Week 1
Introduction to XHTML
How to create, edit, and save web pages
Basic XHTML elements: headings, paragraphs, horizontal rules, lists, links, comments
4 PowerPoints
2 Class projects
1 Handout
1 Web design pretest
1 Weekly quiz
Week 2
Adding images
Resizing images and creating thumbnails
Navigation using internal links to secondary pages
1 PowerPoint
2 Class projects
1 Handout
1 Weekly quiz
Week 3
Creating basic tables
Introduction to CSS
Internal style sheets
Bold and italics
3 PowerPoints
2 Class projects
1 Handout
1 Weekly quiz
Week 4
Advanced tables
CSS classes
CSS table styling
3 PowerPoints
3 Class projects
1 Weekly quiz
Week 5
CSS box model
The <div> element
Nesting and floating elements
2 PowerPoints
2 Class projects
1 Weekly quiz
Week 6
Special characters
CSS link styling
2 PowerPoints
2 Class projects
1 Midterm test
Week 7
XHTML validation and error correction
Using external style sheets
Using relative paths
3 PowerPoints
3 Class projects
1 Weekly quiz
Week 8
Using hex color codes
Web-safe fonts and font fallbacks
Embedding YouTube videos
3 PowerPoints
3 Class projects
1 Weekly quiz
Week 9
Creating and using gradients
Creating XHTML forms
Styling forms with CSS
2 PowerPoints
2 Class projects
1 Weekly quiz
Week 10
Web color schemes
Web design fundamentals
Begin final project
1 PowerPoint
1 Class project (final project)
Week 11
Continue final project
Week 12
Complete final project
Students present personal websites to class