Introduction to Web Development
CO221 Online course
Discover web development and learn to build your own interactive websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Skip to course bookingLearn the basics of web development. On this course, you will first build a website using HTML and then style it with CSS and make it interactive using JavaScript.
Along the way you'll learn about the box model, which describes how websites are laid out by browsers, and about the Document Object Model, which your JavaScript code will interact with to dynamically change your web pages.
In the final week, you'll finish by making a quiz web page and then you will demonstrate your new skills by making your own website.
For the week on JavaScript, you need to be comfortable with using functions with parameters and return values. We recommend that you take our Programming 102 course if you are unsure.
Who is it for?
This course is aimed at classroom teachers delivering both KS3 and 4 computing.
Topics covered
You'll cover the following topics:
- HTML tags and attributes
- Styling web pages using CSS
- CSS classes and ids for styling web page elements
- Layouts in CSS, including the box model and responsive design
- Using JavaScript to make interactive web pages
- The Document Object Model
- Validation
How will you learn?
This online, self-paced course can be completed flexibly. You can join and start this course at any time after the advertised date, and keep access for a year after booking. You can learn independently or with colleagues to directly address your individual needs.
This course will be periodically facilitated by expert Professional Development Leaders.
Outcomes
You will be able to:
- Produce a HTML web page using suitable tags and attributes
- Explain the advantages of CSS compared to inline styling
- Apply classes and ids to style a website
- Model web pages using the box model
- Demonstrate how to use the Document Object Model (DOM) to access an element of a web page
- Produce an interactive website using JavaScript
This course is part of the KS3 and GCSE Computer Science subject knowledge certificate
Key stage 3 and GCSE Computer Science certificate
Our certificate is designed to help you develop or refresh your computer science subject knowledge.
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