- General Guidelines
- Determine and stay focused on the
content
- Title and date all pages
- Use a consistent look throughout -- select
consistent theme for pages (buttons, background, color scheme)
- Place important information on the opening
screen
- Develop clear and logical navigation
- Differentiate information and subtopics
- State purpose, audience, and scope of
project
- Provide project rubric
- Use a site map or index
- Graphics
- Store locally and limit size
- Use only relevant images
- Use interlaced graphics when possible
- Provide charts, graphs, and graphical data
when appropriate
- Body Content
- Use generous white space
- Title each section heading
- Use appropriate bullets (beginning with
action verbs)
- Use technical writing techniques
- Use research skills
- Comply with ethical & copyright
issues
- Develop a resource page
- Use standard fonts and sizes
- Include an e-mail address
- Purpose
- Provide current, updated information
appropriate for intended audience
- Provide for comments & formative
evaluations
- Provide for participation & interactivity
- "growing the global database"
- Provide concise, provable, and adequately
researched content
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- Hypertext Linking
- Use relative links to documents and
images
- Use descriptive words for text links
- Include a link to the Home Page (no dead
ends)
- Keep navigation links similar in appearance
and location
- Page Size and Length
- Design for the default page size
- Keep pages to 2 -3 screens
- Include a means to give feedback
- Keep loading time to less than 15 seconds
for MODEM users
- Digital Audio and Video
- Use only where appropriate
- Store multimedia in standard formats
- Keep files as small as possible
- Collaboration
- Include online collaboration opportunities
- Provide links to experts and enrichment
resources
- Provide for evaluation and input from
peers, experts, and global community
- Field Test
- Generate data from evaluations
- Keep updated
- Elicit peer and expert assessment
- Refine work
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