ETT 229 Fall 2004 Web Evaluation Intro to Web Design

Agenda 11:00-11:30 – Web Evaluation 11:30-12:00 – Web Design Basics

Quizzes Quiz 11 average: 4.04/5 Quiz 12 average: 2.33/5 Quiz 13 average: 2.52/5 Overall quiz average: 3.45/5 (69%) Quizzes equal 15% final grade Quiz average = 10.35/15 Next three quizzes Three extra credit questions Use them to get grade up Greek Survey: 6 yes (22%), 20 no (74%) Equivalent percentages to Elementary Education professional semester 2 group

Web Resource Evaluation

Web Evaluation Checklist C REDIBILITY / AUTHORITY A CCURACY R ELIABILITY R ELEVANCE D ATE S OURCES BEHIND THE TEXT S COPE AND PURPOSE

CRITICAL EVALUATION Why Evaluate What You Find on the Web? Anyone can put up a Web page –about anything –for pennies –in minutes

Many pages not kept up-to-date No quality control most sites not “peer-reviewed” less trustworthy than scholarly publications no selection guidelines for search engines CRITICAL EVALUATION

Web Evaluation Techniques Before you click to retrieve the page... Look at the URL: personal page or site ? ~ or % or users or members domain name appropriate for the content ? edu, com, org, net, gov, ca., us, uk, etc.

Published by an entity that makes sense ? News from its source? Advice from valid agency? Web Evaluation Techniques

Scan the perimeter of the page Can you tell who wrote it ? name of page author organization, institution, agency you recognize contact by itself not enough Credentials for the subject matter ? Look for links to: “ About us” “Philosophy” “Background” “Biography”

Is it recent or current enough ? Look for “last updated” date - usually at bottom Do not trust a current date in : View | Page Info (Netscape) OR File | Properties (IE) If no links or other clues... truncate back the URL hinkquest/gail/text/ethics.html Scan the perimeter of the page

Indicators of quality Sources documented links, footnotes, etc. –As detailed expected in print publications ? do the links work ? Information not retyped or forged why not link to published version instead ? Links to other resources biased, slanted ?

What Do Others Say ? Do a link: search How many links ? What kinds of sites ? What do they say ? Who links to ? link:peacenow.org 1.Copy the URL of a page (Ctrl+C) 2.Go to a search engine 3.Type link: and paste in the URL (Ctrl+V) 4.No spaces before or after the :

Did a reputable source refer you ? is the page in the Librarian’s Index to the Internet, Infomine?Librarian’s Index to the InternetInfomine Look up the page author in Google What Do Others Say ?

STEP BACK & ASK: Does it all add up ? Why was the page put on the Web ? inform with facts and data? explain, persuade? sell, entice? share, disclose? as a parody or satire? Is it appropriate for your purpose?

Web Evaluation Checklist C REDIBILITY / AUTHORITY A CCURACY R ELIABILITY R ELEVANCE D ATE S OURCES BEHIND THE TEXT S COPE AND PURPOSE

Web Design Basics I

Tools for Web Design Microsoft Word Microsoft Publisher Netscape Composer Mozilla Macromedia Dreamweaver

Netscape Composer/Mozilla Where to find it New Document Definition of WYSIWYG Saving Files Opening files in a Browser

Web Design Practice 1 Create a class homepage in Composer Add a title (Your name and fictitious class name) – make it Heading 1, centered and bold Give one sentence welcoming class – make it italics and centered Give a bulleted list of activities they will do this semester (make up four) Save the file as lastname.html Preview the page in a browser (using open file command in browser) webpage to me at – make sure your name and Web Design 1 are in subject line and you attach the

For next class Read pages in Computers Be prepared for quiz (on lecture and book pages)