Accuracy:
- Error-free information
- Current information
- Updated frequently
- Recent "last" update
- Objective, balanced presentation of information
- Bias-free viewpoints and images
- Correct use of grammar, spelling, and sentence structure
- Primary outlink (link that takes you to additional site) content is relevant, authentic, and appropriate
- Authority
- Expertise/reputation of author/designer
- Contact information for author/designer
- Expertise/reputation of host site
Appropriateness:
- Concepts and vocabulary relevant to students' abilities
- Information relevant to the North Carolina K-12 curriculum
- Interaction compatible with the physical and intellectual maturity of intended audience
Scope:
- Information of sufficient scope to adequately cover the topic for the intended audience
- Logical progression of topics within original site (site being evaluated) and primary outlinks
- Information offered not easily available in other sources
Technical Aspects
Navigation:
- Ready access to site; site not overloaded
- Images load within reasonable timeframe
- Intuitive icons, menus, and directional symbols that foster independent use
- Inlinks (links that take you to locations within the original site) that allow easy navigation throughout the site
- Standard multimedia formats
- Logical options for printing/downloading all or selected text and graphics
Presentation:
- Site follows good graphic design principles
- Screen displays uncluttered and concise
- Captions, labels, or legends for all visuals
- Legible text and print size appropriate for the intended audience
- Graphics and art functional, not merely decorative
- Information presented through text, motion, still images, and sound
- Information presented in a manner to stimulate imagination and curiosity
- Product advertising not intrusive