Assignment #1
Web Site Evaluation
Due: August 22
Instructions
- Review the section about Evaluating Web Sites
- Select a live Web site that has the following characteristics:
- It belongs to a business trying to attract customers;
- It has its own domain name, so the site’s designers should be concerned about having a quality site which is usable; and
- It has a great deal of usability problems.
- Perform a critique on the Web site.
- Identify the Web site’s URL (Web address) and the business name.
- Describe five usability, accessibility or content concerns, and make recommendations, using a format similar to the one below. Use your own paper. You may type it, or write it by hand if I can read it well enough to grade it. Review my sample evaluation to help you out.
- Just to be civil, find at least one thing that works great on the site and identify it too.
Sample Categories/Criteria
- Aesthetics
- Links
- Navigation
- Color
- Text
- Page Layout
- Distractions
- Complications
- Download Time
- Graphics Quality
- Clarity of Message
- Spelling/Grammar
- Broken Links or Code
- Consistency
Sample Chart
Student Name: _____________________________
Class Period: _________
Web Site Evaluation
Web Site URL: _____________________________
Web Site/Business Name: ____________________
Criteria |
Problem |
Recommendation |
Links |
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Navigation |
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Page Layout |
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(etc.) |
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