What You'll Build
In this free HTML course, you, with Chris Castiglione as your guide, will build this Cookie Monster project. This is a 7-day course, and it comes with two hours of free and fun videos, sample code, and step-by-step tutorials. We promise this is the BEST way to learn the basics of HTML & CSS.
Your assignment: Cookie Monster is your client. He’s applying for a job. You have seven days to launch a new website for him using only HTML & CSS. You’ve been given his headshot, bio at Sesame Street, and Cookie Monster’s Saturday Night Live Demo Reel. In addition, you have a series of videos and help from One Month to show you how. Ready to start?
Learn HTML & CSS Basics
- Front-end vs. back-end
- HTML vs. CSS
- How to learn JavaScript
- How to add images to a website
- How to add links, and buttons to a website
- CSS background images
- The basics of digital color theory
Our Students
HEY I created a webpage! Coding is fun 😎 #girlswhocode #CBSDigitalLiteracy @karliekloss pic.twitter.com/ceRkaz9PJc
— Catherine Clark (@Cathrclark) April 5, 2019
Peek inside the course
Show me the syllabusDay 1
Welcome to Learn HTML for free at One Month!
In this 7-day free online coding course, you will learn the basics of the HTML & CSS coding languages. The course is designed to be completed in less than 7 days, and you are free to work a little everyday, or binge the entire course all at once. By the end, you will build a porfolio website from scratch, and be given the tools to customize the project with your name, colors, and images so that you can be proud to share it on Facebook, Linkedin, or as part of your CV/resume. Last, but not least, you'll be given a chance to launch your website live on the internet! Sounds exciting? Ready? Ok! Let's get started learning to code.
Install Sublime Text
Download Sublime Text. Sublime will be our text editor. A text editor is an application that we can use to code HTML and CSS (and nearly every other programming language).
About the Instructor
Chris Castiglione is an educator. He is the co-founder of One Month, and faculty at Columbia University Business School. His mission is to use storytelling as a tool to inspire positive change in the world. Chris's mediums include video, podcasts, writing, and teaching.