, I do it well, which makes me want to work on it more and learn to do more.

By JoAnn M

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Jul 21, 2020

The instructor is very good, material covered is very good as well. Some quiz questions were based on textbook material that was not thoroughly covered in the lectures, with no indication of a reading assignment—confusing. Still, I think the course is worthwhile.

By IBRAHIM J B

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Jul 27, 2020

The contents are well tailored especially for beginners with not prior knowledge in html5 and also the course presenter is superb in passing on the message.

I believe in have learned a lot from you.

Thanks to Team Coursera and DSTI for making this course available

By Mauro F A

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Oct 28, 2020

Great course to learn the basics of web design. I would include more coding and the hosting videos are too short and not clear enough in my opinion. There are also some typos. The instructor is really nice, but it would be good to receive more support from TAs.

By Deleted A

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Mar 10, 2020

The whole class is well organized and clean and clear. But most times, the teacher is just taking and talking. Well I like to hear more about the rules, syntax et al. But most of the time showing coding screen so that we learn directly from code is more fun.

By Jared D J

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Jan 30, 2020

Great overview of the fundamentals. The final project was very useful. The only recommendation would be to include more hands-on exercises like the final project. A similar assignment each week of the course. Perhaps extending the course to 4 or 5 weeks.

By DIVYANK V

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Jun 21, 2020

It is a good COurse but everything was very short and week 2 is very complicated as it becomes hard to figure out the difference between a semantic tag and normal tags. Week 3 was a bit relaxing. try to make this course a bit longer and more knowledgeable.

By Ian S

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Jun 27, 2016

A great course. You can learn a lot if you're willing to dive in yourself beyond the lectures. My only fault is that some of the quiz questions didn't really seem relevant to useful material learned in the course (ie, what year html was implemented etc.)

By Mansi A

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May 18, 2020

I want to request the instructors to please put on a video about how to connect to the server and everything about hosting in detail. The major topic was completely extracted rather it's a 2 day long procedure when students have to do it by themselves.

By Vishal N

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May 22, 2020

Content was organized in a good, easy-to-understand way. The course moved a bit slow at some points, though to be fair the instructor did mention that the course was for those with little to no prior programming experience. Overall, I learned a lot!

By Sean K

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Oct 13, 2020

Overall for a beginners level online HTML course, I was able to get started with the help of this class. The prof gave useful information and I will be enrolling in more of her classes. I wish there would have been more quizzes and more projects.

By Jace L

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Feb 6, 2022

This course is really a very basic introduction of HTML5. This course focuses more on improving on writing syntax and best practices for HTML5, and not so much on the coding aspect. This is good for beginners who wants to learn what HTML is about.

By Michèle M

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Feb 16, 2021

I found the course very good. The only thing I was missing is a correct way to get in touch with the other students enrolled at the same time as me. There is a community, though it's not really monitored and quite difficult to get an answer there.

By KEVIN B

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Jan 8, 2019

A good introduction to HTML5 with a nice emphasis on accessibility. I think it is a great idea to focus on design with best practice in mind, so you are more aware of bad habbits that would otherwise creep into your own developing style unnoticed.

By Joshua G

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Mar 23, 2016

Very good basic introduction. The final project was a little challenging because some of the questions used coding that wasn't reviewed in either the textbook or in the lectures. The lectures were otherwise very informative and well-structured.

By ARSHDEEP S

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Jun 30, 2020

I loved the course, everything was just fine. And now i am excited to go and learn the other remaining material of the course. However, i also wanted the topics like, forms to be covered. No issues, i will do it by myself. Good luck everyone.

By Tom A

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Oct 10, 2015

Couple hiccups with the autograder, but otherwise this course was very good. After messing around with HTML for years, it was about time I learned what the deal with HTML5 is. Just the right length, and definitely an Easy level of difficulty.

By Ashwita M

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Dec 28, 2019

It would be really helpful, if the explanation of each concept, like hyperlinks, multimedia would have done by writing the code, basically showing a demonstration of syntax and all.

So that we can code side by side on the editor and learn it.