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Evaluating Web Pages

Evaluating Web Pages. Objective. Students will learn guidelines that may be used to determine the quality and accuracy of information found on the World Wide Web. Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages. Accuracy of Web Documents Authority of Web Documents Objectivity of Web Documents

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Evaluating Web Pages

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  1. Evaluating Web Pages

  2. Objective • Students will learn guidelines that may be used to determine the quality and accuracy of information found on the World Wide Web

  3. Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages • Accuracy of Web Documents • Authority of Web Documents • Objectivity of Web Documents • Currency of Web Documents • Coverage of Web Documents

  4. How to Determine Accuracy of Web Doc How to Interpret Accuracy

  5. How to Determine Authority of Web Doc How to Interpret Authority

  6. How to Determine Objectivity of Web Doc.’s How to Interpret Objectivity

  7. How to Determine Currency of Web Doc How to Interpret Currency

  8. How to Determine Coverage of Web Doc How to Interpret Coverage

  9. Putting it all together • Accuracy- if your page lists the author and institution that published the page and provides a way of contacting them and…

  10. Putting it all together • Authority- if your page lists the author credentials and its domain is preferred (.edu, .gov, .org, or .net) and…

  11. Putting it all together • Objectivity- if your page provides accurate information with limits advertising and it is objective in presenting the information and…

  12. Putting it all together • Currency- if your page is current and updated regularyl (as stated on the page) and the links (if any) are also up-to-date, and…

  13. Putting it all together • Coverage- if you can view the information properly—not limited to fees, browser technology, or software requirement, then…

  14. Congratualtions • You may have a Web page that could be of value to your research!

  15. Acitivity • Students will draw the name of a Website out of a bowl. Then they will evaluate the site on a scale of 0-4 on the criteria listed on the activity sheet.

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