Tentative marking criteria for the final project:
There will be a handout in the final required attendance class (Nov. 24th), and this site will also be updated if there are changes.
| Weight
|
Area |
Notes |
| Usability |
||
| 3 |
Readability (font size) | |
3 |
Readability (column size/margins) | |
| 3 |
Contrast (bg to text, images) | |
6 |
Web friendly text | |
| 20 |
Load time (netmechanic) | Load times measured by Netmechanic.com 10
seconds or under (average) = 20 points |
6 |
Browser compatibility (netmechanic) | 5 stars = 6 points, 1 star = 2 |
| 5 |
Broken links (netmechanic) | 5 stars = 5 points, 1 star = 1 |
3 |
Broken links (me) | -1 for every broken link |
| 3 |
Site ID | (Y/N) |
1 |
Web maintainer email | (Y/N) |
| 1 |
Last date updated |
(Y/N) |
3 |
HTML Page titles | -1 for every page without one |
| 3 |
Long pages have "back to top" links | (Y/N) |
6 |
Alt tags | (Y/N) |
| 6
|
Overall usability | |
| 72
|
Total Usability | |
| Navigation | ||
5 |
Persistent Navigation | (Y/N) |
| 8 |
ease of use | |
5 |
consistency |
|
| 5 |
Local Navigation | (where applicable) |
5 |
5 Secondary text-only navigation | (Y/N) |
| (3)
|
Search function (bonus) | (Y/N) |
| 28 |
Total Navigation | |
| Layout & Images | ||
3 |
Consistent: |
|
| 3 |
Consistent: colour use | |
5 |
Consistent: design | |
| 3 |
Bad dithering? |
(Y/N) |
5 |
At least five images? | (Y/N) |
| 12 |
Quality of images | |
4 |
Relevance of images | |
| (6)
|
Special graphics (bonus) |
(Y/N) |
10 |
Overall impression | |
| 45 |
Total Layout | |
| Content |
||
10
|
Meets comms goals | |
| 10 |
Quality | |
25 |
# of pages | 13 page minimum (13 points), 25 page max (25 points) |
| 45 |
Total Content | |
| 10 |
Overall impression of site | |
200 |
Final Mark Total |