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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 Mrinmoyee S

Jun 7, 2022

It was a fun project, very interesting. This course has many quizzes but one peer graded project. more than one project can be included in this course for a better understanding and a good practice as well.

By Alexander S

May 9, 2020

Nice course! really easy to follow the instructions and there are a lot of extra links to useful materials.

Would be a great to go more over more tags of HTML5 and also include some more practical exercises.

By Michelle H

Jun 3, 2019

Two instances of typos (advised multiple times in comments by different users over many months) but not fixed.

<ul> / <ol> mixed up

<nav> / <nag> mixed

Causes confusion on final project

Content otherwise great

By Md A H

Dec 25, 2020

This a very nice and decorative course for absolute beginners. course teacher is very nice and makes mcQ tricky that you must concentrate on the video while watching.

I learned great things in this course

By Hanumanth R B

Oct 6, 2022

This is one of the best courses I have ever attended. Miss Colleen van Lent is one of the best teachers. She explained the concept very well. I also want to learn the CSS course by miss Colleen van Lent.

By Cynda F

Feb 6, 2016

Autograder on final project is very frustrating - no feedback on the code to know what it didn't like. Other than that, everything else was very helpful and straightforward for this novice. Thank you!

By gabriel c

Jan 18, 2020

Very informative course. Although I feel this was just a small step into html, I believe now that I'm capable of diving as much deeper as I can into this subject by using the basis that I learned here.

By Rituja C

Apr 19, 2020

I really enjoyed everything about this course. I thought the exercises/quizzes were fair and the instructor showed me many things that will serve me well going forward. Great course, great instructor!

By 李浩

Nov 21, 2017

teacher is good,but i hope you can describe the tags by code,that can make us profound influence.

and we can understand directly.

more examples are better than introduce.thanks a lot for your curriculum

By Dimitris K

Aug 24, 2016

Great course for an overview of what HTML5 is like! I would have preferred it, however, if there still was a kind of instant autograder, like a parser or something. The lecturer is quite good as well!

By michelle O

Jun 17, 2017

This was at a self learning pace that allowed me to succeed. Colleen van Lent does a great job in the videos where they are short enough to not lose interest, yet enough information to easily learn.

By Tejas L

Jun 29, 2020

Its an amazing course . But in week 2, i felt that the lecturer was going fast in some videos , where she can show some example , it was just theory . Other than that , It was good for me.

Thank you

By DURBA B

Jun 16, 2017

it was my first experience of taking lectures online but i must say it was very helpful for me to know many new and vital details on this topic..thank you so much for assisting me with this course☺

By Daniel G R

Jun 2, 2017

The course is a good starter, but it could do with more material allowing you to practice the skills presented each week rather than the self-driven approach, which could be done without the class.

By Rajan S

Oct 31, 2016

She was an exceptional teacher throughout but I believe that some tags weren't explained thoroughly like the navigation tag she just told us about it and so I had to search around on how to use it.

By Wesley J

Jun 22, 2020

The class was very informative and great at teaching the basics of HTML5. If you go the extra mile and read the online textbook or order a physical copy, you can learn a little CSS like I did too.

By Johnny B

Jul 12, 2021

Great course on foundation and fundamentals. Instructor is very qualified and patient. The videos are a couple of years old and there's the basic disconnect of online learning that isn't live.

By Igor M

Feb 6, 2016

Great course! Wonderful teaching by Colleen! However, there is not so much practice within this course, that I expected. Thanks a lot to Colleen for creating this specialization! It's amazing!

By Pragati A

Nov 11, 2020

It was an amazing course! I learned about the importance of semantics and also about how we can host our webpage for free. The instructor (Collen van Lent) covered everything a good way :) :)

By Sideleva D

Jun 22, 2020

The course is wonderfully structured, and Colleen van Lent is such an engaging teacher!

The only problem is that sometimes there are errors in the test which affects our (students') grade :(

By Kelly D

Sep 25, 2016

I like the course it was very simple and easy to follow. I only thing I didn't like was the final. When your code was wrong it could at least give you a hint about what needs to be addressed

By Mikhail S

Apr 28, 2016

It's a good course for beginner! A lot of knowledges about hosting, domains etc. But not so much about directly HTML5. I would be better to extend this course for 4 weeks!

Thank you, Colleen!

By Colin W

Sep 3, 2017

This course is perfect for learning the very basics of html. The instructor also explains basic concepts beyond the code itself, including how to use editors, validators, and hosting sites.

By ASHISH A

May 25, 2020

Well this course let me to learn the new way of using HTML5 for the webpages.Also it sharpens me on how to host my own webpage.

Thanks a lot to coursera and mam from university of michigan