Website design -- Viewing HTML or Source Code

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language

First we'll examine some websites and their underlying HTML code. HTML is kind of like a programming or scripting language. There are parts of the code that tell the computer what to do and parts that the viewers actually see. Much learning can be accomplished by studying the underlying code behind existing websites.

Students are shown how to view source code of a website in their browser on a PC or Mac.
In Chrome, Select "View" > "Developer" > "View Source".

Students are asked to make a bookmark to view source code on their ipads. Follow the directions here.

When viewing the source code for a website, you will see a bunch of text with little wickets like this: < > What you were looking at is the HTML code for the website you were browsing.

The teacher goes through some websites showing the HTML and what some of the "Tags" mean/do.

Next, students browse websites and find at least 5 that they think are well done and 5 that aren't well done.


Students are to compose an email listing each of their best 5 and a sentence or two stating the reasons why the he or she believes the website is well made. In the same email students are to list 5 poorly made websites with a sentence or two stating the reasons why the he or she believes the website is poorly made.

Send emails to: gkulzer@htwinsted.org.

Copy the URL (Universal Resource Locator or Web Address) and paste it into an email labeled as "good" or "bad". To be clear, Mr kulzer should receive one email from each student with their list of 10 websites.

An unfinished example can be found here.



Evaluation:
1 point for each site based on following directions and nicely written descriptions as to why the site is good or bad.

10 points total




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