The following rubric was developed by District 108 to help indentify for our schools the characteristics and aspects that we were looking for in our school web sites. We asked 4 to 5 volunteers to assess the school sites using the rubrics and then provide the information to the school webmaster. In total, there are three sections of the rubric:

Section #1 Content
Content is definitely King. The more often you update, the more often they visit.

Section #2 Usability
How usable is your website? Is it easy to navigate? Can users easily find the information on the school website? The easier is it is for users to find information and navigate the site, the longer they stay.

Section #3 Design
Judging design is always tough to do. If you're looking for great resource that will help take the "subjectiveness" out of design, check out Robin Williams book, The Non-Designer's Web Book.

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