Transcript The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – What Makes a “Good

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly –
What Makes a “Good” website?
Web Design –
Section 3
Part or all of this lesson was
adapted from the University of
Washington’s “Web Design &
Development I” Course materials
Evaluating Websites
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Course Objectives
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The student will:
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Learn to critically evaluate websites.
Learn the criteria that experts use to
evaluate websites.
Evaluating Websites –
Questions to Consider
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Why do you feel that some websites are good?
Why do you feel that some websites are not so good?
Do others agree with your opinion?
Does anyone disagree?
Who is the target audience for a particular site?
How might website quality be judged differently across
different audiences?
Are there some qualities of websites that all audiences
would agree are good? What are these qualities?
What the “experts” have to say…
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WWW Cyberguide Ratings for Web Site Design
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Jakob Nielsen: Ten Usability Heuristics
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http://www.cyberbee.com/design.pdf
http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html
WebPagesThatSuck.com
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Work with a partner
Complete Homework Assignment 3
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As a pair you will decide on some criteria to
evaluate websites
Individually you will access 5 websites
As a team you will combine the results