Don’t Fear The Internet

Here are some useful and fun teaching videos that could fit into any library basic skills session.

How To Make Websitesby Chris Higgins

“Do you want to make a website, but don’t know how to do all the techie stuff…or know just enough to make a super-crappy site? If that’s you, check out Don’t Fear the Internet, a video series that teaches you basic HTML and CSS, using a WordPress blog as the basis for your new website.”

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Don’t Fear the Internet
BASIC HTML & CSS for NON-WEB DESIGNERS
by Jessica Hische & Russ Maschmeyer

No. 5
Don’t Fear Starting
From Scratch Part 2: CSS
In the conclusion of this two-part series, we’ll show you how to apply and write your own CSS.

No. 4
Don’t Fear Starting: From Scratch Part 1: HTML
In the first video in this two-part series, we’ll take you through building a webpage from scratch by using a good text editor.

No. 3
Don’t Fear the Browser: Developer Tools & Vanilla Ice Cream
In this episode, we’ll introduce you to the developer tools hidden in your browser that will become indispensable as you begin to look at HTML and CSS code.

No. 2
HTML: Hamburger Text Markup Language
In this enlightening (and hunger-inducing) episode, we’ll talk a bit about HTML code structure before we get into the meat of it (har har!) in upcoming episodes.

No. 1
Not A Series of Tubes: An Internet Primer
In this episode, we’ll introduce you to the internet, give you a simple framework for how the web works as well as introduce you to what a website is on a practical level.

Introduction
Fear Not!We’re Here to Help
Introducing “Don’t Fear the Internet”, a new resource to help demystify html and css coding so you can prettify your blogs and quit asking your nerd friends for freebies!

We’ll look forward to more great short videos!

Stephen