Evaluation Rubrics and Score

EVALUATION RUBRICS FOR KHAN ACADEMY

ACADEMIC WEB SITE EVALUATION RUBRIC:

(For a Teacher Class Website)

  

Developer’s Name: Khan Academy , Inc.

URL: www.Khanacademy.org   

Area/Content of Site: Khan Academy offers access to lessons in several subject areas including areas such as Mathematics, Science, English, Economics, and History. It provides lessons with personalized and adapted learning, inclusive of videos and practice exercises.

Purpose: This site’s mission is to provide free, quality education to people all over the world.

Name of Participant: Susan Inniss

 

EVALUATION CRITERIA

DIMENSION	1 POOR	2 BELOW AVERAGE	3 AVERAGE	4 ABOVE AVERAGE	5 EXCELLENT	SCORE
Goal	Goal of this website is unclear and confusing	Conflicting themes make sit’s goals uncertain	Goal is clear but the site contains some unrelated or distracting elements	Clear purpose and goals; but elements seems unnecessary	Goal and purpose of sit is clear with no distracting elements	5
User Friendliness	Unwelcoming to users	Does not evolve a welcoming message	Welcomes visitors but does not appear friendly	Welcoming and appears friendly	Exciting, welcoming and very user-friendly	3
Design	Poorly organised, contains obvious errors, loads slowly and difficult to read	Organisation is confusing; There are some errors and load slowly	Organisation is acceptable, no obvious errors, load adequately and easy to read	God organisation, no errors, load quickly and easy to read	Excellent organisation, free of errors, loads quickly and clearly and all elements are easy to read	5
Navigability	Difficult to find and follow site navigation links	Navigation links visible but somewhat confusing	Navigation links clear and readily available	Navigation link clear and logical; sitemap included	Navigation logical and clear; site map and search engine available	5
Authority	Unclear who is the teacher, and the class the site refers to	Teacher name and contact information included, but insufficient class information	Teacher name and contact information included, and some  class information	Teacher name and contact information included; there is full class information	Teacher provides all necessary information to students, parents and community visitors	5
Content	Content is limited and lack relevance to students and parents	Content appears relevant but quality is limited in student needs	Content is adequate in relevance and quality to meet  student needs	Content is relevant and the quality is sufficient for student needs	Content is on target and provides excellent coverage to meet student needs	5
Dates	No date evident	Sites contains some dates	Site contains both creation and updates information; but there is no date related to class activities	Site contains creation and update information and some dates relating to class activities	Site contains dates for creation, updates and all class activities	5
Links	Few relevant working links	Adequate number of links but many are no longer functional	Sufficient number of links that are all functional	A good variety of useful active links	Links offer connection to a wide variety of excellent sites	4
Handicapped Access	No options available for handicapped	Some pages on the web site offers text-only	Site offers text-only on all pages	Sites offers clear options for handicapped	Site includes handicapped options on all pages and links to support software	4

Extracted from myeducation kit- Teaching and Learning with Technology @2011

Score: 41/45 (91%)

Reason for Score

Khan Academy received a score of 41/ 45. The table below presents the reasons for the specific score being assigned to each section.

Area	Score	Reason
Goal	5- Goal and purpose of sit is clear with no distracting elements	Khan Academy clearly states its goal on the "About" webpage. Our mission is to provide a free, world class education for anyone, anywhere. https://www.khanacademy.org/about‑
User Friendliness	3-Welcomes visitors but does not appear friendly	The Interface is too formal for school age children and does not welcome viewers to the site until they have signed up.
Design	5- Excellent organisation, free of errors, loads quickly and clearly and all elements are easy to read	Site is organised well, is free from errors, loads easily and all elements are easy to read.
Navigability	5- Navigation logical and clear; site map and search engine available	Site is easy to navigate, and documentation is clear. Site map and search engine are easily accessible.
Authority	5- Teacher provides all necessary information to students, parents and community visitors	It is clear who is the teacher. The teachers can import their google classroom, manage students, upload and assign activities, and add parents or other persons to view lessons and activities.
Content	5- Content is on target and provides excellent coverage to meet student needs	Content is adaptive and allows learners to learn at their own pace. The teacher can track and support the progress of the learner. Core Subject areas are covered comprehensively.
Dates	5-Site contains dates for creation, updates and all class activities	Dates are shown when activities and content are uploaded by teachers into their classroom, dates are shown for assigned and scheduled activities and when students read, or watch assigned resources.
Links	4- A good variety of useful active links	All links are active and working efficiently. However, most external links are to YouTube videos.
Handicapped Access	4- Sites offers clear options for handicapped	The site does have some accessibility options for person that may have low vision or colour blindness and for learners with low sensitivity to animation. Available videos have transcripts and subtitles for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. However, with regards to the entire site there is no built-in text to speech option.

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