Evaluation

 

 

  Based on my personal evaluation of the academic website using the rubric below I would say that this is a pretty good website . The goal of the website is clearly identified. Even though the site may seem a bit distracting for students suffering with ADHD or even autism due to colour choices, for the average child they will love the elements of the cartoons and may be more interested in learning due to the level of interactivity, fun and games. 

    The interface of the website is very user friendly with both written and video step-by-step instructions for student and teacher alike. 

    The design and organisation of the website is great. It's free from errors, loads quickly and all elements are easy to read, understand and maneuver. 

    The website is easy to navigate. The site provides you with a tutorial on how to navigate and use the various application on the website before use.  It provides you with a site map and search engine to make sourcing materials quick and easy. 

     The website provides all the necessary information to all visitors which includes 30 day free trials of the website, sample videos, subscription pages, website updates, etc. 

    The content provided on the site is of great quality and sufficient to suit the needs however some information may not be globally relevant and it provides limited resources in language arts. 

    The site contains some dates but the drawback to this is that for individual teacher accounts with restricted access this information may be missing after posting assignments for students to complete.

    The site provides a wide variety of links and in my opinion caters somewhat to the needs of some children who are differently abled. 

This rubric was extracted from myeducationkit- Teaching and Learning with Technology

DIMENSIONS	1 POOR	2 BELOW AVERAGE	3 AVERAGE	4 ABOVE AVERAGE	5 EXCELLENT	Score
Goal	Goal of this website is unclear and confusing	Conflicting themes make sit’s goals uncertain	Goal is clear but the site contains some unrelated or distracting elements	Clear purpose and goals; but elements seems unnecessary	Goal and purpose of sit is clear with no distracting elements	5
User Friendliness	Unwelcoming to users	Does not evolve a welcoming message	Welcomes visitors but does not appear friendly	Welcoming and appears friendly	Exciting, welcoming and very user-friendly	5
Design	Poorly organised, contains obvious errors, loads slowly and difficult to read	Organisation is confusing; There are some errors and load slowly	Organisation is acceptable, no obvious errors, load adequately and easy to read	God organisation, no errors, load quickly and easy to read	Excellent organisation, free of errors, loads quickly and clearly and all elements are easy to read	5
Navigability	Difficult to find and follow site navigation links	Navigation links visible but somewhat confusing	Navigation links clear and readily available	Navigation link clear and logical; sitemap included	Navigation logical and clear; site map and search engine available	5
Authority	Unclear who is the teacher, and the class the site refers to	Teacher name and contact information included, but insufficient class information	Teacher name and contact information included, and some  class information	Teacher name and contact information included; there is full class information	Teacher provides all necessary information to students, parents and community visitors	5
Content	Content is limited and lack relevance to students and parents	Content appears relevant but quality is limited in student needs	Content is adequate in relevance and quality to meet  student needs	Content is relevant and the quality is sufficient for student needs	Content is on target and provides excellent coverage to meet student needs	4
Dates	No date evident	Sites contains some dates	Site contains both creation and updates information; but there is no date related to class activities	Site contains creation and update information and some dates relating to class activities	Site contains dates for creation, updates and all class activities	2
Links	Few relevant working links	Adequate number of links but many are no longer functional	Sufficient number of links that are all functional	A good variety of useful active links	Links offer connection to a wide variety of excellent sites	4
Handicapped Access	No options available for handicapped	Some pages on the web site offers text-only	Site offers text-only on all pages	Sites offers clear options for handicapped	Site includes handicapped options on all pages and links to support software	5