Website Evaluations Assignment

Step 1: Learn CRAP

Do some searches on the web for CRAP principles of design. Memorize the acronym, and do some research on examples so that you can comfortably apply these principles to evaluating a webpage (or even a poster or book cover).

Here are some resources to get you started:

• Google Search: CRAP design principles  (images)
• Principles of Design (CRAP) – YouTube 

CRAP stands for:

• Contrast
• Repetition
• Alignment
• Proximity

Step 2: Find Websites

1. Find one website you think is well done.
2. Find another that is terrible (the more terrible, the better).

Take a moment to evaluate each one against the CRAP principles.

Step 3: Build Your Webpage

• Create a new page in your site called:
  website_evaluations.html

• Update menus across all pages to link to this new page.

• Include your standard design elements (common header, footer, etc).

Step 4: Content Requirements

Inside the <main> element:

1. Add an <h2> page title:
   Website Evaluations

2. For each site, create a <section> element:

   • Inside it, include the site name as a clickable link in an <h3> heading.
   • Example:

     <h3><a href="https://example.com">Example Site</a></h3>

3. Add a paragraph with a simple description of the site.

4. Add an unordered list (<ul>) with each of the CRAP principles.

   • Under each principle, include your assessment of how well (or poorly) the site follows it (1–2 sentences each).

Step 5: Submit

• Submit the URL to your course index page, which should in turn include a menu link to your new Website Evaluations page.

Summary

• Learn CRAP principles.
• Find one good and one bad site.
• Build a webpage to evaluate both sites.
• Add that page to your site and link it in the menu.