Your Team's Website--Graded Rubric:
Code:
CONTENT:
Y/N - can a new user easily located and identify No Yes
Team name 0 2
Team number 0 2
Physical location of the team 0 2
A link to the FIRST website 0 2
The FIRST logo 0 2 - Make it larger so that it is more noticeable.
How well does the website explain FIRST and promote its vision to people
not familiar with the organization? 0 1 2 3 4
How current is the website content? 0 1 2 3 4
How well does the website convey the team story? 0 1 2 3 4
How well does the website recognize the team sponsors, mentors and volunteers? 0 1 2 3 4 - Make sure that you fill in your "Team Bios" section. Nice "Sponsors" page.
To what extent does the website support other FIRST teams? 0 1 2 3 4 - A "4" when you have your own resources.
How well is the website content written? 0 1 2 3 4
FUNCTIONALITY:
How well does this site function? 0 2 3 4 - Pages load very slow.
How extensive is the website's use of multimedia? 0 1 2 3 4 - Slideshow, About FIRST Video, Interactive Sponsors Page...(Maybe add a live Twitter Feed and/or a Facebook Like button right on the page. You could also add a Google Calendar Agenda Embed on every page.)
How cross-browser compatible is the website? 0 1 2 3 4
How much of the website design is original to the team? 0 1 2 3 4
How much care was taken when designing the website with regards to web standards such as valid HTML and CSS? 0 1 2 3 4
DESIGN:
How does the website look overall? Does it give a positive first impression? 0 1 2 3 4 - Content could be better organized to give off a cleaner feel.
How inviting is the site to potential visitors? 0 1 2 3 4 - Assuming you fill in all of the pages that are currently blank.
How easily can a new user navigate the website?0 1 2 3 4 - Needs better categorical page management.
How reader friendly is the website? 0 1 2 3 4
How engaging is the website? 0 1 2 3 4 - A "4" when the content is better organized and when page and text formatting is cleaner.
How well does the website give a sense of team identity? 0 1 2 3 4
How does the website handle distribution of information to team members? 0 1 2 3 4 - Google Calendar...(Have you thought about having a private section for Team Members, Mentors, and Parents?)
EXTRA CREDIT: No Yes Emphatically Yes
Did the team include anything in their website that would merit extra credit? 0 2 4
Is the website handicap accessible? 0 2 4 - Just add Meta elements: (description, keywords, & language), to <head> of page.
Then add "Cynthia Says Badge" to site. Checked with: "WCAG - Priority 1, 2, 3
PENALTIES:
NO PENALTIES
TOTAL SCORE:
68/82
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
You have a great website and are on the road to having an AWESOME website! When you are ready to be graded again, please let me know. I would also have someone else grade it right now, as well as after you fix it up.
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Shawn Schwartz
Programming/Head of Website & Media, Team 4 ELEMENT
team4element.com
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." -Steve Jobs
The [FIRST Robotics] competition is a friendly / gentleman's sort of sport... It is only a forum to put our machines to the test, and see how well we did against what WE set out to do -- not to see which team can build the best robot. - KenWittlief [more] 
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