Final website project:

Create a website using Wix, Wordpress or W3Schools.
Include a minimum of four (4) sections of information, on one or more webpages.
Include no more than 5 webpages on your website.
Follow rubric below for other grading criteria.

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Six Categories

Each category will be graded out of 4 possible points, for a total of 24 points.

Beginning, 1 points
Developing, 2 points
Meets Standard, 3 points
Above Standard, 4 points

2

Additional 5% of Grade

Another point will be added to your grade for filling out the pre-website survey assigned in February.

Survey Link

3

Late Submissions

Projects turned in after the deadline can still be graded with minimal penalty. However, this will delay your class completion certificate.

Please communicate to Courtney Birnbaum if you have trouble submitting your project in April.

Simplicity

In terms of Web design, simplicity refers to an approach to express something in a complete and efficient way. Read more about simplicity in web design.

Beginning:

web page is too busy
people reading it cannot find what they want quickly.
excessive use of graphic elements

Meets Standards:

content is simple and to the point.
appealing graphic elements are included appropriately.
differences in type size and/or color are used well.

Developing:

web page is somewhat busy
people reading it will have difficulty finding what they want quickly.
excessive use of graphic elements.

Above Standards

content is simple and to the point.
appealing graphics used, not excessively
design is easy to understand in many ways

Consistency

The design must be consistent in the whole website. Each page must be predictable and look similar to each of the other pages in color, text format, and/ or some familiar layout. Read more about consistency in web design.

Beginning:

• background, text format, and color usage are randomly chosen or have no clear relationship with other elements on the page
pages seem unrelated

Meets Standards:

background, text format, and color usage are somewhat consistent, sometimes with little inappropriate variation.

Developing:

background, text format, and color usage appear randomly chosen with few consistent elements throughout

Above Standards

background, text format, and color usage are carefully chosen to produce a consistent screen layout for all your pages.

Color Scheme

Color scheme refers to a set of colors you use on your Web components including text, background, link, visited link, active link, border, and table. Read more about color scheme in web design.

Beginning:

little thought appears to have gone into the choice of colors.
choice of colors and combinations are negative.

Meets Standards:

color is used somewhat appropriately to produce an atmosphere that expresses the character of the website.

Developing:

colors have not been changed from template selection or little thought appears to have gone into color selection.
color combinations look good but do not match the character of the site.

Above Standards

accessible color is appropriately used to produce an atmosphere that expresses the character of the website.

Simplicity

The audience will influence every aspect of your website's design, so ensure that any words you type or images and videos you include show who you are trying to reach with your website. Consider our example on a website about dental health. The look and content will vary based on if the website is created for dentists, parents or children. Read more about audience in web design.

Beginning:

tone of language not appropriate
use of graphics and/ or colors is not appropriate for audience

Meets Standards:

tone of language is mostly appropriate
use of graphics and colors is mostly appropriate for audience
nothing glaringly out of place

Developing:

audience is not defined or poorly defined through confusing use of tone and language structure

Above Standards

tone of language appropriate for audience
use of graphics and colors is appropriate for audience.
audience is well defined.

Structure, Navigation and Format

Good websites are well organized. Their content is presented in a clear manner that is easy to follow. You should ensure that the readers get around your website with ease. Blocks of text & images must be appropriate sizes. Read more about structure, navigation and format of a website here.

Beginning:

content is confusing and difficult to follow.
site is difficult to navigate; not intuitive for where to click or read.
large images take long to load.

Meets Standards:

content is presented in a clear manner that is easy to follow
navigation works but could be more intuitive; seems to not be based on previous website experiences.

Developing:

content is somewhat confusing and difficult to follow.
site is somewhat difficult to navigate.
too much textual information (unbalanced).

Above Standards

content is presented in a clear manner that is easy to follow.
readers can get around your website with ease.
there are no broken links.

Credit of Sources

You must always document all the resources used on your site. This means you must give credit to any websites, books, and/or other resources used that were not created by you, especially with photos downloaded from another website. Read more about giving credit to sources in web design.

Beginning:

none of the resources used are documented.

Meets Standards:

documentation is mostly complete with one or two errors

Developing:

documentation is incomplete or poorly done.

Above Standards

all text, graphics sounds and multimedia resources are documented.
correctly organized, can be a list in alphabetical order

Final website project​:

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Simplicity

Beginning:

Meets Standards:

Developing:

Above Standards

Final website project: