Useful Links and References

CIS195, Web Authoring 1: HTML


Validators

Use these web apps to check the syntax of your HTML and CSS to see if they conform to the W3C standards.
(In other words, check to see if you wrote your HTML and CSS correctly)

HTML Validator - Check the syntax of your HTML

CSS Validator - Check the syntax of your CSS

Tutorials

W3Schools HTML5 Tutorial - One of the best places to learn HTML

W3Schools CSS Tutorial - One of the best places to learn CSS

Online Books and References

Learn to Code HTML & CSS, by Shay Howe, 2014. This is a well written book that covers all the basics of HTML and CSS. Free to read online.

Learn to Code Advanced HTML & CSS, by Shay Howe, 2014. The sequel to the book above, also free to read online.

The HTML Handbook, by Falvio Copes.  A concise and well written introduction to HTML. Free to read online or download.

The CSS Handbook, by Falvio Copes.  A concise and well written introduction to CSS. Free to read online or download.

How To Build a Website with HTML, by Erin Glass, 2020. Free to read online or download. Not reviewed yet.

Mozilla Developer Network Web Docs: HTML.  A comprehensive and authoritative reference to HTML

Mozilla Developer Network Web Docs: CSS.  A comprehensive and authoritative reference to CSS

Resources for Online Students

How to Navigate Moodle - A concise orientation to the Moodle LMS

Online Readiness Survey - Assess yourself to find out how you can be more successful in any online course

Online Readiness Mini-course - Learn to succeed in any online course

How to join a Zoom meeting - How to join the live stream of on-campus classes

Other Resources

Course Outline - Outline of CIS195 with links to resources

Instructor's Example Code on GitHub

CIT Computer Lab Wiki - Check out our department's space for work, tutoriing and just haning out!


Compiled by Brian Bird, 2019, updated 2023