Australias Regional and Global Links

Defence and Aid

Evaluation of web pages
1. Is the site easy to use?
Ye
s
No
2. Are the hyperlinks appropriate?
Ye
s
No
3. How accurate is the document?
Who wrote the page? Australian government Department of
Defence
4. Can you contact them?
Ye
s
No
5. Is the spelling and grammar accurate?
Ye
s
No
6. Purpose of the document.
To inform or to entertain or is it malicious rate from ! to " on the scale
with ! #eing the most informati$e.
! % & ' ( 6
7. What authority does the document ha$e?
Who is responsi#le for this site)document? Australian overnment
Are they a relia#le or reputa#le source? !eliable source
". What is the intended purpose of this site?
#nform $eople about t%e latest news in t%e Australian &efence
force
'. What goals)o#*ecti$es does this page meet? Put + or N in the #o,es which
correspond with the type of we#site you are using and comment on which
groups in society would use this site.
Criteria +)N -roup aimed at
.ducational Y (tu&ents) *eac%ers
Ad$ise + ,
Information Y A&ults) (tu&ents) *eac%ers
/ecommendations + ,
Comments Y -ournalists
Ad$ertise + ,
0ias + ,
1isinform + ,
1.. Is the information detailed? Choose from #elow2
3ery
4etailed
Detaile& 5ome 4etail 6ittle detail No detail
11. When was the we#site produced? How recently has it #een
updated?
$ro&uce& in 2..7) /p&ate& in 2.14
12. 0alance of te,t and images2 /ank your site
1ostly
Te,t)None or
few
images)7ew
su#8links
0uc%
te1t2(ome
images2(o
me sub,
lin3s
0alance of
te,t and
images and
su#8links
1ultiple links
and su#8
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images)5om
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1any su#8
links)#alance
of
images)0ala
nce of te,t.
1any su#8
links)little
te,t)many
images.
13. Assessing the accuracy and $alidity of the site.
Aut%or
provi&e&2e,mail
a&&ress2p%one
number
Author pro$ided)e8
mail)+o phone
num#er
Author
pro$ided)+o e8
mail)+o phone
num#er
+o Author)+o e8
mail)+o phone
num#er
14. 5ite credentials : check ;/6 domain. Is it an authorised site
pro$ider?
Yes No
5ite ;/64 %ttp422www.&efence.gov.au2&efencenews2arc%ive52.14.%tm
Are there dead links on the page?
+es No
15. How up8to8date is the information. -i$e the most recent date. 11
(eptember) 2.14
16. Assessing #ias2
High < of
ad$ertising)6ess
information
1edium < of
ad$ertising)5ome
information
0alance of
ad$ertising)Inform
ation
6ow 7 or no
a&vertising2
primaril8
information
17. 4oes the page re=uire special software for $iewing the information?
+es +o
1". Is information lost without the special software?
+es +o ;nsure
1'. What topics are co$ered #y this site?
Defence) 0inisters) +av8) Arm8 an& Air force of Australia
2.. What is the depth of co$erage for each topic?
3ery
4etailed
Detaile& 5ome 4etail 6ittle detail No detail
21. Is the information free or is there a charge?
Yes No