Year 10 Geography: Australias Regional and Global Links

Defence and Aid

Criteria for evaluating web pages
This section is worth 20 marks
There are seven main components to consider when evaluating a website. This includes:
the ease of use, accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency, coverage and presentation.
1. Is the site easy to use? (please circle)
Yes No

2. Are the hyperlinks appropriate? (please circle)
Yes No

3. How accurate is the document?
Who wrote the page? _________________________________________________________

4. Can you contact them? (please circle)
Yes No

5. Is the spelling and grammar accurate? (please circle)
Yes No

6. Purpose of the document.
To inform or to entertain or is it malicious, rate from 1 to 6 on the scale with 1 being the most
informative.
1 2 3 4 5 6


7. What authority does the document have?

Who is responsible for this site/document?







Are they a reliable or reputable source?



8. What is the intended purpose of this site?


9. What goals/objectives does this page meet? Put Y or N in the boxes which correspond with
the type of website you are using and comment on which groups in society would use this
site.
Criteria Y/N Group aimed at
Educational e.g. Students
Advise
Information
Recommendations
Comments
Advertise
Bias
Misinform

10. Is the information detailed? Choose from below:

Very Detailed Detailed Some Detail Little detail No detail


11. When was the website produced? How recently has it been updated?


12. Balance of text and images: Rank your site
Mostly
Text/None or
few
images/Few
sub-links
Much
text/Some
images/Some
sub-links
Balance of text
and images and
sub-links
Multiple links
and sub-
files/few
images/Some
text
Many sub-
links/balance of
images/Balance
of text.
Many sub-
links/little
text/many
images.

13. Assessing the accuracy and validity of the site.
Author provided/e-
mail address/phone
number
Author provided/e-
mail/No phone number
Author provided/No e-
mail/No phone
number
No Author/No e-
mail/No phone
number


14. Site credentials check URL domain. Is it an authorised site provider?
Yes No

Site URL __________________________________________________________________________
15. Are there dead links on the page?
Yes No

16. How up-to-date is the information. Give the most recent date. ______________________

17. Assessing bias:
High % of
advertising/Less
information
Medium % of
advertising/Some
information
Balance of
advertising/Information
Low % or no
advertising/ primarily
information

18. Does the page require special software for viewing the information?
Yes No

19. Is information lost without the special software?
Yes No Unsure

20. What topics are covered by this site?



21. What is the depth of coverage for each topic?

Very Detailed Detailed Some Detail Little detail No detail


22. Is the information free or is there a charge?
Yes No