Colleen van Lent

I am a Lecturer III in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. I focus on the introductory programming courses such as Programming I (SI 543) and Web Design (SI 206 and SI 539).
I came to UMSI from Cal State University Long Beach where I was an associate professor in the Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department. I was at U of M previously as a visiting scholar. My PhD is in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh.
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Introduction to CSS3 (Coursera)

The web today is almost unrecognizable from the early days of white pages with lists of blue links. Now, sites are designed with complex layouts, unique fonts, and customized color schemes. This course will show you the basics of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS3). The emphasis [...]

Advanced Styling with Responsive Design (Coursera)

It used to be the case that everyone viewed webpages on about the same size screen. But with the explosion of the use of smartphones to access the Internet, the landscape of design has completely changed. People viewing your site will now expect that it will perform regardless of [...]

Interactivity with JavaScript (Coursera)

If you want to take your website to the next level, the ability to incorporate interactivity is a must. But adding some of these types of capabilities requires a stronger programming language than HTML5 or CSS3, and JavaScript can provide just what you need. With [...]

Introduction to HTML5 (Coursera)

Thanks to a growing number of software programs, it seems as if anyone can make a webpage. But what if you actually want to understand how the page was created? There are great textbooks and online resources for learning web design, but most of those resources require some background [...]