HTML5 Essentials for Beginners

Discover the essentials of HTML5 during this 1 hour crash course.

Created bySimon Sez IT

Last updated 12/2025

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What you'll learn

Discover the differences between HTML4 and HTML5
Learn the different elements and attributes of the tags used in HTML5
Find out about the support HTML5 offers for the latest multimedia

Course content

4 sections • 17 lectures • 1h 32m total length

HTML 5 Course Overview2:17
Explore HTML5 basics for beginners as the instructor explains HTML5, the hypertext markup language, who the course is for, required tools like Chrome and Sublime Text, and the quiz.
WATCH ME: Essential Information for a Successful Training Experience2:04
Watch this video to gain essential information for a successful training in HTML5 essentials for beginners. Download the instructor files in the next module, unzip them, and set playback speed.
DOWNLOAD ME: HTML5 Course Demo Files0:22

Doctype and Charset3:09
Comparing HTML5 File to HTML4 File - Part 18:00
Compare HTML4 and HTML5 documents, highlighting header, nav, main, aside, section, article, and footer semantics, plus the HTML4 to HTML5 doctype and encoding changes.
Comparing HTML5 File to HTML4 File - Part 23:56
Explore HTML5's figure and time semantics, including date time and pub date attributes, and see how mark, details, and summary create simple, interactive content.
Forms14:54
Learn HTML5 form changes, new input types such as color, date, month, time, and week, and features like pattern validation, autocomplete, and datalist.
Scalable Vector Graphics15:57
Explore scalable vector graphics (svg), an xml based image format that draws shapes with html markup and stays crisp when zooming, using circle, rect, line, path, and simple animations.
Video and Audio10:52
Explore the HTML5 video and audio elements, including attributes like controls, poster, autoplay, loop, muted, preload, and multiple source formats, plus caption tracks with vtt files.
Microdata Tutorial5:31
Explore microdata in HTML5 by adding vocabularies from schema.org to HTML elements, using itemscope, itemtype, and itemprop to describe a restaurant menu and its items.

Math element, MathML, and Canvas4:41
Explore the math element and mathml for browser-based math, note limited Chrome support, and examine the canvas element, its JavaScript application programming interface, and its contrast with svg.
Conclusion0:28
Consolidate your HTML5 essentials by reviewing key concepts from HTML4 to HTML5, SVG, and the end-of-series quiz to test your knowledge.
Course Review0:43
Encourage learners to leave a review and comments, rate the course with five stars, and share feedback to help improve the training material.
---->>>> FOR Serious Web Developers Only4:12
Advance your web development skills with HTML5 essentials for beginners, covering dynamic websites and HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL, plus lifetime access and a 30-day refund.
Become a Kick-Ass Web Developer1:00
Assessment Test

Requirements

A text editor and a passion for learning.

Description

If you are unaware of the new the features and tags that HTML5 offers, HTML5 Essentials for Beginners is a course intended for you. This insightful and fast paced overview will help you quickly discover exactly what makes HTML5, the 5^th revision of HTML, such an important standard to learn.

This course will assist you to:

Discover the differences between HTML4 and HTML5, as your trainer makes revealing side-by-side comparisons.
Find out the different elements and attributes of the tags used in HTML5
Learn about the support HTML5 offers for the latest multimedia.

Tutorials include the new <video>, <audio> and <canvas> elements, as well as the integration of scalable vector graphics (SVG) content and MathML for mathematical formulas.

HTML5 Essentials for Beginners includes demo files to help you practice and learn.

What People Are Saying:

★★★★★ “This tutorial really gave me a good overview of HTML5 and helped me understand the major changes from HTML4. The only knock I would give it is that it does not cover web storage, web workers and some other new features of HTML5. For this course being free though and only taking an hour of your time you can't beat the information you get. I think this course will be most beneficial to those already proficient in HTML4.” –Anthony Martin

★★★★★ “Clear, easy to understand and informative course. Will take more Simon Sez It courses.” -Mike Felker

★★★★★ “Just the facts in a very concise way and the explanations were clear. Great Job.” -Eric Belardo

★★★★★ “I really like this course because I learned so much in a so little time, please beware that this is not a learn by doing course, it is an course that will explain the use of the ‘commands’ in HTML5 and compare them with HTML4. Keep the good work Simon!” -Cinthia Ramírez Rufino

★★★★★ “This was a very basic lesson. However, it taught me a lot of things I wasn't aware of. I am a beginner, but some of the other classes I have taken didn't cover some of the fundamentals / basics like this course. I definitely recommend this course to ALL beginners if you're serious about web development.” -John Acosta

Who this course is for:

Web developers, web designers

HTML5 Essentials for Beginners

What you'll learn

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 5min

What's New in HTML 57 lectures • 1hr 2min

Final5 lectures • 11min

Additional Training2 lectures • 15min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: