Students often have trouble identifying a quality website that is appropriate to use for academic purposes.The 7 Layers of Website Evaluation poster & handout can help. It is a model based on Joyce Valenza's CARRDSS model.
Our model asks students to look for 7 increasingly complex criteria. The first 4 or 5 can determined quickly. If the site passes those first steps, the student can look more closely at the final few steps.
7 Layers of Website Evaluation Poster (PDF, 11 x 17 in.)
7 Layers of Website Evaluation Handout (Google Doc)
For a self-guided website evaluation tutorial, check out our website evaluation web based tutorial.
Our model asks students to look for 7 increasingly complex criteria. The first 4 or 5 can determined quickly. If the site passes those first steps, the student can look more closely at the final few steps.
7 Layers of Website Evaluation Poster (PDF, 11 x 17 in.)
7 Layers of Website Evaluation Handout (Google Doc)
For a self-guided website evaluation tutorial, check out our website evaluation web based tutorial.