Online Communication

QUESTIONS: How do readers read on the web? What are the "three S's"? What should you avoid to keep content scannable? What does good writing consist of? Which would you say is the most important?

1.You scan over the webpage instead of reading it entirely.
2.The three s's are scannable, short, and segmented.
3.Extensive use of hard-to-read italics, mixing too many fonts, and using underlines for anything except links.
4.Good writing should be written with a goal in mind, be clear, concisely, and consistently ,should have examples and details.
5.I think that the most important is to try to 3.You should avoid keep the readers attention by writing engagingly, and should be interesting.

Writing for the Web : Usability of Websites for teenagers

This topic is about teenagers on the web.When using the web teenagers tend to have less of a success rate. They are often get bored and move on to the next site. What teenagers want is for a site to be nice and simple. They want there to be good content such as interactive content. Teens do not want to have to read a bunch of text and words. Teens like to have cool looking graphics. So when it comes to a website for teens it should be short, simple, and have cool graphics.

Name of Site:Monroe Public Schools Date: 4/17/09

URL:http://www.monroe.wednet.edu/

Time: 12:40 p.m.

MLA Citation:1999-2009.Personal Computer services. 4/17/09.http://www.monroe.wednet.edu/

Design

Navigability is good. Links are clearly labeled.
Navigability is good and the links are clearly labeled. they are easy to access.

Can move from page to page easily
This website allows you to move form page to page easily and have easy access.

This site offers interactivity. The visitor engages

with the site.
Yes, you are able to engage with the site.it does offer interactivity.

This site uses appropriate page format.

Pages are not inordinately long.
The page format is okay. The pages are a little long.

Can easily find information.
Yes, this site allows you to find information easily.It is a good source to find the information.

This site is aesthetically appealing.

Good use of graphics and color.
This site is nice and simple but does not have much color, and is not that appealing.

This site is aesthetically courteous.
Text and background colors do not clash
This site does not clash colors and is courteous. The colors go together good.

Content

Has a proper title.
This site has a proper title.I The title tells what the web page is going to be about.

Additional resource links are included.
There are additional links included. There are many links you can click onto and go to them.

Information is useful.

the information is very useful. It has to do with finding out more about the school

Rich content and will likely be revisited.

Yes, they most likely will be revisited. This content will help you learn more about Monroe.

How this website compares in content to

similar websites.

This website is similar to many school websites. It has all the information about the school you need and additional links.

Technical Elements

All links work.

All the links work.

Thumbnail graphics used.

yes, There are thumbnails used. They are pictures of their students.

Graphics download quickly.

yes the pictures do download quickly. you are able to get them quickly.

Alternative text page is offered when heavy graphics or

frames are used.

No there is no text. the picture has no writing or information about it.

Image links and image maps

have a text alternative.

Not really. There are only a few image links

Can see meaningful information within 30 sec.

Yes, you can see information in 30 seconds. The information is loaded quickly.

Credibility

Contact person is stated with their e-mail address.

There are people stated. There is only one email address listed though.

Links have been kept current.

States when this page was last updated.

I do not know if the dates have been updated. There is no date stated.

Resource links used to develop

content are included.

Yes there are resource links included. They are ones used to develop content.

States the name of the host school or institution.

It does state the name. The name of the school is Monroe Public Schools

Tammy Payton. “Web Evaluation for Secondary Grades.” 13 Aug. 2007 <http://www.tammypayton.net/courses/print/rubric3.htm>.

MLA Citation for Web Sites.

Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Book. Date. Publisher. Date Found .