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Site Evaluation

Here is an evaluation that lets us know if our site measures up to a high standard of providing an engaging online experience for you.

Criteria
1 - Lacking Criteria
2 - Meets Criteria

3 - Exceptionally Meets Criteria

The site's authors have appropriate education credentials.
Author credentials are unknown or do not indicate adequate educational backgrounds. 
Authors' credentials are displayed and educational background is adequate. 

Authors' credentials are displayed with extensive educational or professional background in literature and writing.

The site defines its intended audience.
The intended audience was not defined.
The intended audience was defined.

The intended audience was defined with specific details about who would benefit from site offerings.

The site provides links that function.
The site provides no links or links that do not function.
The site provides links that function.

The links function properly and provide relevant, add-on value to the literary information on the site.  

The text of this site is easy to read.

Chunks of text are lumped together with no spacing.

Text has spacing, but could use more graphics.

Text is easy to read, with exceptional spacing, colors, and graphics mixed in.

The site is interactive.

The site provides no interactive elements.

The site provides some interactive elements.

The site is exceptionally interactive.

The navigation bar and links are easy to locate.

The navigation bar and links were difficult to find for navigation.

The navigation bar and links were easy to locate without graphics or icons.

The navigation bar and links were easy to find with helpful icons and graphics.

The site is engaging for users.

The site does not engage users with daily tips or user participation.

The site engages users with daily tips and/or news.

The site engages users with daily tips/news and with user participation by encouraging dialogue among users. 

Graphic, audio, and video material are of good quality and appropriate.

Graphic, audio, and video material is of poor quality or not present at all.

At least 2 out of 3 multimedia types are present, are provided with good quality, and are appropriate to material.

All 3 multimedia types are present and possess good quality and appropriateness to material.

The site is relevant to the genre, or topic.

Information on site is completely off topic.

Some information is irrelevant and off topic.

All information is relevant and on topic.

The site is extremely accessible.

Site is rarely updated and crashes frequently.

Site is updated sporadically and sometimes crashes.

Site is updated frequently, never crashes and even has access to older versions.   

Prepared by the A+ Team for M.Ed. degree requirements