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The Internet contains an immense range of information that is posted by individuals and organizations from around the world. There is no single body or organization that ensures the quality of this information. It is imperative that students and teachers acquire critical evaluation skills which will enable them to identify and extract quality information that meets their needs. One such way is by using a checklist. The above checklist will be used to evaluate the effective of this website http://www.teach-ict.com/.
This website suits its intended purpose as it is clearly structured. It provides feedback, online quizzes, ICT dictionary, video tutorials, quiz maker and quiz for students on various topics. Users are also able to receive feedback via e-mails. This website alert the users of any plug-in browser version required. The website also provides online help for users who might need assistance during process of using the site. The structure of this website also allows for easy navigation. It is easy to switch between different web pages because individual links are provided for each webpage and thus reduces the struggle of scrolling to access the information on a particular webpage. This website provides text as well as graphic links (ALT tags) needs navigation links are visible, instant feedback is provided.
There are countless pictures on this website some of which are not relevant and clear to the content of the webpage. Despite that, the colour and background of the web pages are appropriate for its intended purpose. The choice of colour is eye capturing thus it will help to sustain the user’s interest. The colours and the background is pleasing to eyes. The font colour is visible and legible this should eliminate the need for users to have difficulty reading the information. This website does not prohibit users from accessing other websites. Once the internet connection has great connectivity the loading of pages on this website is extremely fast. This is advantageous as users will not get turn off by having to wait for a long time before the page is loaded.
The author name are not available on the website however, user can contact the author via email. There is no evidence of positive peer evaluation. However the author has taken care to check for misspelling and poor grammar.
The content of this website is appropriate for its audience and relevant information is provided. The information on the website is up to date; it was last updated on November 2011. This website caters to the different intelligence as information is available both in audio and video. All the views are acknowledged by the author. The person who wrote the information on these web pages can be contacted by users via email. |
The support of the information was provided, there were no source. Similar information on this website can be obtained from other websites. The author of this website dealt with the content in a fair and objective manner. The author did not convey
any sense of bias. The author was indeed concern with the truth.
