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Project Evaluation

The group project is a major part of this course and will be worth 50% of the grades for this class. Each student will be graded individually so your individual project report is also important. The team project will be evaluated according to the following guidelines.

  1. Technical (50%)

    Correct application of automation/programming for function, convenience, and visual presentation.

    • Correct XHTML
      Fluid grid that reacts well to display size/resolution and window resizeing
      All links work
      Download speed
      Appearance on different platforms, under different browsers Easy to upgrade and maintain
      W3C validated XHTML 1.0 Strict code
      Accessibility and Usability

    • Correct CSS
      All style sheets must pass W3C CSS validation

    • Correct display on major browsers
      Each team must show they can make the pages display correctly on major browsers. But it is not necessary to do that for every single page. If an effort is made to show that the team has the technical ability to make a few pages display correctly on both the Mozilla-based browsers (NN, Firefox, Mozilla) and other browsers (IE, Safari) then all will be fine.

    • Javascript and DOM incorporation (required) and appropriate use

    • Form and form processing incorporation (required)

    • Other CGI features (download/upload ...) as appropriate, extra

    • Avoid direct use of tool-generated HTML or CSS code. You must hand-code or hand-tune the code to be compact and efficient.


  2. Organization (20%)

    • Does the information make sense?

    • Is the information architecture logical? innovative?

    • What kind of information is the viewer looking for on the site and is it there?

    • When you click on a section does is take you to where you think you should go?

    • Does the copy make sense?

    • Are three spelling, grammar errors?

    • Does the copy need to be edited?

    • Does information need to be added in order to make sense?


  3. Design/Aesthetics (30%)

    • Concept/idea

    • Unity/diversity/balance

    • Any forms must be designed to fit into the site

    • Permutations from page to page are interesting

    • Achieving requirements and objectives

    • Consistency

    • Color, type, layout used effective

    • Overall impression
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