ESI98P Web Product Rubric (DRAFT)

This is an draft rubric for the web product, generated by participants during week 2 of the institute.

Criteria

Excellent	Poor
Clearly displayed and specific location(?) via titles and headings	No contrasting titles; site location unclear
Links are closely grouped and stand out from text	Links scatted only throughout text; too many links
Compactness: less than X lines per page; pictures take up less than X % of page	Typed info is more than Y lines per page; pictures take up more than Y % of page
Organization: outline form, levels of document clearly depicted	Outline form not followed; different levels not indicated

Excellent	Poor
Doesn't use much computer memory or download time	Uses lots of computer memory or download time
Link only to appropriate sources	Links to unrelated sources or activities
Table of contents clear and easy to follow	No TOC
Title explains content	Title unrelated to topic

Excellent	Poor
5 or more of following:	3 or fewer of following:
Downloads in < 30 seconds Relates directly to content Clarifies content Printable in black-and-white Current data "Easily" interpreted

Excellent	Poor
Accurate	Inaccurate information
Multiple sources	Few if any sources
Current w/ last year	Outdated information
Correlates with objective	Too much irrelevant info
Relevant links (directly related)	No links
Appropriate units/measurements	Inappropriate or missing units/measurements

Excellent	Poor
All topics relate to theme	Limited topics relate to theme
Interdisciplinary approach (via links) to math, history, English	1 link - interdisc.
Science content related to theme is accurate and clearly evident	Minimally accurate or evident

Excellent	Poor
Variety of resources: includes resources from 3 or more of following categories: lined web sites published material multimedia (film, CD, video) lesson plans experts online	No resources
Number of resources per category [...]	...
Descriptors of cited resources [...]	...

Excellent	Poor
All lessons/activities/background info/etc. clearly identifies which standard is being applied	No lessons/activities/background info/etc. clearly identify which standard is being applied
All lessons/activities/background info/etc. clearly identifies how standard is fulfilled	No lessons/activities/background info/etc. clearly identify how standard is fulfilled
Contains link to the NSES	Does not link to the NSES

Excellent	Poor
Short evaluation (better if multiple choice)	Evaluation too long with too many written answers
Small section for comments	No ability to provide [free-form] feedback
Allows to do statistics	No capability to do statistics

Excellent	Poor
Consistent (same from page to page) links to content, interdisciplinary activities, and teaching modalities	Lacking two or more of these, or inconsistent

Excellent	Poor
Addresses a grade level and allows for adaptations and modification	No grade levels listed
Lists prerequisite knowledge	No prerequisites listed
Provides adaptations for modifications [this could be teacher-teacher!]	No adaptations for modification

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