THE ABC’S OF EVALUATING WEB SITES

You must choose 2 sites to evaluated. Two educational and two business sites. Use the questionnaire below to evaluate each. Then give a final evaluation. You can use sites that already on the Quia homepage. Homeworkcentral.com is great for educational sites and Mapquest,IBM and others are great for business sites.

1. Name of site
2. Web address
3. Type of site (educational, business, government, organization)
4. Is there an email contact on the page?
5. Are the web page links related to the subject content of the page?
6. Are there “missing links?”
7. Who is the intended audience?
8. Is the site well-written?
9. Is spelling and grammar accurate?
10. Is the reading level easy or hard?
11. Are there special features --charts, maps, graphs? Give example
12. Is there a fee for using this site?
13. Do you have to log into this site?
14. Is this site useful for any of your subjects?
15. Would you recommend it to another teacher/student?
16. Are there links to other resources on the same topic?
17. Are the pages attractive? Give examples
18. Does the information fit on the screen, or do you have to scroll across?
19. Do the graphics enhance the site?
20. Does the design help the user to find the information?
21. Are icons simple, consistent, and easy to use?
22. Is the page titled?
23. Are there headings for each section?
24. Is there a well-labeled table of contents?
25. Can you navigate from the table of contents to any section?
26. Are links labeled and descriptive of content?
27. Do the graphics load quickly?
28. Is a search engine provided t search the site’s content?
29. Are the searches quick?
30. Is the site one-of-a-kind? Overall rating:

1 -- Poor
2-- Fair
3--Good
4--Excellent