Category:Website evaluation 2

'''Information Technology Unit 3 '''

Evaluating Web Site

There are many different sources of information including:


 * -       Newspapers and magazines


 * -       Radio


 * -       TV


 * -       Film (including cinema, video and DVD)


 * -       The Internet

In general the purpose of this information is to inform, persuade, educate or entertain. Websites can perform one or more of these functions. In this task you are to evaluate a range of websites.

=Investigating website=

Investigate your school website and evaluate how well it performs the task. Answer the following questions.

1.     What is the title of this website?

Yarra Valley Grammar

2.     What is the URL for this website?

http://ww.yvg.vic.edu.au

3.     What information does the URL tell you about the website (country, purpose etc.)?

It’s a website involving education purposes

4.     What is the main purpose of this website?

Information on the school and key dates/areas of the school

5.     Name the organisation or individual who has produced this website.

Yarra Valley Grammar

6.     Describe the background (colour, pattern image etc.)

Background is white, though the boarders and banners are red, black and yellow (schools colours)

7.     Describe the fonts used for headings and main points (colour, font, size)

Basic fonts, simple and effective

8.     What techniques have been used to attract your attention to this page (animations, images, marquees sounds etc.)?

There are a few images that are in key positions and colour has been used effectively

9.     When was this website last updated?

Not applicable

10. How accurate is the information on this website? Justify your answer.

Very accurate, as it contains key dates and important areas for students to access. Therefore, there should be no margin for error.

11. How timely is the information on this website? Justify your answer.

Everything is laid out correctly and it is simple to get to the area you desire.

12. How easy is it to understand the information on this website? Justify your answer commenting on readability, language used, sentence length etc.

Very strong but simple layout and font, easily readable and a simple menu for accessing certain parts of the page

13. How long does it take to download the opening page of this website?

Under a second

14. How long does it take to download subsequent pages of this website?

Under a second

15. Suggest two ways that you would improve the website if you were the developer. Change the size of the page so it matches screen height, eliminates scrolling.