Tips
Assessing or evaluating a webpage
Ask yourself these questions when you are looking at a page. The answers will tell you whether the site can be of use to you or not.
Authority
- Who is responsible for the site?
- Are the author and the author's status clearly indicated?
- Is it a commercial, personal, governmental, or academic site?
Content
- What is the purpose of the site?
- Is the text of the site well-written?
- Is the information of the site well-documented? Is it accurate?
- Does the site offer anything unique, or is it just more of the same?
- Does the site offer you more than you can find in an encyclopedia?
Design
- Is the site well-designed?
- Did the top page contain all the information you needed or could it easily be retrieved from another page of the site?
- Are there any spelling or grammatical errors?
- Do all the hypertext links work?
- Are the graphics on the site page clear and useful,
- or do they just distract your attention?
Value
- Did you learn anything?
- Was the page worth visiting?
- Would you include the site in your bookmark list?
Time
- Does the material have a limited period of validity?
- Is there an indication of the latest update of the page?
- Is the page obsolete?
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This file prepared and presented as an aid to help students understand the web. Send questions or comments to Royce Shook