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**HTML Course: From Basic to Advanced**
### **Course Overview**
- **Duration**: 8-12 weeks (adjustable based on pace)
- **Target Audience**: Beginners with no prior coding experience, intermediate learners looking to solidify skills, and advanced learners aiming to master HTML in modern web development.
- **Learning Objectives**:
- Understand HTML fundamentals and its role in web development.
- Build structured, semantic, and accessible web pages.
- Integrate HTML with CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks.
- Optimize HTML for performance, SEO, and accessibility.
- **Prerequisites**: None for beginners; familiarity with CSS/JavaScript for advanced sections.
- **Tools Needed**: Text editor (e.g., VS Code), modern web browser (e.g., Chrome, Firefox), and optional hosting for projects (e.g., GitHub Pages, Netlify).
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### **Course Structure**
The course is divided into **4 modules**: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Capstone Project. Each module includes theory, practical exercises, and mini-projects.
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## **Module 1: Beginner Level (Weeks 1-2)**
**Objective**: Learn the basics of HTML, create simple web pages, and understand its role in web development.
### **Week 1: Introduction to HTML**
- **Topics**:
- What is HTML? History and purpose.
- Structure of a web page: `<!DOCTYPE html>`, `<html>`, `<head>`, `<body>`.
- Tags, elements, and attributes.
- Basic tags: `<h1>`–`<h6>`, `<p>`, `<br>`, `<hr>`, `<div>`.
- Writing valid HTML: Nesting and closing tags.
- **Exercises**:
- Create a simple HTML page with a heading, paragraph, and line breaks.
- Experiment with nested tags (e.g., `<div>` containing `<p>` and `<h2>`).
- **Mini-Project**: Build a personal bio page with headings, paragraphs, and basic formatting.
### **Week 2: Lists, Links, and Images**
- **Topics**:
- Ordered (`<ol>`) and unordered lists (`<ul>`), nested lists.
- Hyperlinks: `<a>` tag, `href`, `target`, relative vs. absolute URLs.
- Images: `<img>` tag, `src`, `alt`, and basic image optimization.
- Comments in HTML (`<!-- -->`).
- **Exercises**:
- Create a navigation menu using an unordered list and links.
- Add images to a page with proper `alt` text.
- Build a simple link directory (e.g., favorite websites).
- **Mini-Project**: Create a portfolio page with a list of projects, links to external sites, and images.
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## **Module 2: Intermediate Level (Weeks 3-5)**
**Objective**: Dive deeper into HTML structure, forms, tables, and semantic markup.
### **Week 3: Semantic HTML and Structure**
- **Topics**:
- Importance of semantic HTML for accessibility and SEO.
- Semantic tags: `<header>`, `<nav>`, `<main>`, `<article>`, `<section>`, `<aside>`, `<footer>`.
- Block vs. inline elements.
- The `<div>` vs. semantic alternatives.
- **Exercises**:
- Refactor the portfolio page from Module 1 to use semantic tags.
- Create a blog post layout with `<article>` and `<section>`.
- **Mini-Project**: Build a semantic webpage for a fictional business (e.g., restaurant or bookstore) with a header, navigation, main content, and footer.
### **Week 4: Forms and User Input**
- **Topics**:
- Form structure: `<form>`, `action`, `method`.
- Input types: `<input>` (text, password, email, radio, checkbox, etc.), `<textarea>`, `<select>`, `<button>`.
- Labels: `<label>` and `for` attribute.
- Form validation: `required`, `pattern`, `min`, `max`.
- **Exercises**:
- Create a registration form with text inputs, radio buttons, and a dropdown.
- Build a contact form with validation (e.g., required email field).
- **Mini-Project**: Design a survey form with various input types and submit functionality (static HTML, no backend).
### **Week 5: Tables and Multimedia**
- **Topics**:
- Table structure: `<table>`, `<tr>`, `<th>`, `<td>`, `colspan`, `rowspan`.
- Embedding multimedia: `<audio>`, `<video>`, `<iframe>` (e.g., YouTube embeds).
- Best practices for responsive media.
- **Exercises**:
- Create a pricing table for a product or service.
- Embed a video and audio player on a webpage.
- **Mini-Project**: Build a media-rich page (e.g., a music band website) with a schedule table, embedded video, and audio clips.
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## **Module 3: Advanced Level (Weeks 6-8)**
**Objective**: Master advanced HTML techniques, accessibility, performance, and integration with modern tools.
### **Week 6: Accessibility (a11y) and SEO**
- **Topics**:
- Importance of web accessibility.
- ARIA roles, landmarks, and attributes (e.g., `aria-label`, `aria-hidden`).
- Semantic HTML for screen readers.
- Meta tags for SEO: `<meta name="description">`, `<meta name="keywords">`, Open Graph tags.
- Alt text, focus management, and keyboard navigation.
- **Exercises**:
- Audit a previous project for accessibility issues using a tool like Lighthouse.
- Add ARIA attributes to a navigation menu.
- Optimize a webpage with meta tags for social sharing.
- **Mini-Project**: Refactor the business webpage from Week 3 to meet WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards and include SEO-friendly meta tags.
### **Week 7: HTML with CSS and JavaScript**
- **Topics**:
- Linking HTML with CSS: `<link>`, inline styles, and classes/IDs.
- Linking HTML with JavaScript: `<script>`, event attributes (e.g., `onclick`).
- HTML data attributes (`data-*`) for JavaScript interactivity.
- Understanding the DOM and how HTML interacts with it.
- **Exercises**:
- Style a form using CSS classes referenced in HTML.
- Add a simple JavaScript toggle button using `onclick`.
- Use `data-*` attributes to store custom data (e.g., product IDs).
- **Mini-Project**: Create an interactive to-do list page with HTML structure, basic CSS styling, and JavaScript for adding/removing tasks.
### **Week 8: Advanced HTML in Modern Web Development**
- **Topics**:
- HTML in frameworks: Overview of React, Vue, or Angular (JSX, templates).
- HTML with APIs: Using `<template>` and fetching dynamic content.
- Progressive Web Apps (PWAs): HTML manifest and service workers.
- Performance optimization: Lazy loading images (`loading="lazy"`), minimizing reflows.
- **Exercises**:
- Create a static HTML page that mimics a React component structure.
- Experiment with lazy-loaded images and `<template>` tags.
- Set up a basic PWA manifest for a previous project.
- **Mini-Project**: Build a single-page application (SPA) prototype with HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript, incorporating lazy-loaded images and a JSON-driven content section.
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## **Module 4: Capstone Project (Weeks 9-12)**
**Objective**: Apply all learned skills to build a fully functional, professional-grade website.
### **Project Requirements**:
- **Scope**: Create a multi-page website (e.g., e-commerce store, blog, or portfolio).
- **Features**:
- Semantic and accessible HTML structure.
- Forms with validation (e.g., contact or checkout form).
- Multimedia embeds (video, audio, or maps).
- Integration with CSS for responsive design.
- Basic JavaScript for interactivity (e.g., modals, dynamic content).
- Optimized for SEO and performance (meta tags, lazy loading).
- Optional: Deploy the site using GitHub Pages or Netlify.
- **Milestones**:
- Week 9: Plan the site (wireframes, sitemap).
- Week 10: Build the core HTML structure and forms.
- Week 11: Add styling, interactivity, and optimizations.
- Week 12: Test, refine, and deploy; present the project.
- **Deliverables**:
- A live website (or local demo).
- A short presentation or README explaining the project, accessibility features, and optimizations.
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### **Learning Resources**
- **Free Tools**:
- **CodePen/JSFiddle**: Test HTML/CSS/JS snippets.
- **W3C Validator**: Check HTML validity.
- **Lighthouse**: Audit accessibility, SEO, and performance.
- **Documentation**:
- MDN Web Docs (HTML reference).
- W3Schools (beginner-friendly tutorials).
- Web.dev (Google’s guides on accessibility and PWAs).
- **Optional Books**:
- *HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites* by Jon Duckett.
- *Learning Web Design* by Jennifer Robbins.
- **Communities**:
- Stack Overflow for troubleshooting.
- X posts with hashtags like #HTML, #WebDev for tips and inspiration.
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### **Assessment and Progress Tracking**
- **Weekly Quizzes**: Test understanding of tags, attributes, and best practices.
- **Mini-Projects**: Graded on functionality, semantics, and creativity.
- **Capstone Project**: Evaluated for completeness, accessibility, optimization, and polish.
- **Self-Assessment**: Encourage learners to audit their own code using validators and accessibility tools.
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### **Tips for Success**
- **Practice Daily**: Spend 15-30 minutes coding small HTML snippets.
- **Break Down Projects**: Tackle mini-projects one feature at a time.
- **Seek Feedback**: Share code with peers or on platforms like CodePen.
- **Stay Updated**: Follow web development trends (e.g., new HTML features like `<dialog>`).
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### **Why This Course Works**
- **Progressive Learning**: Starts with simple tags and builds to complex applications.
- **Hands-On Focus**: Emphasizes projects over theory to reinforce skills.
- **Real-World Relevance**: Covers accessibility, SEO, and modern frameworks, preparing learners for professional web development.
- **Flexible Pace**: Suitable for self-paced or instructor-led formats.
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