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G053 - Lecture 04 Evaluating Websites

G053 - Lecture 04 Evaluating Websites. Mr C Johnston ICT Teacher www.computechedu.co.uk. Session Objectives. Know key features which can be used to evaluate websites, Understand what makes a good website and what makes a bad one, Revise the concept of audience and purpose,

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G053 - Lecture 04 Evaluating Websites

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  1. G053 - Lecture 04Evaluating Websites Mr C Johnston ICT Teacher www.computechedu.co.uk

  2. Session Objectives • Know key features which can be used to evaluate websites, • Understand what makes a good website and what makes a bad one, • Revise the concept of audience and purpose, • Create a list of criteria which can be used to evaluate websites fairly.

  3. What Makes A Good Website

  4. Audience and Purpose • A website must have an purpose. • If there is no purpose then its not required. • A website also will have an audience – who is the site intended for? • A bad web site is certainly one which is written without the audience in mind. • Knowing what the audience and purpose of a website is prior to evaluation will assist us.

  5. Evaluating Websites • There are millions of websites some good some bad. • Anybody can publish a website on the internet, • A website may not be checked by an editor and may not contain fact, • When evaluating a website its often judged on: • Its content, • The credibility of the author, • Functionality of the site.

  6. What Makes A Good Website(1) • Site has clear purpose, • Site is designed for its target audience, • Content you learn something from, • Content is reliable and not too biased, • Tasteful style, • Consistent style, • Quick to download, • Updated regularly, • Know who the author is,

  7. What Makes A Good Website(2) • Good links to related sites, • Not too many adverts, • Has interactivity, • Dynamic content, • Site is complete, fully tested and working.

  8. Information appeared quickly.   5     4     3     2     1   Page is colourful and interesting.   5   4   3   2   1 Page has been updated recently. Date ___      5   4   3   2   1 Page makes you want to explore further.   5   4   3   2   1 URL address: Author of page can be found easily.   5   4   3   2   1 Author of page can be contacted easily.   5   4   3   2   1 Page contains more than one opinion.   5   4   3   2   1 Page links to other useful sites.   5   4   3   2   1 Information is clearly labelled and organized.   5   4   3   2   1 Written text gives you useful information.   5   4   3   2   1 Example Evaluation Sheet

  9. Evaluation Structure Website Evaluation Description of Website Evaluation Table Design Good Points Bad Points Improvements Structure Good Points Bad Points Improvements

  10. Website Standards • The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops specifications, guidelines, software, and tools to lead the Web to its full potential, • They have developed a set of guidelines which aim to make websites as accessible as possible, • When evaluating and commenting on websites its always best to apply these standards to the websites before making comment.

  11. WCAG • These are guidelines which allow people with disabilities to access websites, • 12 directions are spilt into 4 categories – • Perceivable • Operable • Understandable • Robust • This video will help you understand the criteria, • Judging websites against the criteria will give your evaluations more weight.

  12. Session Tasks • Visit the further reading links on slide 12, • Complete Task 1 Part 3 of the assignment. • Choose 2 of the websites found and complete a formal evaluation of these. • Evaluate both the design (fonts, colours, content) and structure (how the pages physically link and is the expected content where you think it is) • Use your own criteria and WCAG criteria to make suitable comments

  13. Evaluation Writing Frame Title Page Contents Page Description of the website including audience and purpose Description of the sites deign Description of design good points Description of the design bad points Improvements to the sites design Description of the sites structure Description of the structures good points Description of the structures bad points Improvements to the sites structure Site #1 Description of the website including audience and purpose Description of the sites deign Description of design good points Description of the design bad points Improvements to the sites design Description of the sites structure Description of the structures good points Description of the structures bad points Improvements to the sites structure Site#2 Include Screen Shots To Illustrate Points Include points from your own evaluation grids – your grids could be presented in the evaluations. For high marks WCAG considerations need to be taken into account.

  14. Further Reading: • What makes a good website: • http://webreference.com/greatsite.html • http://www.multcolib.org/homework/webeval.html • http://www.weav.bc.ca/weavnews/article.htm?76 • http://library.albany.edu/internet/evaluate.html • http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html • http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/evalwebstu.html • http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm • http://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG20/

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