Congratulations to the 2005 Website Excellence Award
Recipients!
Winners were announced
at the 2005 NTI in Denver.
Websites were judged by a panel of web developers familiar with adult
education. To view the selection criteria,
click here!.
The
winners are listed below.
Criteria for NAEPDC
Website Excellence Awards
Gold
Star 91 – 100%
Silver
Star 80 – 90%
Bronze
Star 70 – 89%
Layout and Design
(25 points)
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Site is visually appealing with good use of color
harmonies.
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Graphics are consistent and have a purpose.
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Text is easy to read with fonts that are consistent
throughout.
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Backgrounds, if applicable, do not interfere with the
readability of your text.
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Overall website design is consistent throughout.
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White space is used appropriately.
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Website is easy to use and includes aids and tools
(e.g., navigation instructions, site map, FAQ’s, plug-in downloads,
and help resources).
Functionality (25 points)
to see how fast
it will load with slower connections.)
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Every page links back to your home page or to a table
of contents page so that your visitors do not get lost within your
site.
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All pages have a navigation system that allows
visitors to return to any page within the site (with minimal
“clicks”).
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A search engine and/or site map with text links is
provided
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Pages with longer text have links that bring your
visitor back to the top of the page.
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The website has begun to address access issues
related to Priority 1 of the W3C Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines. (Your homepage will be checked through
http://webxact.watchfire.com/. Accessibility errors measured by
the automatic checkpoints for Priority 1 only should reveal no
errors.)
Content (50 points)
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Content is useful, up-to-date, and appropriate for
the intended users.
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Content is organized into categories that are easily
recognized by the user (e.g., professional development, state
policies, curriculum and instruction).
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Content includes state policies and guidance
appropriate to the use of local grantees.
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Content includes a variety of resources and helpful
information (e.g., sample lesson plans, teacher and/or local
director handbooks, forms, training calendars) that are appropriate
for teachers, local administrators, and other interested
stakeholders.
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Content includes links to additional resources
outside of the state agency.
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Content is free of grammar, spelling, punctuation,
etc. errors.
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Site includes easily accessible contact information
(e.g., names, phone numbers, addresses, and/or email addresses) of
appropriate state staff members if users have questions.
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Website includes a “recommendation” function to allow
direct input from users.
