DESN 368
wk 3 โ lrn // Codecademy Learn CSS Introduction
Web Design Fundamentals ยท Spring 2026
Objective
Learn foundational CSS skills through Codecademy's Learn CSS modules, then apply them to your own recipe site project.
Part 1: Complete the Codecademy CSS Course
Go to: https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-css-introduction
You'll need to create a free Codecademy account if you don't have one.
The free tier covers everything required for this assignment.
Required Modules
1. Syntax and Selectors
- Complete all lessons
- Finish the Healy Recipes Project
- Run the code review and take screenshots of your output
- Complete the quiz
2. Visual Rules
- Complete all lessons
- Finish the Olivia Woodruff Portfolio Project
- Run the code review and take screenshots of your output
- Complete the quiz
- Watch this short overview video: YouTube โ CSS Visual Rules
Codecademy will try to upsell you to Pro โ you do not need it. Ignore any upgrade prompts.
Submission Requirements
Upload the following four screenshots to Canvas:
- Syntax & Selectors quiz results
- Visual Rules quiz results
- Healy Recipes Project code review output
- Olivia Woodruff Portfolio code review output
Naming Convention
[project]-[lastname][firstinitial]-s26
Example: oliviaportfolio-masingalet-s26.png
Class Discussion (Thursday)
Be ready to share:
- One interesting concept you learned
- One topic that was confusing or unclear
- One CSS technique you want to try in your own projects