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| Background |
Background is exceptionally
attractive, consistent across pages, adds to the theme or purpose
of the site, and does not detract from readability. |
Background is attractive,
consistent across pages, adds to the theme or purpose of the
site, and does not detract from readability. |
Background is consistent across
pages and does not detract from readability. |
Background detracts from the
readability of the site. |
| Color Choices |
Colors of background, fonts,
unvisited and visited links form a pleasing palette, do not detract
from the content, and are consistent across pages. |
Colors of background, fonts,
unvisited and visited links do not detract from the content,
and are consistent across pages. |
Colors of background, fonts,
unvisited and visited links do not detract from the content. |
Colors of background, fonts,
unvisited and visited links make the content hard to read or
otherwise distract the reader. |
| Fonts |
The fonts are consistent,
easy to read and point size varies appropriately for headings
and text. Use of font styles (italic, bold, underline) is used
consistently and improves readability. |
The fonts are consistent,
easy to read and point size varies appropriately for headings
and text. |
The fonts are consistent and
point size varies appropriately for headings and text. |
A wide variety of fonts, styles
and point sizes was used. |
| Compatibility |
This Web site has been tested
and shown to work on both Macs and PCs and works in relatively
current versions of Navigator AND Explorer. |
This Web site has been tested
and shown to work in relatively current versions of Navigator
AND Explorer on a Mac OR a PC. |
This Web site has been tested
and shown to work on both Macs and PCs but supports only one
browser. |
This Web site has not been
tested OR supports only one browser on one platform. |
| Layout |
The Web site has an exceptionally
attractive and usable layout. It is easy to locate all important
elements. White space, graphic elements and/or alignment are
used effectively to organize material. |
The Web pages have an attractive
and usable layout. It is easy to locate all important elements. |
The Web pages have a usable
layout, but may appear busy or boring. It is easy to locate most
of the important elements. |
The Web pages are cluttered
looking or confusing. It is often difficult to locate important
elements. |
| Navigation |
Links for navigation are clearly
labeled, consistently placed, allow the reader to easily move
from a page to related pages (forward and back), and take the
reader where s/he expects to go. A user does not become lost. |
Links for navigation are clearly
labeled, allow the reader to easily move from a page to related
pages (forward and back), and internal links take the reader
where s/he expects to go. A user rarely becomes lost. |
Links for navigation take
the reader where s/he expects to go, but some needed links seem
to be missing. A user sometimes gets lost. |
Some links do not take the
reader to the sites described. A user typically feels lost. |
| Spelling and Grammar |
There are no errors in spelling,
punctuation or grammar in the final draft of the Web site. |
There are 1-3 errors in spelling,
punctuation or grammar in the final draft of the Web site. |
There are 4-5 errors in spelling,
punctuation or grammar in the final draft of the Web site. |
There are more than 5 errors
in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft of the
Web site. |
| Links (content) |
All links point to high quality,
up-to-date, credible sites. |
Almost all links point to
high quality, up-to-date, credible sites. |
Most links point to high quality,
up-to-date, credible sites. |
Less than 3/4 of the links
point to high quality, up-to-date, credible sites. |
| Content Accuracy |
All information provided by
the student on the Web site is accurate and all the requirements
of the assignment have been met. |
Almost all the information
provided by the student on the Web site is accurate and all requirements
of the assignment have been met. |
Almost all of the information
provided by the student on the Web site is accurate and almost
all of the requirements have been met. |
There are several inaccuracies
in the content provided by the students OR many of the requirements
were not met. |
| Interest |
The author has made an exceptional
attempt to make the content of this Web site interesting to the
people for whom it is intended. |
The author has tried to make
the content of this Web site interesting to the people for whom
it is intended. |
The author has put lots of
information in the Web site but there is little evidence that
the person tried to present the information in an interesting
way. |
The author has provided only
the minimum amount of information and has not transformed the
information to make it more interesting to the audience (e.g.,
has only provided a list of links to the content of others). |
| Learning of Material |
The student has an exceptional
understanding of the material included in the site and where
to find additional information. Can easily answer questions about
the content and procedures used to make the web site. |
The student has a good understanding
of the material included in the site. Can easily answer questions
about the content and procedures used to make the web site. |
The student has a fair understanding
of the material included in the site. Can easily answer most
questions about the content and procedures used to make the web
site. |
Student did not appear to
learn much from this project. Cannot answer most questions about
the content and the procedures used to make the web site. |
| Work Ethic |
Student always uses classroom
project time well. Conversations are primarily focused on the
project and things needed to get the work done and are held in
a manner that typically does not disrupt others. |
Student usually uses classroom
project time well. Most conversations are focused on the project
and things needed to get the work done and are held in a manner
that typically does not disrupt others. |
Student usually uses classroom
project time well, but occasionally distracts others from their
work. |
Student does not use classroom
project time well OR typically is disruptive to the work of others. |