Introduction to HTML5

The QUALITY of the course instructional style and content: top-notched.

You can feel the passion of the course instructor, Dr. Collene when she discusses about all the necessary knowledge in HTML5, the history of HTML, its evolution and the reasoning behind developing a global standard for web-page content language. Her passion, coupled with the easy-to-understand lecture slides, are what make this course a really good starting ground for beginner.

I would have gone further to say that this course instructional quality may be even better than many on-campus courses. So, 5/5 stars for that.

However, what is lacking in this course is, the quizzes are rather memory-work-based. Though I understand the instructor really worked hard to deliver quality content, I feel like the quizzes can be improved to include simple code-input questions, or code-analysing questions, rather than consisting mainly of memory work MCQs.

The final project is also a good learning opportunity. The design of the project requirement is good. It requires hands-on application of all the basic concepts in HTML5. However, what is lacking is that the final project should have been peer-reviewed instead of being auto-graded (through an auto-grader that doesn't work).

So, the reason why I think this course is only 4/5 is because of the quizzes being too easy and memory-based and the final project grading mechanism being systematic. Overall, must say this is a very good course for beginner. Not for advanced though, advanced people should look to the HTML5 course on edX offered by W3Cx (WWW Consortium).

HTML5 is the latest version of the HyperText Markup Language, the language used to create websites and web applications. It consists of elements like headings, paragraphs, images, and links. HTML5 also includes a wide range of new elements, attributes, APIs, and media such as audio, video, and canvas. With these new features, HTML5 can now be used to create interactive and dynamic websites, as well as mobile applications. HTML5 is also designed to be backwards compatible with previous versions of HTML, so existing websites will continue to function correctly. It is also cross-platform compatible, meaning it can run on any device, browser, or operating system. HTML5 offers efficiency, robustness, and flexibility that make it the ideal choice for web and mobile development.

The instructor might be a good web developer, but neither she nor anyone else on her team know how to write a parser. Unfortunately, that is exactly what they attempted to do for grading Final Projects.

Unless you are ready to suffer through several hours of tearing your hair out because their parser does not accept perfectly written code, don't take this course. The only thing you'll learn through the experience is that some people should stay as far away from writing autograders as the planet would allow them.

Additionally, the information presented in this course is available in several better structured and presented versions both on Coursera and other MOOC platforms. So you don't need this course in particular in order to learn the material.

The world could not run without benchmarks. In engineering, science, drafting, quality control, manufacturing and in environmental regulations, benchmarks provide a standard that can be used as a point of reference in evaluating a level of quality.

A standard can emerge from a consensus of stakeholders and can often provide a target or comparison that provides a good measuring stick for how something can be assessed.

There is a set pattern to the development of a standard. This is how one organization approaches the task.

According to the Project Management Institute, standards development follows six steps.

A standard development team is assembled and subject matter experts are solicited as first reviewers. During meetings, over several months, team members draft and refine the new standard. The draft version is then presented to the subject matter experts for review, feedback and possible changes.