1. Casting light on the World Wide Web
Evaluating Web Sites
Casting light on
the World Wide Web

2. Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites
Purpose
Authority
Objectivity
Currency
Clarity
Accessibility

3. Purpose Commercial Informative Educational Entertainment Persuasive
Personal
Institutional

4. Domain Name Suffixes .com = commercial site
.net =Internet service provider
.edu = higher education
.org=charitable, religious, or lobbying organization

5. .gov = government agency
.mil = military
~ = personal site
country codes such as .uk and .nz

6. Authority Who is the author? What are the author’s credentials?
Is there a way to contact the author?
Is there an organizational or corporate sponsor?

7. Objectivity Does the content reflect an explicit or hidden bias?
Does the identity of the author or sponsor suggest a bias?
If there is a bias, how does it impact on the usefulness of the information?

8. Currency Is the information up-to-date?
When was the page last updated?
Are there dead links?

9. Clarity/Accessibility
Is the information clearly presented?
Is the text neat, legible, and easy to read?
Are there mistakes in spelling and grammar?
Does it load quickly? Is it easy to navigate?

10. Creating a Secure Password
Think of an easy-to-remember phrase
My team won first place at biopardy
Make a Mnemonic

11. Site Evaluation Huckleberry Finn www.genochoice.com

12. The End!
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