CIS 3.5 - Homework 1
Due Monday, 2/8/2010

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Prologue

Before you start this assignment you must complete Lab 1. You may also wish to review the slide presentation that was given on the first day of class (particularly if you MISSED the first day of class).

Assignment

You need to submit (on Monday 2/8/2010) a one page review of one of your favorite website. If the website you are reviewing is very large (wikipedia, facebook, etc.) concentrate on reviewing one or two pages within the site that relate to a particular organization, topic or theme.

Your review should contain a general description of the site and then an evaluation of the site based on the following criteria:

  1. Content:
    2. How does the site you are reviewing compare with other sites that have similar offerings?
  2. Design:
    3. Is the sites use of color, font, background and foreground images attractive/useful/coordinated?
  3. Useability:
    4. Is the functionality offered by the site clear/accesible/understandable?

Layout

  1. Name, Date, Class at top of paper.
  2. Single spaced paragraphs.
  3. 12 point font.
  4. 1 inch margins
  5. No more than 1/3 of the page used for graphics/images/screenshots

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