{"id":1968,"date":"2016-09-27T15:17:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T15:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acmgd.info\/id1\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2025-10-23T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:00:08","slug":"in-class-exercises-labs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acmgd.info\/id1\/in-class-exercises-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"In-Class Exercises (Labs)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the next few classes we will be getting to know how HTML and CSS work in the Browser through a series of short exercises. Below is a checklist for you as you move through each one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, Oct\u00a06<\/strong><br \/>\nIn Class Lab:\u00a0Continue to explore Design Experimentation with Positioning, Different Selectors (Classes and ID&#8217;s), and Navigation (traditional and &#8220;anchor tags&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>1. \u00a0Explore working\u00a0with\u00a0adding &#8220;Positioning&#8221; properties to your CSS, including: position: relative, position: fixed, position: absolute.<\/p>\n<p>2. Explore using the &#8220;Display&#8221; property, i.e. display: block, display: inline, display: inline-block, display: none. Put elements in &lt;div&gt;&#8217;s and other containers, and explore what happens as you change their positioning.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u2014<br \/>\nResources:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3schools.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">W3Schools<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/acmgd.info\/id1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/HTMLCheatSheet-1.pdf\" rel=\"\">HTML Cheat Sheet<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/acmgd.info\/id1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CSSCheatSheet.pdf\" rel=\"\">CSS Cheat Sheet<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/guyroutledge.github.io\/box-model\/\" target=\"_blank\">Box Model Demo (Guy Routledge)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Oct\u00a04<\/strong><br \/>\nIn Class Lab: Explore Design Experimentation with Positioning, Different Selectors (Classes and ID&#8217;s), and Navigation (traditional and &#8220;anchor tags&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>1. \u00a0Explore working\u00a0with\u00a0adding &#8220;Positioning&#8221; properties to your CSS, including: position: relative, position: fixed, position: absolute.<\/p>\n<p>2. Explore using the &#8220;Display&#8221; property, i.e. display: block, display: inline, display: inline-block, display: none. Put elements in &lt;div&gt;&#8217;s and other containers, and explore what happens as you change their positioning.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u2014<br \/>\nResources:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3schools.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">W3Schools<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/acmgd.info\/id1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/HTMLCheatSheet-1.pdf\" rel=\"\">HTML Cheat Sheet<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/acmgd.info\/id1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CSSCheatSheet.pdf\" rel=\"\">CSS Cheat Sheet<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/guyroutledge.github.io\/box-model\/\" target=\"_blank\">Box Model Demo (Guy Routledge)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, Sep 22<\/strong><br \/>\nLecture: Intro to Code<\/p>\n<p>In Class Lab: An HTML Page<br \/>\n1. Create an HTML Page<br \/>\n(basic HTML page structure)<\/p>\n<p>2. Add some content<\/p>\n<p>3. Add a hyperlink<\/p>\n<p>4. Add an image tag &lt;img&gt;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" \/>(\u201cSelf-closing\u201d tag)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<br \/>\nResources:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3schools.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">W3Schools<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/acmgd.info\/id1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/HTMLCheatSheet-1.pdf\" rel=\"\">HTML Cheat Sheet<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/acmgd.info\/id1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CSSCheatSheet.pdf\" rel=\"\">CSS Cheat Sheet<\/a><br \/>\nOther links on our class Site<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Sep 27<\/strong><br \/>\nIn Class Lab: HTML Styling with CSS Formatting<\/p>\n<p>1. Add an image and make it a link<\/p>\n<p>2. Explore adding\u00a0various tag&#8217;s to\u00a0your HTML content\u00a0structure, such as &lt;h1&gt;, &lt;h2&gt;, &lt;p&gt;, &lt;img&gt;\u00a0and see how they behave.<\/p>\n<p>3. Add\u00a0a &#8220;Comment&#8221; to\u00a0your HTML, such as a note.<\/p>\n<p>4. Try adding some &#8220;inline styles&#8221; to your HTML, using such tags as:<br \/>\n&lt;b&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;em&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;img&gt;<\/p>\n<p>5. Once you get the hang of this, then try\u00a0adding an &#8220;embedded&#8221; or &#8220;internal&#8221; style sheet within your HTML structure. Do this within a &lt;style&gt; section in the &lt;head&gt; of your HTML file. Try styling\u00a0the &lt;html&gt; or &lt;h1&gt; or &lt;body&gt; tags.<\/p>\n<p>6. Take the styles you wrote in the embedded stylesheet (above), and place in its own stylesheet.css file. 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