The purpose of this assignment is to challenge, test and ultimately come to general agreement on evaluation criteria for web sites. This exercise is student driven although the teacher may need to jump in and help if the need arises.
Will be a PowerPoint presentation between 8 to 11 slides.
Will have one introductory slide with credits for tasks performed by each member of the group.
Will have one slide that displays the evaluation rubric in table form including 4-7 main traits,
a numeric scale to assess level of mastery, descriptors that define major point values on the numeric scale.
Will have a rational that explains the importance of each trait (4-7 slides).
Will have a completely scored evaluation rubric of the web site www.cheese.com/
Will have a slide detailing traits in which there was agreement and traits in which there was disagreement explaining why.
Process:
Pair up and take five minutes to share and discuss the merits and problems of two sites each from lesson one's activity. One site should be a clear example of good design and one an example of poor design. Discuss specific traits that could be used to evaluate sites.
On a piece of notebook paper write down the URL's for the four sites (two for each person) with positive and negative traits and turn it in to the instructor.
Join another pair and now in a group of four review your lists of traits that was generated in step one. Synthesize the list to no fewer than four but no more than seven general traits that could be used to evaluate most any web site. As much as possible make each trait discrete and clear. Combine similar traits. Eliminate redundant, obtuse, or invalid traits.
Once you reach consensus on the traits, decide on a numeric scale for judging how well a web site fares for each of the traits.
Brainstorm a list of descriptors that define major point values on the numeric scale. If you get stuck here is a list of descriptors that may help.
Now that you have all the components for the evaluation rubric, sketch the complete evaluation rubric with a marker on butcher paper, or using a table in Word or similar program on the computer.
Each person in your group will now individually use this evaluation rubric to evaluate the following site: www.cheese.com. It is important that you evaluate the site without collaboration or discussion.
After all members have had enough time to evaluate, compare how your group members scored www.cheese.com with each major trait.
If someone in the group rated a trait radically different from the rest, ask them to explain.
Develop and present your PowerPoint presentation following the guidelines above. Present your powerpoint to the class.
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