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CSS Basics

Learn how to take your Web pages from bland to bold with the power of CSS styling.

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Course Description

This course is part of W3C's "Front-End Web Developer" Professional Certificate.
Have you just begun your journey into Web development? This course will introduce you to the basics of Web design and teach you how to style your Web site for a professional look and feel.
The Microsoft team and experts from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) will guide you step-by-step in using the latest Web standards to structure your content and presentation like a professional. In this course, you will explore numerous CSS features to help you control the look and feel of your site such as colors, fonts and layout. By the end of the course, you should understand all the fundamental elements of CSS and how to use them effectively.
It is recommended that you are at least a little familiar with HTML before taking this course, but we will be providing you with the HTML code when necessary.
Module 1: Getting started with CSS
What is CSS?
Why is CSS important?
Module 2: Building CSS rules
HTML review
Building a CSS rule
Attaching CSS to HTML using selectors
Applying styles using CSS properties
Module 3: Specific HTML targeting with CSS selectors
Using HTML classes and IDs
CSS pseudo-classes
Combining selectors
Module 4: Layout and positioning
The basics of layout
Floating elements
Relative positioning
Module 5: Designing your Web site for your audience
The basics of design
Designing for your audience
Why accessibility is important
Why internationalization is important
Historical Web design trends
Current Web design trends

Beginner Level

Time: 5 Weeks - 5-7 hours per week

Instructor Details

Kasey Champion

Kasey Champion is a software engineer turned teacher. She graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Electrical Engineering, but worked for the Computer Science Department as a Teaching Assistant for 3 years. After graduation she joined Microsoft as a software engineer, but spent her mornings volunteer teaching computer science at local high schools through the TEALS program. Recently she was lucky enough to make her passion her full time job and joined the Microsoft Learning team to develop computer science courseware.