Partially

CRITERIA Exemplary Proficient Unsatisfactory POINTS

Proficient
9 points 6 points 3 points 0 points ___/9
The content has a unique main idea/purpose/theme The purpose, The theme or The website
and includes useful educational information for theme, or main main idea of the lacks a clear
students and parents. idea of the website is purpose or
website is vague and does central theme
evident with not create a and is not useful
appropriate strong sense of to students and
educational purpose or parents.
information for include
students and educational
parents. information that
students and
parent can use.
The content is written clearly and concisely and The content The content The content
points readers to high quality, up to date pertinent points readers points readers points readers to
resources. The content is highly informative and to quality to information some
provides essential information to the reader. information that does not information
Information is updated frequently and includes the resources. The relate to the resources which
date of the update to emphasize freshness of content is purpose or are inaccurate or
content. The website showcases students' research informative and theme of the misleading or
projects, data collection assignments, Q&A forums, provides useful page. inappropriate for
or other assignments to promote interaction information to Information is the intended
Relevance
between students, teachers, and parents. the reader. incomplete or audience.
of Content
inaccurate.
to Students
and The website includes feedback loops such as The website The website The website
Parents surveys, forms, or questionnaires. includes one does not include does not include
feedback loop feedback loops feedback loops
such as a such as such as surveys,
survey, form or surveys, forms, forms, or
questionnaire. or questionnaires.
questionnaires.
Annotations include motivating questions and There are clear A few of the Several
advanced organizers that provide the reader with annotations annotations are annotations are
sense of what will be found on each web page. describing Web- missing or do missing or do
based not describe the not describe
resources so resources what students
that readers can clearly so that will find at the
navigate readers can site or do not
through the navigate include
sites easily and through sites advanced
locate the easily and organizer
needed locate the questions to
information. needed assist students
information. in navigating
easily through
sites to locate
the needed
information.
Use of 6 points 4 points 2 points 0 points ___/6
Photos,
Graphics, All of the photographs, graphics, sound and/or video Most of the A few of the The
Sound, enhance the content and create interest. photographs, photographs, photographs,
Animation graphics, sound graphics, sound graphics,
and Video and/or video and/or video are sounds, and/or
enhance the inappropriate for videos are
content and the content and inappropriate for
create interest. do not create the content or
interest. are distracting
decorations that
create a busy
feeling and
detract from the
content.
 All photos, graphics, audio and/or video files are Most of the Some of the Many of the
high quality images or sound with proper voice photos, photos and photos and
projection, appropriate language, and clear delivery. graphics, audio graphics are not graphics are not
Background audio is kept in balance and does not and/or video high quality high quality
overpower the primary audio. files are high images. A few images or are
quality images of the audio not properly
or sound and and/or video edited for Web
effectively files are edited display. Audio
enhance the with and/or video
content and inconsistent files are not
create interest. clarity or sound edited or exhibit
Background (too loud/too inconsistent
audio is kept in soft/garbled) clarity or sound
balance and and ineffectively (too loud/too
does not enhance soft/garbled) and
overpower the reflective ineffectively
primary audio. statements, do enhance
not create reflective
interest, and are statements. The
inappropriate audio and/or
examples for video files are
one or more inappropriate
teaching examples for the
standards. A content. The
few files have background
background audio
audio that overpowers the
overpowers the primary audio.
primary audio.
Information is included concerning the size of the Information is Information is No information is
files when providing links to images, sounds, included included included
movies, or other files. concerning the concerning the concerning the
size of most of size of a few of size of files
the files when the files when when providing
providing links providing links links to images,
to images, to images, sounds, movies,
sounds, movies, sounds, movies, or other files.
or other files. or other files.
Creativity and original images enhance the content Most of the files Some use of No use of
of the Web pages in an innovative way. show use of creativity or original images
creativity and original images is evident to
original images is evident that enhance content
to enhance the enhances the of the Web
content of the content of the pages in an
Web pages. Web pages. innovative way.
Fair Use 6 points 4 points 2 points 0 points ___/6
Guidelines
Fair use guidelines are followed with proper use of Fair use Sometimes fair Fair use
citations throughout the Web page. guidelines are use guidelines guidelines are
frequently are followed not followed.
followed and and some non Non original
most non original material material is
original material uses proper improperly cited.
uses proper citations.
citations.
Internal 3 points 2 points 1 point 0 points ___/3
and
External All of the menus, navigation links and all internal Most of the Some of the There are
Navigation links and sections of the website connect back to menus, menus, significant
the home page and/or sitemap. navigation links navigation links problems with
and internal and internal menus,
links to sections links to sections navigation links
of the website of the website and internal links
connect back to connect back to to sections of
the home page the home page the website and
and/or sitemap. and/or sitemap, few or no
 but in other connections
places the links back to the
do not connect preceding pages
to preceding or to the original
pages or to the index page.
original index
page.
All external links to connecting websites are active Most of the Some of the Many external
and functioning. external links to external links to links to
connecting connecting connecting
websites are websites are not websites are not
active and active and active and
functioning. functioning. functioning.
A sitemap/index is provided to make the site easy- A limited No No
to-access. sitemap/index is sitemap/index is sitemap/index is
provided. provided. provided.
Layout and 3 points 2 points 1 point 0 points ___/3
Text
Elements The typography is easy to read, and point size Sometimes the The typography The text is
varies appropriately for headings and text while typography is is difficult to extremely
maintaining a consistent style throughout. easy to read, read and uses difficult to read
but in a few too many due to
places the use different fonts inappropriate
of fonts, point and colors, use of fonts,
size, and color overuse of point size,
are inconsistent. bold and/or italics, bold, and
underlines. underlines.
Use of bullets, italics, bold, and indentations Bullets, italics, Inconsistent use Lack of bullets,
enhances readability. bold, and of bullets, indentations for
indentations for italics, bold, and headings and
headings and indentations of sub-headings
subheadings text detracts and body text
sometimes from readability. make
detract or do not comprehension
enhance difficult.
readability.
Consistent format extends page-to-page. The layout A few minor Some Many formatting
uses horizontal and vertical white space format formatting tools tools are under-
appropriately. inconsistencies are under- or or over-utilized
decrease over-utilized and decrease
readers' and decrease the readers'
accessibility to the readers' accessibility to
the content. The accessibility to the content.
layout uses the content. There are
horizontal and There are numerous
vertical white several format format
space inconsistencies inconsistencies
appropriately in throughout the throughout the
most places. website. The website. The
layout uses layout uses
horizontal and horizontal and
vertical white vertical white
space space
inappropriately inappropriately
in some places. and the content
appears
cluttered.
The background, colors and layout are artful and The The The background,
consistent across the website and enhance the background, background, colors and
readability of the information presented. colors and colors and layout make the
layout are layout are site unattractive,
consistent distracting and and it is difficult
across the make it difficult to read the
website and to read the information
make it easy to presented.
 read the information
information presented
presented.
Contact 3 points 2 points 1 point 0 points ___/3
Person,
Copyright Each Web page includes a footer with a working The Web pages The Web pages No footer is
and Update email link to the author of the website or contact include a footer include a footer included on the
Information person including department name, telephone and with two of the with one of the Web pages.
fax numbers with area codes, a connecting link to criteria. criteria.
homepage, date of creation or revision, and
copyright information.
Speed Web 3 points 2 points 1 point 0 points ___/3
Pages
Load The Web page graphics are small in byte-size or The Web page The Web page The Web page
optimized by providing image height= and width= graphics are graphics and graphics and
tags, and pages download quickly for the target generally small content do not content take a
audience. enough to download long time to
download quickly for the download for the
reasonably fast target audience. target audience
for the target Images are due to
audience. large and excessively
Graphics could require a long large graphics or
be optimized by time to too many
using height= download. graphic
and width= tags elements on a
so text loads page or graphics
before the that have not
images. been optimized.
Descriptive alt= tags for each image provide text- Most images Most images do All images lack
only users with a good idea of what is shown in include the alt= not include the alt= tags.
each graphic. tags, and the alt= tags, and
alt= tags are the alt= tags
fairly could be more
descriptive. descriptive.
Writing 3 points 2 points 1 point 0 points ___/3
Mechanics
The text has no errors in grammar, capitalization, The text has a The text has The text has
punctuation, and spelling. few errors in errors in many errors in
grammar, grammar, grammar,
capitalization, capitalization, capitalization,
punctuation, punctuation, punctuation, and
and spelling and spelling spelling
requiring minor requiring editing requiring major
editing and and revision. editing and
revision. (four or more revision.
errors) (more than six
errors)
TOTAL POINTS ___/36

GROUP NO. ___________ SECTION: __________________________________

GROUP WEBSITE TOPIC: ___________________________________________

GROUP MEMBERS:

LOUIEGENE T. DONATO
SUBJECT TEACHER