A cheeky, unofficial guide to Canvas pages

Jargon guide

Term/acronym	Plain english
Bootstrap	A popukar library used by websites, including to create responsive layouts. More info at getbootstrap.com
Canvas blueprint	The template that is the initial content of a course on Canvas.
Canvas orientation course	An induction course in the use of Canvas (link to the course)
Comments	(In the context of html or other code). Comments are used to add content that is not displayed to the user
CSS	Cascading style sheets. Used to describe the style in which HTML code should be displayed. See e.g. the W3Schools CSS pages .
HTML	HyperText Markup Language. The code used to structure a website. See e.g. the W3Schools HTML pages.
JavaScript	Coding language that adds interaction to web pages. Most web pages are built from a combination of HTML, CSS and Javascript. See e.g. the W3Schools JavaScript pages.
LaTeX	A typesetting language commonly used to create documents in mathematical subjects. More info at latex-project.org.
LTDS	Learning and Teaching Development Service.
Responsive layout	Web page layouts that automatically resize / adjust to look good on all devices.
Stylesheet	Refers to a file containing CSS.
VLE	Virtual Learning Environment (currently Canvas).