Welcome to Introduction to HTML5 , taught by Colleen van Lent!

This course is an introduction to how web pages are created, sent across the Internet, and viewed on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. This course is meant for the absolute beginner, but also touches on information that may be new to someone who has been using HTML for some years. In particular, the new options available in HTML5 and some recommended policies for making sure that your page is accessible.

Throughout the entire course there will be an emphasis on the importance of good habits and examples of potential pitfalls. This course about learning the proper syntax of HTML5 and styling is not covered . You can see an example site at http://intro-webdesign.com/html5-plain.html . However, upon completion of this course you will be ready to take the next course in the Web Design Specialization, Introduction to CSS3.

Participation Strategies

Engaged learning looks different for everybody. In this course, we hope you will define your own measures of success and engage with the material in a way that best suits your needs. We recognize and celebrate the diverse ways learners engage in courses. As you go through this course, we hope you will reflect on your unique skills, needs, and aspirations, and engage in the course material in a way that aligns with your own goals. While the course provides time estimates for completion, you should feel empowered to engage in the material in whatever ways make sense to you.

Course Schedule & Grading Policy

Quizzes

Each module will include graded quiz. These quizzes are intended to reinforce your confidence in the material, not "trick" you. As often as possible each question will be linked to a specific lecture or reading. You can take the quizzes as many times as you like, but there is a limit on how many times you can take each quiz in a certain time period.

Final Project

This course will culminate the creation of an html document. You will be provided with an example document and asked to style it. This will not be a creative project, rather one that shows you can write syntactically correct code. An example site can be found at http://intro-webdesign.com/html5-plain.html . We will be peer grading this assignment which means that you will grade the code created by your fellow students and they will grade yours. But don't worry, we all want each other to succeed in my courses!

Passing the Course

Learners must pass every graded assessment to pass the course, regardless of their final grade. A passing grade for each of the quizzes is 70%. The final project requires a perfect score. As a side note, if you are not paying for this course then Coursera doesn't show you the quizzes or project. But if you would still like to take them you can find a copy of all of the material here at wd4e.com . However, completing the material there won't count toward a Coursera certificate.

You can see the grading breakdown below for each assignment:

Ground Rules

We expect everyone to be mindful of what they say and its potential impact on others. The goal is to have respectful discussions that do not violate the community space created for these conversations. Here are some productive ways to engage in this course:

• Participate: This is a community. Read what others have written and share your thoughts.

• Stay curious: Learn from experts and each other by listening and asking questions, not making assumptions.

• Keep your passion positive: When replying to a discussion forum post, respond with thoughts on what was said, not about the person who posted. Avoid using all caps, too many exclamation points, or aggressive language.

• Acknowledge discomfort: The topics discussed in this course might be challenging or hard to talk about. Stick with it and remember the benefits of having these tough conversations that surface from multiple perspectives.

We expect all learners to abide by our full Learner Engagement Policy . We will specifically be monitoring this course for language that could be considered inflammatory, incivil, racist, or otherwise unacceptable for this learning space, and we will remove language deemed such.

Academic Honesty

All submitted work should be your own and academic dishonesty is not allowed. Academic dishonesty can be defined as:

• Copying answers

• Copying words, ideas, or other materials from another source without giving credit to the original author

• Copying from your peers within the course

• Employing or allowing another person to alter or revise your work, and then submitting the work as your own

Please don’t share or reuse solutions to assignments which is an academic integrity concern. Please do not:

• Share complete assignment code in the course discussion forums

• Upload completed assignments to public websites with the goal of sharing solutions. (You can share your work and ideas for professional purposes though).

• Take a peer’s solution and submit it as your own

Course Support

Questions and discussion of course material should take place within the course itself. Please do not contact instructors or teaching assistants off the platform, as responding to individual questions is virtually impossible. We encourage you to direct your questions to [forum], where your question might be answered by a fellow learner or one of our course team members. For technical help please contact the Coursera Learner Help Center or use the support forums.

Accessibility

We are committed to developing accessible learning experiences for the widest possible audience. We recognize that learners with disabilities (including but not limited to visual impairments, hearing impairments, cognitive disabilities, or motor disabilities) might need more specific accessibility-related support to achieve learning goals in this course.

Please use the accessibility feedback form to let us know about any accessibility challenges such as urgent issues that keep you from making progress in the course (e.g., missing or inadequate alt-text, captioning errors).

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice

We welcome all learners to this course. People like you are joining from all over the world and we value this diversity. We strive to create a community of mutual respect and trust, where people from all backgrounds, identities and views are valued and heard without the threat of bias, harassment, intimidation, or discrimination. We pay attention to your feedback, how different types of learners experience this course, and aim to make improvements so the course can best serve everyone. We hope you enjoy learning about topics that are important to you.