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Curtis Simonson

Techdegree Graduate

Member Since June 24, 2017

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HTML

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CSS

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Skills & Experience

109 Achievements

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Improving Usability

Usability Foundations

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Jul 26, 2019
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Mobile Usability

Usability Foundations

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Jul 26, 2019
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Website Usability

Usability Foundations

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Jul 26, 2019
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What is Usability?

Usability Foundations

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Jul 26, 2019
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5 Star Techdegree Reviewer

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Jul 3, 2019
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1st Techdegree Peer Review

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Jul 3, 2019
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Rehearsal and Delivery

Presentation Skills

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Jul 2, 2019
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Creating and Refining

Presentation Skills

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Jul 2, 2019
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Preparing to Present

Presentation Skills

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Jul 2, 2019
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Putting It All Together

Building a Portfolio

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Jul 1, 2019
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Embracing the Process

Building a Portfolio

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Jul 1, 2019
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Curating the Work

Building a Portfolio

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Jul 1, 2019
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Portfolio Goals

Building a Portfolio

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Jul 1, 2019
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Demystifying the Portfolio

Building a Portfolio

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Jul 1, 2019
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Quantitative Methods

Evaluating Design

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Jun 25, 2019
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Usability Studies

Evaluating Design

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Jun 25, 2019
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Qualitative Studies

Evaluating Design

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Jun 25, 2019
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Measuring Your Designs

Evaluating Design

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Jun 25, 2019
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Protecting and Sharing Your Work

Copyright Basics

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Jun 21, 2019
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Licensing

Copyright Basics

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Jun 21, 2019
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Fair Use and Public Domain

Copyright Basics

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Jun 21, 2019
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Getting Started with Copyright

Copyright Basics

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Jun 21, 2019
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Implementing UX Content

UX Content Strategy

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Jun 20, 2019
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Creating UX Content

UX Content Strategy

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Jun 20, 2019
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UX Content Attributes

UX Content Strategy

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Jun 20, 2019
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UX Content Basics

UX Content Strategy

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Jun 20, 2019
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Applying IA

Information Architecture

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Jun 19, 2019
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Evaluating IA

Information Architecture

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Jun 19, 2019
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Main Principles

Information Architecture

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Jun 19, 2019
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What is Information Architecture?

Information Architecture

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Jun 19, 2019
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Prototyping with a Design System

Design Systems

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Jun 13, 2019
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Material Design Basics

Design Systems

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Jun 12, 2019
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Understanding Design Systems

Design Systems

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Jun 11, 2019
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Final Project: Create a Typographic Site

Web Typography

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Jun 11, 2019
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Laying Out Type for the Web

Web Typography

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Jun 11, 2019
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Basic Web Typography

Web Typography

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Jun 10, 2019
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How to Choose and Use Webfonts

Web Typography

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Jun 8, 2019
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Introduction to Typography

Web Typography

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Jun 6, 2019
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Create a Banner Ad

Digital Media Through Photoshop

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Jun 6, 2019
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Hello, Photoshop!

Digital Media Through Photoshop

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Jun 5, 2019
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Digital Media Basics

Digital Media Through Photoshop

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Jun 5, 2019
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Planning Your Users’ Journey

Creating User Experiences

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May 25, 2019
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Persuasive Patterns

UX Design Patterns (2018 Version)

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May 21, 2019
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UI Patterns

UX Design Patterns (2018 Version)

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May 19, 2019
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Designing with Patterns

UX Design Patterns (2018 Version)

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May 15, 2019
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Exploration

Web Design Process

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May 11, 2019
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Discovery

Web Design Process

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May 11, 2019
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Interactivity in Adobe XD

Prototyping with Adobe XD

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May 2, 2019
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Prototyping Designs in Adobe XD

Prototyping with Adobe XD

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May 2, 2019
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Introducing Adobe XD

Prototyping with Adobe XD

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Apr 30, 2019
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Making sense of it all

Researching User Needs

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Apr 15, 2019
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Learning activity: Interviewing

Researching User Needs

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Apr 15, 2019
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Learning activity: Field Observation

Researching User Needs

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Apr 15, 2019
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Learning activity: Experience Sampling

Researching User Needs

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Apr 7, 2019
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Finding participants for your learning activity

Researching User Needs

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Mar 26, 2019
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Solving an Important Problem

Researching User Needs

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Mar 19, 2019
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How to Make Wireframes in Adobe XD

Introduction to Wireframing

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Mar 11, 2019
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How to Make Wireframes in Sketch

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Mar 9, 2019
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How to Make Wireframes in Balsamiq

Introduction to Wireframing

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Mar 7, 2019
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How to Make Wireframes on Paper

Introduction to Wireframing

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Mar 6, 2019
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What is Wireframing?

Introduction to Wireframing

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Mar 5, 2019
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Using Slack Effectively

Slack for the Techdegree

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Mar 3, 2019
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Introducing Slack for the Techdegree

Slack for the Techdegree

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Mar 2, 2019
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How to Critique Design

Design Criticism

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Mar 2, 2019
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Strategy: Determining Goals for your Product

Creating User Experiences

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Feb 28, 2019
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Understanding Our Users

Creating User Experiences

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Feb 28, 2019
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Intro to User Experience (UX) Design

Creating User Experiences

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Feb 22, 2019
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The Design Solution

Introduction to Product Design

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Feb 18, 2019
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The Design Problem

Introduction to Product Design

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Feb 18, 2019
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Design Principles

Introduction to Product Design

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Feb 6, 2019
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What is Product Design?

Introduction to Product Design

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Feb 2, 2019
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Telling the Story

Design Thinking

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Jan 31, 2019
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Designing for Your User’s "To-be"

Design Thinking

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Jan 31, 2019
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Understanding your User’s “As-is” Scenario

Design Thinking

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Jan 31, 2019
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Becoming Acquainted with Your User

Design Thinking

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Jan 31, 2019
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Becoming a Design Thinker

Design Thinking

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Jan 31, 2019
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Introducing Spreadsheets

Spreadsheet Basics

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Jan 2, 2019
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Introducing Data Analysis

Data Analysis Basics

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Dec 30, 2018
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Fundamental Concepts

CSS Basics (2014)

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Nov 4, 2018
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Designing with the Latest Features

CSS Basics (2014)

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Nov 1, 2018
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Meet Python

Python Basics

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Jul 22, 2018
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Adding Data to a Database

Modifying Data with SQL

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Jul 7, 2018
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Finding the Data You Want

SQL Basics

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Jul 6, 2018
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Basic Layout

CSS Basics (2014)

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Jun 27, 2018
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The Box Model

CSS Basics (2014)

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Jun 20, 2018
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Understanding Values and Units

CSS Basics (2014)

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Apr 16, 2018
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Basic Selectors

CSS Basics (2014)

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Apr 4, 2018
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Getting Started with CSS

CSS Basics (2014)

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Mar 19, 2018
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Going Further with HTML

HTML Basics

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Feb 19, 2018
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Images, Text and Links

HTML Basics

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Feb 15, 2018
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Structuring Your Content

HTML Basics

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Feb 7, 2018
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Getting Started With HTML

HTML Basics

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Feb 1, 2018
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Adding a New Web Page

Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016)

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Jan 4, 2018
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Make It Beautiful with CSS

Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016)

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Jan 4, 2018
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HTML: The Structural Foundation of Web Pages and Applications

Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016)

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Dec 28, 2017
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Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS

Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016)

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Dec 27, 2017
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JavaScript Arrays

JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects

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Dec 27, 2017
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JavaScript Loops

JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects

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Aug 23, 2017
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Finishing the Game

Introducing JavaScript

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Aug 11, 2017
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Introducing JavaScript

Introducing JavaScript

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Aug 10, 2017
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JavaScript Conditional Statements

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Aug 9, 2017
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JavaScript Functions

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Aug 9, 2017
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JavaScript Numbers

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Jul 26, 2017
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JavaScript Variables

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Jul 23, 2017
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Introducing JavaScript

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Jul 17, 2017
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HTML First

How to Make a Website

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Jul 5, 2017
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Getting Data from a Database

SQL Basics

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Jun 25, 2017
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Data, Databases and SQL

SQL Basics

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Jun 25, 2017
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Newbie

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Jun 24, 2017