EDET/AEET 735 Web Page Reviews

 

Complete these questions for FIVE Web Sites

These web sites should be related to your project.

Web Title:
URL address:
Content/Topic:
Type of Site description:
Web Validator used to check site & results:

Content
- who is audience
- is content appropriate for audience
- is content accurate
- is content high quality
Completeness
- adequacy of coverage
- omissions
Clarity
- ease of use
- how well written is the content
Corroboration or credibility;
- who is the authority
- what authority in the area
- documentation of sources
Currency
- timeliness of information,
- up-to-date references
- recent or updated
Connections
- number and quality of hyperlinks
- validity of hyperlinks
Design
- appropriate use of graphics
- background and text high contrast
- well organized
- Easy to navigate
Accessibility (508)
- alt tags for images
- text equivalent for image maps
- keyboard navigation
- multimedia support
- headers on tables or use of tables
- frames with titles
- What would you have to do to make this page adhere to 508 guidelines?

Based on Web Evaluation ideas from:

Esther Grassian, UCLA College Library
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/
Hope N. Tillman, Director of Libraries, Babson College, Babson Park, MA http://www.hopetillman.com/findqual.html
Bakken, J., & Aloia, G. (1998). Evaluating the World Wide Web. TEACHING Exceptional Children, 30(5), p48-53
Marsh, M.M. (2000). A student guide to misinformation on the web. Houston, TX: Children’s Software Press.

 

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