Rubric!

It is difficult for me to do this blog simply because so much of our rubric is specific to the assignment guidelines (e.g. is applicable to the class).

This is our rubric. I hope it shows up ok. I didn't know how else to get it in here. Anyways, the online site that I chose to take a look at is here: http://maam.culturasalta.gov.ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=2

It is the Museum of High Altitude Archaeology, and was created to display the Llullaillaco Children, the three of the child mummies discovered.

SO, here we go!

For Topic Choice I would have to give this page an excellent! I like the topic, and think that it is interesting, but this is one of the categories in our rubric that really relate to the class, so even if they hadn't done well here, it would not necessarily have been a reflection on the website.

For Overall Appearance, I would give the site a high satisfactory. While the site is visually pleasing, it isn't that creative. More could have been done to spice it up.

For Content I give the site an excellent. The material is good, and presented in a good way. There don't seem to be any errors in the information, and it is all relevant to the Llullaillco find. Also, I like that there is a virtual tour.

For Quality of Sources I give the site an excellent as well. While the sources may not be hugely varied, the information is coming directly from the archaeologists. It doesn't get much better than that.

For Mechanics, the site gets an excellent as well (I'm starting to sound like a broke record). The word choice is good, and I don't notice any major errors. There are no references done, so I can't really comment on those.

I am not going to assign a mark for group work, for obvious reasons. Overall, I think this was a great site! Rating a site is easier than rating a newspaper article, which I have already done in past posts. I hope that our case study gets such a glowing review!