School Website Evaluation Tool

Paper Summary:

This paper aims to conduct research through an extensive review of scholarly and peer-reviewed literature in an attempt to make a determination of the overall range of quality of school websites. The paper evaluates the types of websites that are being utilized and the degree to which these websites were constructed through implementation of 'rigorous design principles'.

Table of Contents:
Objective
Measures
Research Design
Literature Review
Overall Content
Publishing Techniques
Security and Safety
Overall Site Design
Rewards and Deductions
Findings and Recommendations
Conclusion
Appendix

From the Paper:

"The findings of this study are that surprisingly few assessments exist that are proven to reliably assess the school website. Although the basic principles are in existence only in May of 2006 was an assessment tool introduced that the researcher of this work believes to be one of a reliable nature. The recommendation arising from the research conducted in this work is that the rubric for school website assessment as proposed by Levine and Carr (2006) is reliable and proven through previous study and should be used for the tool assessing the school web site in terms of functionability and use relating to school wide communication. The rubric of Levine and Carr (2006) is attached in its' full form in Appendix 'A' of this study."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Guidance On School Linking (nd) Cumbria Development Education Center (Cumbria Lancashire. Online available at: http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:-t15-7s8e30J:www.cumbriagridforlearning.org.uk/getfile.php%3Fsrc%3D1567/Guidance%2Bon%2Bschool%2Blinking.doc+school+websites:case+studies&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=12&client=firefox-a
• Aho, Kirsti (2005) Digital Communication for All Students - Industry Perspective. May 2005 THE Journal Online available at: http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:Src9hS3wDaEJ:www.adobe.com/resources/education/whitepapers/dc_for_all_students.pdf+school+website:+effective+design+for+communication&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=13.
• Carr, Nora (2006) New Rubric Offers First Functional Standards for Web Site: How Does Your Site Measure Up? eSchoolNews Online. 1 May 2006. Online available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6287.
• Levine, Elliott & Carr, Nora (2006) Building Blocks to Electronic Communication: A Rubric for School Web Development & Management. SchoolSpan. Online available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/schoolspanwebsiterubric.pdf.
• Usability Principles and Techniques (2006) Webcontent.gov Online available at: http://www.firstgov.gov/webcontent/usability/techniques.shtml.

More papers on School Website Evaluation Tool:

• Research Proposal # 29097 : "High School Websites"
• Analytical Essay # 142734 : "Website Evaluation and Critique"
• Term Paper # 133813 : "Teaching Evaluation Tool"

APA Citation:

MLA Citation: