Training and eClasses

Cascading Style Sheets 101:
Introduction

• Instructor(s): Laura Carlson and Bruce Reeves.
• Description:
  • What are Cascading Style Sheets? What are some of the basics? This eClass will give you an introduction to the subject.
• Outcomes:
  • Awareness what of cascading style sheets are.
  • Awareness the pros and cons of using cascading style sheets.
  • Understanding of the syntax and structure of CSS rules.
  • Awareness of CSS font-family, font-size, color, and background-color properties.
  • Awareness the five types of cascading style sheets.
  • Ability to create a simple embedded and external style sheet.
  • Awareness of the concepts of "cascading" and "inheritance".
  • Ability to submit a page for W3C CSS validation.
• Target Audience: The intended audience is web designers, developers, and other technology professionals who are experienced coding HTML and who would like an introduction to some CSS basics.
• Prerequisites:
  • University of Minnesota-Duluth faculty, staff or student.
  • Basic computer skills. (Ability to use email, access the web, copy and paste, etc.)
  • A "Graphical browser" installed (Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox, and/or Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc.) on your computer.
  • Experience and familiarity using the "Graphical browser(s)" above.(i.e. Knowledge of and ability to change browser preferences).
  • Ability to save a web page and its images to your local computer.
  • Experience in developing and publishing web materials.
  • A text editor or a web editor with code view.
  • Familiarity with and skills to use a web editor in code view or a text editor to hand code Hypertext Markup Language.
  • Comfortable hand coding HTML markup.
  • Ability to upload pages to the web. Participants must have a web space (ie ~tilde account) where they can post assignments.
• Time Commitment: A participant should plan to dedicate approximately four to six hours a week on this eClass. This will allow enough time to review the course content and readings, participate in online asynchronous discussion, and complete course activities and assignments.
• Online Course Materials: Online materials.
• Optional Texts (very useful but not required):
  • Meyer, Eric. A. Cascading Style Sheets : The Definitive Guide 3rd Edition, O'Reilly & Associates, 2006.
• Completion Certificate: Participants who desire evidence of successful completion of our eClasses may apply for a certificate of completion that will be mailed at the end of the term. Application can be submitted after you successfully complete the class.
• Special Circumstances: We invite anyone who has a disability or special circumstances that might require adaptation of materials or special/different equipment to inform the instructor(s) ahead of time so that arrangements can be made.

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