WWW sites will be judged on the following criteria (based on entry
materials and website contents):
Objective & Planning
- Does the website have a clear purpose? Specific and measurable educational
objective(s)?
- Is the audience well defined?
Content & Credibility
- How accurate and useful are website contents?
- Does the website follow applicable codes or principles (eg, HIIQA standards,
HON code) pertaining to disclosures (e.g., of authorship, funding), descriptions
(e.g., of the organization), and disclaimers (e.g., regarding use of information)?
- What is the timeliness of the information conveyed on the website? Does
it state when the information was last updated?
- Does the website provide adequate and appropriate identification & authors and sources, and links to other related
sites or references to other resources?
User-friendliness & Interactivity
- What browsers does the website support?
- How easy is it to navigate through the website? Are contents well organized?
- Does website provide a search engine? If so, is it easy to use? Does it
produce relevant results?
- Is there a site map?
- Does it engage web users? Does it provide any on-line forums? Forms for
feedback, comments, questions, etc?
Visual design & innovation
Creativity:
- How creative is the website in combing visual designs, photos, illustrations,
and texts effectively?
- How interesting and engaging is the website?
- How successfully does the website create a strong, unique, and consistent
“personality”?
Aesthetics/Readability:
- How well can you read the text? Do background colors, patterns, designs,
etc. enhance the text?
- Is the website “clean and clear?” Or is it cluttered? Or are pages
too busy?
Evaluation
- How well does the website meet its objectives? Is there a visitor count?
- Is it effective in educating, persuading, or moving the target audience
to action?
- How does the website use feedback?
- What other evaluation criteria are used?
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