| Jayme Cilente SLM 521 Summer 2006 | ||||||
| Web Page Evaluation Checklist | ||||||
| Go to google.com, type in "gym class", and evaluate two websites by the following criteria: | ||||||
| Main Factors | Good Page | Bad Page | ||||
| Authority: | ||||||
| Is there an author? | ||||||
| Is the author an expert? | ||||||
| Can you varify the author's credentials? | ||||||
| Did the author include contact information? | ||||||
| Is there an organization that is sponsoring the web page? | ||||||
| Is there a link to the author or sponser of the website? | ||||||
| Could the credentials of the author be made up? | ||||||
| Purpose and Support: | ||||||
| Is there a clear purpose to the website? | ||||||
| Can a target audience be identified? | ||||||
| Is there an editor or someone who verifies/checks the information? | ||||||
| Is the information reliable? | ||||||
| Does the author support the information he or she uses? | ||||||
| Is the support respectable? | ||||||
| Does the page cite a variety of sources? | ||||||
| Currency and Coverage: | ||||||
| Is the information current? | ||||||
| Can you varify a date on the website? | ||||||
| Are the links on the page current? | ||||||
| Are facts completley sited? | ||||||
| Are there any conflicts of interest? | ||||||
| Can you identify any bias among the website? | ||||||