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INST0018 Internet Technologies 2024/2025 Assessment
1 Submission deadline
2 Grade return date
3 Assessment overview
The final assessment for this module is a 3,000-word written report (100%) examining a chosen website from a pre-selected list provided on 19 November 2024. You willcritically assess the website’s home page (and other relevant pages, if you choose) based on three key aspects: context and usability, accessibility, and sustainability.
The aim is to provide a thorough, research-informed evaluation that demonstrates your understanding of web design principles, digital accessibility, andsustainability in web development. A critical component of this task is identifying gaps in the website’s performance and proposing well-researched improvements based on the issues you identify. You are expected to draw upon academic research and published studies to support your evaluation and recommendations. Strong use of citations and bibliography will be essential to demonstrate how your reportcontributes to addressing the gaps you identify.
4 Submission notes
• Academic citations: ensure all claims and recommendations are backed by research, with proper citations throughout.
5 Assessment instructions
5.1 Select a website:
5.2 Focus areas:
Analyse the website's purpose and effectiveness in delivering its content orservices to users. Assess the code validation, design, layout, navigation, and how easily users can complete tasks. Consider the intended users and whether the site meets their needs.
Investigate how the website considers digital preservation and environmental sustainability. Consider factors such as historical changes, digital preservation, responsible data management, the site's long-term viability, and energy efficiency (e.g., hosting, page load times).
5.3 Guiding questions:
Use these questions to guide your analysis. You are not required to answer all of them directly, but they can help structure your evaluation and report.
Context and usability:
- What is the primary purpose of the website? Who are the intended users based on existing research, and how well does it serve its intended users? What is your website evaluation method (e.g., Heuristic Evaluation)? Are there any missing or redundant features that affect the site’s functionality?
- Is the code (e.g., HTML and CSS) validated? Are all interactive elements (e.g., forms, buttons, dropdowns) functioning as intended? Do multimedia elements (e.g., images, videos, audio) enhance the user experience?
- What are the types of user journey that the report focuses on and why? How efficient is the website in allowing users to complete common tasks (e.g., finding information, making a purchase)?
- How well does the website handle user security (e.g., secure login, HTTPS encryption, GDPR)? Are there clear and transparent privacy policies? How is user data protected and managed?
- Does the website adhere to best practices for user experience and interface design? How could it improve? Are there any good design examples or previous studies?
Accessibility:
- Does the website comply with web accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG 2.2)? Whatspecific accessibility features are present or lacking?
- Is the site responsive and mobile-friendly? Does it adjust well to different screen sizes and input methods (e.g., touch screens, keyboards)? Is the content easy to access for users with different needs (e.g., language options, font resizing, colour contrast)?
- How inclusive is the website? Does it account for diverse user groups (e.g., people from different cultural or socio-economic backgrounds)? Is the website usable for people with disabilities? Consider screen reader compatibility, keyboard navigation,etc.
- Does the website offer an accessibility statement? If so, does it provide a clear overview of how the site accommodates users with different needs?
Sustainability:
- How long has the website being online? How does the website ensure that digital content remains relevant, accurate, and accessible over time? How adaptable is the website to future technological advancements (e.g., mobile-first design, responsiveness to different devices, future web standards)?
- How frequently is the website maintained and updated, and does this practice align with sustainable development principles? Is the content management system or ，infrastructure designed to reduce long-term maintenance costs and energy consumption?
- What strategies, if any, does the website use to minimise its environmental impact (e.g., hosting choices, efficient coding practices, data-heavy content, large media files, long load times)?
6 Report structure
- General: A header with your student number, title of the assignment and page ，number must be included on every page (excl. title page). Please name your file ，with your student number and the module code, in that order, without spaces (e.g.,192033821INST0018.docx)
- Title page: The title page should include the module number and title (INST0018 – Internet Technologies), a title, submission date, overall word count (executive summary, footnotes, tables and bibliography excluded), your student number, acknowledge your use of AI
- Executive summary (Max. 200 words): describe the main findings/contributions in an accessible language. The executive summary should not contain any literature references.
- Introduction (Max. 500 words): introduce the website you have chosen and its primary purpose. Provide an overview of the three areas you will analyse (context and usability, accessibility, and sustainability), the rationales of your website evaluation method (e.g., Heuristic Evaluation), and explain the structure of your report.
- Literature Review (optional)
- Context and Usability (Max. 800 words): Analyse the website's purpose and effectiveness in delivering its content or services to users. Identify the intended users and user journeys based on existing research. Assess the code validation, ，design, layout, navigation, and how easily users can complete tasks. Evaluate whether the site meets user needs. Identify gaps in usability and propose evidence-based improvements, explaining how these solutions will enhance user experience.
- Accessibility (Max. 800 words): Evaluate the current website’s compliance with accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG 2.2). Focus on elements such as colour contrast, text readability, alternative text for images, keyboard navigation, cross-platform and cross-device design, and other design features that ensure inclusivity for all users. Identify gaps in accessibility and offer recommendations based on published studies on inclusive design.
- Sustainability (Max. 800 words): Investigate how the website considers digital preservation and environmental sustainability. Consider factors such as historical changes, digital preservation, responsible data management, the site's long-term viability, and energy efficiency (e.g., hosting, page load times). Identify sustainability gaps and suggest improvements, drawing on academic sources to validate your proposals.
- Conclusion and discussion (Max. 400 words)
7 AI Policy
- structuring content;
- acting as a support tutor;
- giving feedback on content, or proofreading content within the grounds permitted in the Academic Manual (9.2.2b).
While you may use AI tools as an assistant, the intellectual or technical work should be your own and you need to clearly acknowledge how and where you have used generative AI.
Any student use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools that exceeds that permitted in the assessment brief will be subject to academic misconduct procedures.