INTRODUCTION TO HTML

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It is used design web pages using a markup language. HTML is the combination of Hypertext and Markup language. Hypertext defines the link between web pages. A markup language is used to define the text document within the tag which defines the structure of web pages. This language is used to annotate text so that a machine can understand it and manipulate text accordingly. Most markup languages are human readable. The language uses tags to define what manipulation has to be done on the text.

From this course student will gain an understanding of what a website is and how it ends up in the web browser. Students should be able to then create a very simple HTML page and display it in the web browser by the end of the lesson. They should also be able to edit and refresh their page to view what has been changed.