Student
Experimental Farm
Scoring:
5=excellent; 4=good; 3=adequate; 2=inadequate 1=absent
Each
of the four criteria below is
worth 1/4 of the grade for this project, which counts for 40% of the class
grade. Scores can be improved by
additional work on the sites before the time scheduled for the Final Exam.
Final
Score: 4.5 = B+
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criteria |
May
28 |
June
11 |
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I.
Thesis or purpose of your siteÑ What do want your audience to learn?
a.
Statement of purpose, either explicit on the top page, or implicit but easy
for user to determine, see for
example,
http://polyland.lib.calpoly.edu/overview/ThisProject/index.html b.
Everything on the site supports this purpose. c.Items
irrelevant to the thesis or purpose d.Value
and validity of this purpose |
3 On
what you have mounted so far, the purpose is clear. However, you might want to add to this purpose a little
background about what organic farming is about as opposed to conventional
farming and what its role is at
Cal Poly. The
opening greeting is overdone.
Greeting idea is ok, but give the language some substance. Rename
homepage and provide better picture.
Homepage links are to topics of your siteÑÒlinksÓ implies
supplementary material to offsite sources. |
4.5 Clear,
uncluttered and direct.
Excellent introductory picture. Photo
album link should come below introductory prose and links and before credits.
Watch spacing |
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II.
Integration with Cal Poly Land projectÕs purposes and design format |
3
Check
the rest of the site for fonts
and colors. If you change the
standard, provide a reason why. |
4.8 Use
of green makes sense; change of font doesnÕt. ÒBack to the home pageÓ is wordy. ÒHomeÓ will do. Citation of sources
is poorly formatted. Otherwise
well selected and clearly presented information provides clear introduction
to the program and place in a familiar format |
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III.
Extent and Navigation properties a.
Is there enough material to require 5 to 8 minutes for the user to navigate
through the site and absorb what it has to offer. b.
Are there clear , consistent, logical and interesting ways to navigate
through the site, for example
ÒExplore Cal Poly Land by place or theme or collection using the navigation bar to the left of every page. Each of the links there leads to
further subdivisionsÓ |
2 youÕre
not up to speed I
assume that each of your present pages will have further links. You need to provide links back to the
homepage and to the heading pages |
4.8 Good
size and scope, though more could have been done through interviews with
enterprise project students, farm managers, and CSA customers. More about the site itself would have
been appropriate |
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IV.
Quality of Material Presented a.
TextÑclarity, sufficiency, conciseness, elegance, accuracy, including
documentation b.
Images or multimedia elements c.
Integrations of text and imagesÑtheir relevance and mutual illumination |
2 Watch
punctuation of quotation marksÑuse double quotes and always put closing
period or comma inside. WhatÕs
the point about the clay layer? Farm
features is a good start but needs more features and good pictures, if
possible with people in them. ÒInvolvementÓ
is not a clear topic. General
comment: thereÕs too little here for much helpful feedback. In addition to pictures, it would be
good to provide a map to the farm.
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4 Several
concerns stated earlier were not addressed. Links are still broken, images are too large, and file
structure needs rearrangement. |