100 Points - Platinum Award *
95-100 Points - Gold Award
85-94 Points - Silver Award
75-84 Points - Bronze Award
* In order to win the Platinum Award, you must have at least 1 GAC Award prior to entry and score a perfect 100.
Questions to reflect:
Content
• Do I have the minimal amount of pages (5) or
enough to detail my contents?
• Does the information on each page provide a thorough
elucidation of my content topic(s)?
• Is my home page easily identifiable from the rest of my site
or do I even have a homepage?
• How much information is on my home page and how neat
is it all laid out?
Navigation
• Do I have a clear manner of navigation or do I
have to use my back button to get through my site?
• Are all of my links easy to get to and similar from
page to page, or are they scattered around?
• Does my site take over 90 seconds to load on a 56k modem;
also, does loading my site slow my computer down?
• Do I have so many advertisements or pop-ups that they
seem to be surfeit, and how noticeable are they?
Graphic design
• Do I have graphics (mainly aesthetic) on my site
at all, and do they contribute to the page as a whole?
• Do my graphics look acceptable or do they look
like they were done cursorily?
• Are my graphics (including flash animations) supported by
most/all browsers, or would one need special plug-ins?
Originality
• Is the content mostly mine, or have I just copied
everyone else's work throughout my site?
• Were my graphics made mostly by me or did I get them
from another site? If not, has credit been given?
• Are the ideas incorporated into the contents, creation,
design and theme of my site original?
Miscellaneous
• Do I have any broken links on my web site?
• Do all of my images load correctly, including banners?
• Do any of my scripts cause errors or make the
page not function correctly?
• Is the grammar in my site shoddy or incomprehensible?
Judge's personal opinion
• Is my site updated at least every four (4) weeks?
• Do I use multi-colored text or TyPe LiKe ThIs?
• Does my web site work at 800 x 600 screen resolutions?
Scoring Sheet:
Sample GAC Awards Grading Sheet
Content - 20 Points
• Number of pages - 5 Points
• Amount of information on each page - 5 Points
• Homepage available? - 5 Points
• Amount of information on home page / quality of home page - 5 Points
Navigation - 20 Points
• Categories (if applicable, or ease of use) - 5 Points
• Neatly arranged links - 5 Points
• Navigation speed (how fast pages load) - 5 Points
• Number of advertisements - 5 Points
Graphic design - 20 Points
• Sufficient graphics - 7 Points
• Quality of graphics - 7 Points
• Support for low-end browsers - 6 Points
Originality - 20 Points
• Original content - 10 Points
• Original graphics - 5 Points
• Original ideas - 5 Points
Miscellaneous - 15 Points
• Links working correctly? - 4 Points
• Photos working correctly - 4 Points
• Scripts correctly written and working? - 4 Points
• Grammar - 3 Points
Judge's personal opinion - 5 Points
• Do I like it? - 5 Points
