WEBSITE EVALUATION WORKSHEET PART 2

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION

Site name: URL:

Arizona State University (PRT) https://scrd.asu.edu/programs/undergradprograms/prm-undergrad

Evaluated by: Date: Time: GENERAL SITE CHARACTERISTICS Site Structure Is a site diagram/site map provided? _X_ Yes __ No

Elizabeth Hendricks September 5, 2013 9:13am

Visit W3C free link at http://validator.w3.org/checklink to determine if there any broken links in the site? Simply enter your URL and click check. It may take a few minutes to verify the entire site. __X_ Yes, How many occurrences: ___4__ & indicate type of error. ___ No If yes, are they broken links to external sites or internal pages? ___ Yes . . . external sites

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___ Yes . . . internal pages _X__ Yes, Both Utilize the W3C Validator to evaluate the HTML/XML Markup language of the website at http://validator.w3.org/. Save the output that results as a PDF file and submit with your report on the Website Evaluation 2 Assignment. Does the website provide any of the following options: _X__ Online Reservations ___ Calendar with events/tour availability _X__ Other Call to Action opportunities (i.e., sign-up for a newsletter) Does the site use pop-ups? ___ Yes _X__ No If yes, in what situations? _______________________________________________________________________ Summarize the type of information contained within the website: The website describes the undergraduate programs available to students with a PRT interest. Arizona State did not have an actual PRT webpage. They have counselor contact information and links on how to apply into the programs. Besides that they offer little information as to get students excited about being in PRT. Visuals and Layout Describe the visuals used in the site: They have green color blocking and a big Apply Now link in green. The green clashes with the yellow header about Arizona State. They have one picture of a girl rappelling.

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Do you like the visuals? ___ Yes _X__ No Why or why not? The colors clashed and the one picture looks fun but doesnt correlate with the website

Are the visuals purely decorative or do they add to the sites function or information? _X_ Only decoration __ Improve function or added information

Describe text size _X_ Too small __ Just right __ Too large: With respect to screen size, does the primary navigation fit on screen: __ Fits __ Requires Scrolling to the right _X_ Requires Scrolling down What kinds of images are used in the site? __ GIF _X_ JPEG __ PNG __ Other _______________________________________________________________________ Are the images generally used correctly (e.g., GIF for illustrations, JPEG for photos)? _X_ Yes __ No

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Are there Alternate Names and/or captions explaining each of the images? ___Yes, there are alternate names for all images(100%) ___Yes, there are alternate names for some images (approximately____%) ___ Yes, there are captions for all images(100%) ___Yes, there are captions for some images(approximately____%) _X__No there are no alternate names _X__No there are no captions Are there image execution problems (e.g., color matching, pixels appearing in background tiles, etc.)? _X_ Yes __ No Describe: _no color matching, in fact you cant read the website because of the green font General Content Statistics Is there enough detail to answer simple user questions? _X_Yes __ No Is there enough content detail to answer complex user questions? __Yes _X_ No Does content appear accurate and truthful? _X_ Yes __ No If no, describe what suggests this belief: _______________________________________________________________________

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Are there obvious misspellings in the site? __ Yes _X_ No Are there egregious spelling errors such as misspellings in buttons or headlines? __ Yes _X_ No _______________________________________________________________________ Is content updated on the site? __ Yes _X_ No If a link results in a download (e.g., PDF), is the size of the download clearly indicated? _X_ Yes __ No THE FINAL EVALUATION: In your final evaluation, please consider each of the aspects you have evaluated this week. Consider each of the concepts covered this week as we discussed web design (e.g., credibility, usability, visibility, sellability, flexibility, functionality,

reliability, consistently, accessibility, and searchability)

Final Evaluation/Score[ (Dislike) 15 (Like a lot) ] : 2 Key reasons for final score: The website is credible, reliable and consistent. However, the majority of the website is not useable, visible, sellable, flexible and/or searchable. I couldnt read very much of the website because of a bright green font, e-mail links were not possible to use unless I joined my computers e-mail and not my personal, and the information was only program specific and not recent.