HTML 4.0 Introduction

 

Course specifications

Course number: HTM40-101

Course length: 1 day

 

Course description

 

Overview: Students will learn HTML code.

 

Prerequisites: Windows 95 or greater, using the Internet, experience with Netscape or Microsoft browsers or equivalent knowledge.

 

Delivery method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

 

Benefits: Students will learn how to create Web pages using HTML code.

 

Target student: Students enrolling in this course should understand how to use Windows 95 or greater as well as a browser for the Internet.

 

What's next: HTML 4.0 Introduction is the first course in this series. HTML 4.0 Advanced, the next course in this series, teaches student how to create more advanced Web pages.

 

Performance-based objectives

 

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

 

*      Recognize the components of an HTML file and create such a file.

*      Format paragraphs and characters using HTML.

*      Link to local files and Web pages from their Web pages.

*      Add graphics and sound to their Web pages using HTML.

*      Create different kinds of lists to their Web page using HTML.

*      Create multi-column and multi-row tables using HTML.

*      Set background colors and graphics for Web pages.

*      Evaluate Web page design and consider design issues that affect web pages.

*      Add links to non-Web Internet sites from their Web pages.

 

HTML 4.0 Introduction

 

Course content

 

Lesson 1: Overview of HTML

Overview

Introduction to HTML

Creating an HTML document

 

Lesson 2: Formatting text with HTML

Paragraph formatting with HTML

Character formatting with HTML

Comparing procedural and descriptive formatting

 

Lesson 3: Adding local and remote links

Adding local links

Adding remote links

Adding internal links with the named anchor tag

 

Lesson 4: Adding graphics and sound

Linking to and embedding graphics

Linking to multimedia files

 

Lesson 5: Creating lists in HTML

Creating lists

Creating nested lists

 

Lesson 6: Creating tables in HTML

Creating and modifying tables

Creating advanced table elements

 

Lesson 7: Setting body and background attributes

Setting backgrounds and text colors

 

Lesson 8: Web page design guidelines

Web page style considerations

 

Lesson 9: Adding links to other Internet services

Links to non-Web Internet services