Introduction to HTML

Aims and Objectives
To enable students to create their own web sites using HTML.
Know how to write HTML in order to create your own websites.
The flexibility and value of self-study course designed to enable you to work at your own pace.
A personalised workbook to use as a reference guide on completion of the course.
The opportunity to gain the widely recognised Pitman Training Certificate.

Target Audiences
Those who are complete beginners and wish to learn how to use hypertext markup language to create their own websites.

Prerequisites
Knowledge of at least one Windows-based application and experience of Internet.

Course Content
Lesson 1: What is HTML: HTML standards; HTML editors; basic HTML tags; web page design tips; designing a web site; what is a web server?; browser compatibility.

Lesson 2: Creating an HTML file; the HTML tag; the head tag; the title tag; the body tag; heading tags; the paragraph tag; inserting line breaks; lists; formatting text; adding comments.

Lesson 3: Adding a horizontal rule; incorporating images into pages; inserting an image; height and width attributes; aligning images with text; file formats and downloading; page colours and backgrounds.

Lesson 4: Understanding hyperlinks; the anchor tag; inserting a link within a document; adding navigational links; using an image as a link.

Lesson 5: Creating tables; adding a border; changing the border thickness; centering a table on the page; adding column headings; inserting a table background colour.

Lesson 6: What is a search engine?; search engine awareness; publishing your website.