This is a required project for CI 3850 but may also be used as an artifact
in your technology portfolio required for North Carolina licensure. Below are
the requirements of the project as well as the rubric. It is highly recommended
that you save your work to a floppy disk as a backup after each work session
just in case.
Webpage Requirements
We will be using Netscape Composer to create our individual webpages. If
you are familiare with other software such as Frontpage or Dreamweaver, please
feel free to use it but the assistance available will be limited.
The following items must appear on your personal webpage:
Additional items may include:
Remember that if you use pictures of children you must have their parents permission to put on the Internet. Pay special attention to background colors and size of fonts. This needs to be readable. The Internet has lots of ideas for backgrounds, music, images, video clips, etc. that you can use. Take your time and have fun!
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| Overall
Visual Appeal |
There are few or no graphic elements. No variation in layout or typography. OR Color is garish and/or typographic variations are overused and legibility suffers. Background interferes with the readability. |
Graphic elements sometimes, but not always, contribute to the understanding of concepts, ideas and relationships. There is some variation in type size, color, and layout.
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Appropriate and thematic graphic elements are used to make visual connections that contribute to the understanding of concepts, ideas and relationships. Differences in type size and/or color are used well and consistently. |
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| Scoring Continuum | 1 | 2.5 | 5 | |
| Navigation
& Flow |
Getting through the lesson is confusing and unconventional. Pages can't be found easily and/or the way back isn't clear. |
There are a few places where the learner can get lost and not know where to go next. |
Navigation is seamless. It is always clear to the learner what all the pieces are and how to get to them. |
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| Scoring Continuum | 1 | 2.5 | 5 | |
| Mechanical
Aspects |
There are more than 5 broken links, misplaced or missing images, misspellings and/or grammatical errors. |
There are some broken links, misplaced or missing images, misspellings and/or grammatical errors. |
No mechanical problems noted. |
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| Scoring Continuum | 1 | 2.5 | 5 | |
| Content | The theme or main idea of the page is vague and does not creat a strong sense of purpose.
The Web page points readers to information that does not relate to the purpose or theme of the page. Information is incomplete or inaccurate. |
The purpose theme or main idea of the Web page is evident. The Web page point readers to quality infomormation resources. THe content is informative and provides useful information to the reader. |
The content is written clearly and concisely with a unique main idea/theme. The Web page point readers to high quality, up to date resources. The content is highly informative and provides essential information to the reader. All required features are evident. |
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| Scoring Continuum | 5 | 12 | 20 | |
| Resources (Note: All resources linked to the page will be evaluated. Also note that books, video and other off-line resources can and should be used where appropriate.) | ||||
| Relevance,
Quantity & Quality of Resources |
Resources provided are irrelevant or out of date. OR Links are mundane. They lead to information that could be found in a classroom encyclopedia. |
There is some connection between the resources and the information needed for parents and families. Some resources don't add anything new or carry information not ordinarily found in a classroom. |
Links make excellent use of the Web's timeliness and colorfulness. Varied resources provide enough meaningful information for students to think deeply |
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| Scoring Continuum | 1 | 2.5 | 5 | |
| Use
of Graphics, Sound, Animation or Video |
A few of the photographs, graphics, sound and or video are inappropriate, for the content and do not create interest. |
Most of the photographs, graphics, sound and or video are appropriate, enhance the content and create interest. |
All of the photographs, graphics, sound and or video are appropriate, enhance the content and create interest. |
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| Scoring Continuum | 1 | 2.5 | 5 | |
| Total Score | /45 |
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