WEBSITE DESIGN (CRITERION D - EVALUATION)

Criterion D – Website Design

Feedback from two clients, Shakthi and Subho:

Shakthi’s evaluation:

Evaluator's Name: Shakthi Iyer
Title of Website: Mission to Mars
Address or URL: http://marcmukherjee5.wix.com/mysite-1
	1 = not so good	2 = okay	3 = good
	1	2	3
Credibility
The author can be contacted.	✓✓✓✓✓
The content is good for learning the language			✓✓✓✓✓
Accuracy
The content is checked for errors		✓✓✓✓✓
The information is up-to-date.		✓✓✓✓✓
The information is complete.		✓✓✓✓✓
Reasonableness
The content is very interesting			✓✓✓✓✓
Keeps the visitor engaged			✓✓✓✓✓
Another resource can be found with similar information.			✓✓✓✓✓
List the second resource.
Design & Technology
The pictures are relevant and clear.			✓✓✓✓✓
The pages are easy to move around.			✓✓✓✓✓
The colors are appealing.		✓✓✓✓✓
All of the links work.			✓✓✓✓✓
Interesting features are used			✓✓✓✓✓
Good use of techniques			✓✓✓✓✓
Videos and audio used			✓✓✓✓✓
The pages load relatively quickly.  (About 30 seconds.)			✓✓✓✓✓
Overall - How does the website rate?			✓✓✓✓✓

List three advanced features that you liked in this website:

• Was able to present a video
• Linked buttons to various websites
• Had background music

Subho’s evaluation:

Evaluator's Name: marc
Title of Website: Mission to Mars
Address or URL: http://marcmukherjee5.wix.com/mysite-1
	1 = not so good	2 = okay	3 = good
	1	2	3
Credibility
The author can be contacted.	1
The content is good for learning the language		2
Accuracy
The content is checked for errors		2
The information is up-to-date.			3
The information is complete.			3
Reasonableness
The content is very interesting			3
Keeps the visitor engaged			3
Another resource can be found with similar information.			3
List the second resource.
Design & Technology
The pictures are relevant and clear.			3
The pages are easy to move around.			3
The colors are appealing.		2
All of the links work.			3
Interesting features are used			3
Good use of techniques		2
Videos and audio used			3
The pages load relatively quickly.  (About 30 seconds.)			3
Overall - How does the website rate?			3

List three advanced features that you liked in this website:

-        Drop down texts

-        Navigation bar

-        Animated backgrounds

Evaluation to the “Mission to Mars” website:

According to the feedback above, my website has surely exceeded the client’s needs. The user can navigate different pages via navigation bar. A live page background (Spaceman) accompanied by the soothing music (Interstellar Theme) from the music mini player. There were also certain animations and gif images which made the page look appealing. I chose the video instead of typing the information in because it would summarize the entire thing and it would be easier for the user to understand. The use of an accordion, which is a stacked list of items, was to organize the information. The strip background at the bottom of the page caught the eye of the user since it had a live page background. You could also navigate through the pages by clicking the arrow. Different buttons had various frames and were organized in a brainstorm phrase. They were also hyperlinked to different websites such as Mars One, The Guardian, etc.

However, they were few implications with the product. The user wanted to know more about the Mars mission so he asked me whether you included this feature or not. However, I did not include this feature in my website. Some pages had an opaque color which blocked the live page background. The client also mentioned that a carousel (cycles through different elements (pictures).) could be added to make it look more pleasant.

Improvements:

·         Add a feature where the author can be contacted via message.

·         Include a carousel where the user can cycle through different elements.

·         Use transparent/translucent page colors so that the live page background can be seen.

·         Include social websites (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) where people can share this information.

·         Use more advanced features (Jumbotron, Wells, Glyphicons, etc.) and explore the HTML Box more to use those features.

Strengths and weaknesses:

Strengths	Weaknesses
Has an accordion where the information is organized and the user can click a tab to see that particular data.	The author cannot be contacted via message.
Gif images, pictures and the strip background have different frames and filters which make the page more appealing.	No social websites where the user can share the information.
Buttons were hyperlinked to various websites like Mars One, The Guardian, etc.	No advanced features like Glyphicons, Jumbotron, Wells, etc.
A video which summarized the Mars mission.	No carousel where the client can cycle through different elements/phases easily.
A mini music player which played a track (Interstellar Theme)	Opaque pages where the user cannot see the live page background.
Live page background
A navigation bar where the user can navigate different pages or he/she can click the arrow in the strip background.