The first two weeks of the ICT program consists of an assignment in which you "apply" for the ICT study programme. Convince the teachers of your ICT talent. In order to do so, you create a showcase website that displays what you are able to achieve in this period. It will also explain how you study and apply the necessary knowledge in order to achieve your goals. At the end of the two weeks, you will present the result to a panel of teachers and students.

To prepare for this assignment, you need to get (re-)acquainted with the HTML language and collect some data from the SKC environment. The instructions below will help you to do this properly.

<aside> ❗ IMPORTANT Before the course starts on Tuesday, you have prepare yourself by following the instructions in the chapters below. It should take you 6 to 7 hours if you are entirely new to coding.

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1. Retrieve your WHO AM I document

In the past period, you entered a digital environment called SKC HBO-ICT. In this environment you had the opportunity to let us know who you are in the WHO AM I assignment. You filled out a questionnaire and you can use this as a base for the content of some of your web pages.

Go back to the submission status page on that environment and:

  1. Retrieve your original answers.
  2. Retrieve the feedback you got from the teacher(s) about the assignment

<aside> 💡 If the assignment is not graded, you don't have received any feedback. If this is the case, don't worry. Move on to the next step and ask your teachers next class.

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2. Prepare your IDE

HTML documents are plain text based files. These files can easily been created and edited using any text editor that can edit plain text. The following site lists some notable editors:

List of text editors

Using a normal text editor can be annoying, so we prefer to use an Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

We prefer Microsoft Visual Studio Code (or VSCode for short) as the editor for different types of plain text files. During the program, you will see us using this editor. We advise you to use this tool as well, but you are free to use any other editor you find suitable.

Download and install VS Code from the link below:

3. Study HTML

<aside> ✅ If you did all the SKC assignments, including the HTML, you can skip this section.

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In order to create websites you have to use HTML. During your pre-education and/or just out of interest, you might have already have studied the HTML language. Refresh your knowledge about this language if needed.

When you did not study any HTML yet, you can use the online courses of FreeCodeCamp now.