Rubrics


 * ||  **Web Site Design : Mythbusters **

Teacher Name: **Mrs. Sipe**

Student Name: ________________________________________  || || 
 * CATEGORY   || **4  ** || **3  ** || **2  ** || **1  ** ||
 * **Background ** || Background is exceptionally attractive, consistent across pages, adds to the theme or purpose of the site, and does not detract from readability.   || Background is attractive, consistent across pages, adds to the theme or purpose of the site, and does not detract from readability.   || Background is consistent across pages and does not detract from readability.   || Background detracts from the readability of the site.   ||
 * **Color Choices ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Colors of background, fonts, unvisited and visited links form a pleasing palette, do not detract from the content, and are consistent across pages.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Colors of background, fonts, unvisited and visited links do not detract from the content, and are consistent across pages.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Colors of background, fonts, unvisited and visited links do not detract from the content.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Colors of background, fonts, unvisited and visited links make the content hard to read or otherwise distract the reader.   ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Fonts ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The fonts are consistent, easy to read and point size varies appropriately for headings and text. Use of font styles (italic, bold, underline) is used consistently and improves readability.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The fonts are consistent, easy to read and point size varies appropriately for headings and text.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The fonts are consistent and point size varies appropriately for headings and text.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">A wide variety of fonts, styles and point sizes was used.   ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Graphics ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Graphics are related to the theme/purpose of the site, are thoughtfully cropped, are of high quality and enhance reader interest or understanding.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Graphics are related to the theme/purpose of the site, are of good quality and enhance reader interest or understanding.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Graphics are related to the theme/purpose of the site, and are of good quality.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Graphics seem randomly chosen, are of low quality, OR distract the reader.   ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Content ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The site has a well-stated clear purpose and theme that is carried out throughout the site.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The site has a clearly stated purpose and theme, but may have one or two elements that do not seem to be related to it.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The purpose and theme of the site is somewhat muddy or vague.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The site lacks a purpose and theme.   ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Copyright ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Fair use guidelines are followed with clear, easy-to-locate and accurate citations for all borrowed material. No material is included from Web sites that state that permission is required unless permission has been obtained.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Fair use guidelines are followed with clear, easy-to-locate and accurate citations for almost all borrowed material. No material is included from Web sites that state that permission is required unless permission has been obtained.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Fair use guidelines are followed with clear, easy-to-locate and accurate citations for most borrowed material. No material is included from Web sites that state that permission is required unless permission has been obtained.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Borrowed materials are not properly documented OR material was borrowed without permission from a site that requires permission   ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Spelling and Grammar ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">There are no errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft of the Web site.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">There are 1-3 errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft of the Web site.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">There are 4-5 errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft of the Web site.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">There are more than 5 errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft of the Web site.   ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Layout ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The Web site has an exceptionally attractive and usable layout. It is easy to locate all important elements. White space, graphic elements and/or alignment are used effectively to organize material.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The Web pages have an attractive and usable layout. It is easy to locate all important elements.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The Web pages have a usable layout, but may appear busy or boring. It is easy to locate most of the important elements.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The Web pages are cluttered looking or confusing. It is often difficult to locate important elements.   ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Navigation ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Links for navigation are clearly labeled, consistently placed, allow the reader to easily move from a page to related pages (forward and back), and take the reader where s/he expects to go. A user does not become lost.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Links for navigation are clearly labeled, allow the reader to easily move from a page to related pages (forward and back), and internal links take the reader where s/he expects to go. A user rarely becomes lost.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Links for navigation take the reader where s/he expects to go, but some needed links seem to be missing. A user sometimes gets lost.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Some links do not take the reader to the sites described. A user typically feels lost.   ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Work Ethic ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Student always uses classroom project time well. Conversations are primarily focused on the project and things needed to get the work done and are held in a manner that typically does not disrupt others.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Student usually uses classroom project time well. Most conversations are focused on the project and things needed to get the work done and are held in a manner that typically does not disrupt others.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Student usually uses classroom project time well, but occasionally distracts others from their work.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Student does not use classroom project time well OR typically is disruptive to the work of others.   ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Content Accuracy ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">All information provided by the student on the Web site is accurate and all the requirements of the assignment have been met.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Almost all the information provided by the student on the Web site is accurate and all requirements of the assignment have been met.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Almost all of the information provided by the student on the Web site is accurate and almost all of the requirements have been met.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">There are several inaccuracies in the content provided by the students OR many of the requirements were not met.   ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Interest ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The author has made an exceptional attempt to make the content of this Web site interesting to the people for whom it is intended.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The author has tried to make the content of this Web site interesting to the people for whom it is intended.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The author has put lots of information in the Web site but there is little evidence that the person tried to present the information in an interesting way.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The author has provided only the minimum amount of information and has not transformed the information to make it more interesting to the audience (e.g., has only provided a list of links to the content of others).   ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Learning of Material ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The student has an exceptional understanding of the material included in the site and where to find additional information. Can easily answer questions about the content and procedures used to make the web site.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The student has a good understanding of the material included in the site. Can easily answer questions about the content and procedures used to make the web site.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The student has a fair understanding of the material included in the site. Can easily answer most questions about the content and procedures used to make the web site.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Student did not appear to learn much from this project. Cannot answer most questions about the content and the procedures used to make the web site.   ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cooperative Work ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Partners show respect for one another's ideas, divide the work fairly, and show a commitment to quality work and support for each other.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Partners show respect for one another's ideas and divide the work fairly. There is commitment by some members toward quality work and support of one another.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Partners show respect for one another's ideas and divide the work fairly. There is little evidence of a commitment toward quality work in the group.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Partners argue or are disrepectful of other's ideas and input. Criticism is not constructive nor is support offered. The work is mostly done by one or two people.   ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Links (content) ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">All links point to high quality, up-to-date, credible sites.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Almost all links point to high quality, up-to-date, credible sites.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Most links point to high quality, up-to-date, credible sites.   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Less than 3/4 of the links point to high quality, up-to-date, credible sites.   ||