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Capstone builds: Course dashboard

A course dashboard should show an honest progress measure and the next useful action.

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Build course dashboard
Build this first target: <main>; <h1> inside <main> containing “My UNIX course”; <p> inside <main> containing “Three of ten lessons complete.”. Inspect the structure before checking the lesson.
Hint & worked example
A course dashboard should show an honest progress measure and the next useful action.
The requested elements, attributes, content, and hierarchy exist outside comments.
```
<main><h1>My UNIX course</h1><p>Three of ten lessons complete.</p></main>
```
Common mistake to avoid: A visual appearance alone guarantees the intended HTML meaning.
2
Extend the course dashboard example
Extend your file to include: <main>; <h1> inside <main> containing “My UNIX course”; <p> inside <main> containing “Three of ten lessons complete.”; <label> inside <main> (for="progress") containing “Lesson progress”; <progress> inside <main> (id="progress", value="3", max="10") containing “3 of 10”. Inspect the structure before checking the lesson.
Hint & worked example
A course dashboard should show an honest progress measure and the next useful action.
The requested elements, attributes, content, and hierarchy exist outside comments.
```
<main><h1>My UNIX course</h1><p>Three of ten lessons complete.</p><label for="progress">Lesson progress</label><progress id="progress" value="3" max="10">3 of 10</progress></main>
```
Common mistake to avoid: Replacing semantic elements with generic divs automatically improves accessibility.
3
Verify the complete course dashboard pattern
Finish the pattern with: <main>; <h1> inside <main> containing “My UNIX course”; <p> inside <main> containing “Three of ten lessons complete.”; <label> inside <main> (for="progress") containing “Lesson progress”; <progress> inside <main> (id="progress", value="3", max="10") containing “3 of 10”; <a> inside <main> (href="/unix/lessons/navigation/") containing “Practice navigation”. Inspect the structure before checking the lesson.
Hint & worked example
A course dashboard should show an honest progress measure and the next useful action.
The requested elements, attributes, content, and hierarchy exist outside comments.
```
<main><h1>My UNIX course</h1><p>Three of ten lessons complete.</p><label for="progress">Lesson progress</label><progress id="progress" value="3" max="10">3 of 10</progress><a href="/unix/lessons/navigation/">Practice navigation</a></main>
```
Common mistake to avoid: A visual appearance alone guarantees the intended HTML meaning.

Understand the pattern

A course dashboard should show an honest progress measure and the next useful action.

Misconceptions to reject

A visual appearance alone guarantees the intended HTML meaning.
Replacing semantic elements with generic divs automatically improves accessibility.

The preview is a sanitized subset, not a full browser compatibility test.

Worked example and expected result

<main><h1>My UNIX course</h1><p>Three of ten lessons complete.</p><label for="progress">Lesson progress</label><progress id="progress" value="3" max="10">3 of 10</progress><a href="/unix/lessons/navigation/">Practice navigation</a></main>

A course dashboard should show an honest progress measure and the next useful action.

Try a variation

Adapt the final example to a different project name while retaining its structure and relationships. A different context still needs a real browser and accessibility check.

Explain it

Which statement correctly explains course dashboard?Replacing semantic elements with generic divs automatically improves accessibility.A course dashboard should show an honest progress measure and the next useful action.A visual appearance alone guarantees the intended HTML meaning.

Apply it elsewhere

You reuse course dashboard in a different project. What must still be verified?The meaning, relationships, and accessible names in the new document.Nothing; passing a single exercise guarantees every future use.Only whether the source code has the same number of lines.

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Complete the lab, then explain and apply the pattern.

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