IT Specialist HTML and CSS (INF-301)
Learn to build the web from the ground up. This 3-day instructor-led course covers the fundamentals of HTML and CSS, along with accessibility best practices taking you from zero to building a fully functional, styled, responsive web page with your own information-gathering web form.
IT Specialist HTML and CSS (INF-301)
HTML is a markup language that instructs devices how to render information on a screen in a visually appealing manner. This instructor-led course covers the fundamentals of HTML and CSS as well as accessibility principles. Upon completion, you’ll be able to translate a design document into a functional web page complete with an information-gathering web form incorporating fonts, tables, images, borders, and colors, understanding best practices for accessibility, structural integrity, and scalability, and creating responsive layouts.
Key Learning Specs
Level
Beginner
Duration
3 Days (Instructor-led)
Experience
No Prior Experience Required
Labs
Hands-on Lessons + Video Learning
Goal
INF-301 Certification Readiness
Training Details
Course Overview
HTML is a markup language that instructs devices how to render information on a screen in a visually appealing manner. This instructor-led Pearson IT Specialist HTML and CSS (INF-301) course covers the fundamentals of HTML and CSS as well as accessibility principles. Upon completion, the learner should be able to translate a design document into a functional web page with information-gathering functionality (a web form).
After taking this course, you will be able to create a basic website. This includes incorporating basic design elements such as fonts, tables, images, borders, and colors; understanding best practices for accessibility, structural integrity, and scalability (separating content and style elements); and creating web forms. Upon completion, you may choose to pursue an entry-level position in website development or take more advanced courses that would prepare you to design and create web applications.
Duration: Three (3) days of training
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Create well-formatted HTML documents, including metadata elements, and evaluate their structural integrity
- Create websites that utilize semantic elements, navigation, and form elements
- Choose and implement an appropriate styling method (inline, embedded, or external style sheets)
- Insert links, images, and other media to a website
- Implement design elements into a website, including text fonts, tables, and colors
- Create responsive layouts for a website
- Implement accessibility best practices when developing web content
Course Outline
Lesson 1: HTML Fundamentals
- Skill 1.1: Construct well-formed page markup
- Skill 1.2: Construct markup that uses metadata elements
Lesson 2: Document Structure using HTML
- Skill 2.1: Construct and analyze markup to structure and organize data
- Skill 2.2: Construct and analyze markup that uses HTML5 semantic elements
- Skill 2.3: Construct and analyze markup that implements navigation
- Skill 2.4: Construct and analyze markup that implements form elements
Lesson 3: CSS Fundamentals
- Skill 3.1: Analyze and implement inline styles, internal (embedded) style sheets, and external style sheets
- Skill 3.2: Construct and analyze rule sets
Lesson 4: Multimedia Presentation using HTML
- Skill 4.1: Construct and analyze markup that displays images
- Skill 4.2: Construct and analyze markup that plays video and audio
Lesson 5: Webpage Styling using CSS
- Skill 5.1: Construct and analyze styles that position content
- Skill 5.2: Construct and analyze styles that format text
- Skill 5.3: Construct and analyze styles that format backgrounds and borders
- Skill 5.4: Construct and analyze styles that create a simple responsive layout
Lesson 6: Accessibility, Readability, and Testing
- Skill 6.1: Construct well-formatted HTML and CSS markup that conforms to industry best practices
- Skill 6.2: Apply accessibility principles and evaluate content accessibility
- Skill 6.3: Evaluate the structural integrity of HTML and CSS markup
Audience profile
This course is designed for:
- Any learner interested in obtaining a working-level proficiency with HTML and CSS
Certification Pre-requisites
None. This course has no prerequisites and is suitable for complete beginners.
Target certification exam: IT Specialist HTML and CSS (INF-301)