F.+Evaluating+Websites

=**Evaluating Websites** =

Objectives: Students will identify the purpose of a website. Students will determine what makes a website effective. Students will c ritically analyze web resources to evaluate their effectiveness.

Procedure: Step 1: In your group, you will be looking at these websites and deciding if they are effective based on the questions below. [] [] [] []

Answer these questions on a separate sheet of paper **for each website**. 1. What is the title of the site? What does the title tell you? 2. How easy is it to navigate the site? Are there links? 3. What does the site look like? Is the design inviting? Does it match the purpose of the site? 4. How easy is it to read the information on each page? 5. Does the site have enough/too many graphics, animations or sounds? What are they? 7. Are there media elements, such as graphics, sound, animation? What are they? 8. Does the site appear to be well organized? 9. What do you like about the site? 10. If you could make changes to the site, what changes would you make to improve the site?

Step 2: Discuss in your group if the website is effective based on what you have written. Step 3: Go to the top of the page and click on the Discussion tab. Post an answer to the question there. Step 4: We'll discuss your findings as a class.

Now that you have finished evaluating the websites click on the link for G. Flow of Information