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Learning Objectives

The learning objectives under a given topic may be achieved over the multiple weeks of the module, rather than in the first week the topic is introduced.

HTML​

  • Can answer: Why is it important to build accessible websites?
  • Can: Identify the kinds of users who browse the web, including blind and disabled users.
  • Can: Identify the kinds assistive technologies some users use to browse the web, including screen readers.

HTML Anatomy​

  • Can answer: What is an HTML tag?
  • Can answer: What is an HTML attribute?
  • Can answer: What is an HTML element?
  • Can: identify opening and closing tags.
  • Can: identify attribute names and attribute values.

HTML Structure​

  • Can answer: What are parent and child elements?
  • Can: identify parent and children elements.
  • Can: identify first child of an element.
  • Can: write a simple HTML fragment, correctly observing syntax when nesting one tag within another.
    • e.g. "Create an article which contains a h2 header and two p (paragraph) elements." [detail the text that the tags should include]
  • Can: recognise when elements are incorrectly nested, in a short HTML extract.

Semantic HTML​

  • Can answer: What is semantic HTML?
  • Can answer: What are some semantic HTML tags we can use for the main sections of a typical web page?
  • Can answer: What are some semantic HTML tags we can use for text content?
  • Can answer: What attribute must we use with every <img> tag?

CSS​

CSS Anatomy​

  • Can answer: What is a CSS selector?
  • Can answer: What is a CSS property?
  • Can answer: What is a CSS value?
  • Can answer: What is a CSS declaration?
  • Can: identify a CSS selector
  • Can: identify a CSS property
  • Can: identify a CSS value
  • Can: identify a CSS declaration

CSS Units​

  • Can answer: What are some common CSS units?
  • Can answer: What is the difference between absolute and relative CSS units?
  • Can answer: Should we prefer absolute or relative CSS units, and why?

CSS Selectors​

  • Can answer: What is the difference between a type, class, and ID selector?

CSS Box Model​

  • Can answer: What is the CSS box model?
  • Can answer: What CSS properties modify the box model?
  • Can answer: What is the difference between block and inline boxes?
  • Can answer: What are some HTML block elements and HTML inline elements?
  • Can answer: What CSS property do we use to change whether the element is a block or inline?

CSS Inheritance, Cascade and Specificity​

  • Can answer: What is inheritance?
  • Can answer: What is cascade?
  • Can answer: What is specificity?