This is one of several on-line tutorials offered by the Center for the Advancment of Teaching.

This particular tutorial, titled Introduction to HTML, is a very basic introduction to Hypertext Markup Language. If you're interested in publishing on the Web, you really need to know what HTML is and how it works.

This tutorial is geared toward the latest version of HTML at the time of its creation, which was HTML 4.01. It appears that this will be the final version of HTML, as all further development will occur in XHTML. You may wish to examine our Introduction to XHTML, which assumes a basic working knowlesge of HTML. If you are new to HTML, you will still want to work through this tutorial first.

Learn HTML Right Now!

The pages are organized into the following sections:

1. About HTML: START HERE if you're new to HTML.
2. Implementing HTML: How to 'mark up' a document for the Web.
3. Tag reference: alphabetical or categorical
4. Templates for Web authoring

Self-Tutorial & Quick Reference

If you wish to work through the tutorial for this seminar, it's recommended that you print it first. It's about 20 pages. The tutorial is available in the following formats:

• PDF [114 Kb] (requires Acrobat Reader)
• Word [146 Kb] (requires Microsoft Word)

The following quick reference sheet will help you with the tutorial. It is two pages long. The quick reference sheet is available in the following formats:

• PDF [28 Kb] (requires Acrobat Reader)
• Word [35 Kb] (requires Microsoft Word)

Tutorial Materials

Here are links to the materials needed for the tutorial:

• All_About_Mustard.doc (Microsoft Word Document)
• template.txt (text file)
• mustard.jpg (image file)