From beginning Web Design Class taught at First coast Technical Institute, St. Augustine, Florida.
Why learn HTML?
The first two classes of the Beginning Web Design Class are structured around learning the basic
HTML tags necessary to design a web site. The purpose of developing the class schedule along those
lines is so that students have a firm knowledge of the basic skills used in creating a we page. No
matter what WYSIWYG web editor they may purchase, having HTML knowledge will never fail to assist them.
With a working knowledge of HTML a beginning web designer can:
- Look at the code behind a web site and troubleshoot formatting problems.
- Cut and paste snippets of Java Script or other code into place accurately.
- Create a functional and attractive web site even without a WYSIWYG editor.
- Add meta-tags to an existing site or otherwise optimize the design of the site or web page.
- Replace pictures, change text, tweak colors of an existing page created by
someone else in HTML with no expensive software.
HTML covered by the class includes:
- Basic structure tags - the HTML, head, and body tags.
- Formatting tags such as the paragraph tag, list tag, background color tag, font tags and table tags.
- Link tags to link internally to other web pages and bookmarks, or externally to other websites.
- The email tag.
- Graphics tags to include graphics in the web site, determine their size and position.
At the end of the 2nd class the students are given a page of code and asked to identify the tags to
develop their confidence at reading HTML code on other web pages.