"The need to know the capital of Florida died when my phone learned the answer.  Rather, the students of tomorrow need to be able to think creatively: they will need to learn on their own, adapt to new challenges and innovate on-the-fly." 
– Anthony Chivetta, high school student in Missouri


In this ISM course, you will use web design and development tools to design and develop engaging websites. The focus is to understand how to use the internet to position your organization in cyberspace. Key to this positioning is understanding how to create personalized, responsive, smart, and dynamic content. This course uses web technologies such as HTML, Javascript, CSS, and HubL.  Various design and development tools are also used.  Enjoy!!

Discussion Items

  • Chapter 2: Building a Webpage Template with HTML5 - This chapter discusses creating and editing a web page using basic HTML tags.
  • Chapter 3: Enhancing a Website with Links and Images - This chapter discusses using embedded style sheets to set the appearance of elements. 
  • Chapter 4: Applying CSS Styles to Webpages - This chapter includes a discussion on using client-side image maps. 

Homework Projects / Assignments

  • #2: Building a Web Page Template: This homework project focuses on planning and building a webpage template.
  • #3: Enhancing a Website: This homework project focuses on editing the template and adding hyperlinks to the text, adding an image, and creating additional pages for the site. 
  • #4: Applying CSS Styles: This homework project focuses on enhancing the website using CSS.  A style sheet provides the site with a look and feel.

Overview: HTML5 & CSS3 Primer