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Website Design and Evaluation Assignment:
This assignment is worth 25 points tow
Website Design and Evaluation Assignment:
This assignment is worth 25 points towards your grade. PLEASE make sure you answer ALL components of the assignment!!!!
NOTE: You are evaluating the design of the site and NOT its contents.
Site Review:
Find ONE site on the web that someone in your intended program or career would find useful information. For example, an early childhood major may find a site on cooperative learning. A graphic artist may find a corporate website that illustrates excellent web page design and concepts studied in class. Once you have selected the site, you are to WRITE an analysis of what can be found at that site for the interested audience focusing on the design of the site, accessibility of it, etc. DESIGN of the site and not so much the content in it.
USE THE FOLLOWING FORMAT:
Your Name:
Career/Program Area:
Name of the Site You are Recommending:
Address (URL) of the Site:
Consider the information discussed in Unit 14. Write a few paragraphs of summary that include, but not limited to, the following:
1) Who would be interested in the site and why? 3 complete sentences at least.
2) Describe the site. What does it look like? 3-4 sentences.
3) Evaluate the site considering the design of the site. Is the site balanced– proximity of text and graphics? Good use of color? Effective graphics, if any, positioned clearly and purposefully? etc. Discuss at least 3 elemental components of the design of the site.
4) What is the design message of the site? Discuss and describe at least two elements of design that are used in the site to portray and reflect the design message.
5) Contrast: “Contrast is the difference in luminance or colour that makes an object distinguishable. In visual perception of the real world, contrast is determined by the difference in the colour and brightness of the object and other objects within the same field of view…” Google.com definition. Consider this definition of contrast related to the website you are evaluating for this assignment. Does the author of the site use effective contrast? Describe one page on the site and describe how the author uses contrast effectively.
6) Discuss at least two elements of typography that are used in the site and assess whether those elements are effectively used in the site and why.
7) Are there accommodations for multicultural readers? Are there accommodations for persons with disabilities?
8) How is the quality of the site map and/or index? (Site Map: “A sitemap is a list of pagesLinks to an external site. of a web siteLinks to an external site. within a domainLinks to an external site….” Wikipedia.org)– it is like the Table of Contents (TOC) for a website. For more information, type “site map definition and examples” in Google.
9) Does the user need any special knowledge or experience to use the site? (high-tech, low-tech, lay, multicultural, and/or multiple audiences)?
10)What kind of information could an interested user find at the site? 2-3 sentences.
11) What links to other resources are available from the site? Name at least 4.
12) Identify how useful you think the site is and why. Consider ease of use as well as the information available. 3-4 sentences.
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