| Coding Validation | Excellence | Merit | Achieved | N/A |
| 25% | ||||
| There are no errors in the HTML, CSS or other coding on the site as found by me or an online validator. | There are 1-3 coding errors on the site as found by me or an online validator. | There are 4-5 coding errors on the site as found by me or an online validator. | There are more than 6 coding errors on the site as found by me or an online validator. | |
| Layout/Design | Excellence | Merit | Achieved | N/A |
| 25% | ||||
| The web site has an exceptionally attractive and usable layout. It is easy to locate all important information. White space, graphic elements and/or alignment are used effectively to organize material. | The web site has an attractive and usable layout. It is easy to locate all important information. | The web site has a usable layout, but may appear busy or boring. It is easy to locate most of the important information. | The web site has a cluttered look and is confusing. It is often difficult to locate important information. | |
| Cascading Style Sheet | Excellence | Merit | Achieved | N/A |
| 20% | ||||
| Student uses a style sheet to define attributes (along with some inline style), which makes all pages attractive looking and consistent. | Student uses a style sheet, however there is some inconsistencies in relation to the styles on each page in the web site. | Student uses a style sheet, however, it is not consistent on all pages, which disrupts consistency of pages within the web site. | Student fails to use a style sheet within the pages of the web site. | |
| Navigation | Excellence | Merit | Achieved | N/A |
| 15% | ||||
| Links for navigation are clearly labeled, consistently placed, allow the reader to easily move from a page to related pages and take reader where he expects to go. A user does not become lost. | Links for navigation are clearly labeled, allow the reader to easily move from page to page and internal links take the reader where he expects to go. A user rarely becomes lost. | Links for navigation ake the reader where expected, but some needed links seem to be missing. A user sometimes gets lost. | Some links do not take the reader to the sites/pages described. A user typically feels lost. | |
| Graphics | Excellence | Merit | Achieved | N/A |
| 15% | ||||
| Graphics are related to the theme or purpose of the site, are of high quality and enhance reader interest or understanding. | Graphics are related to the theme or purpose of the site, are of good quality and enhance reader interest or understanding. | Graphics are of fair design, unoriginal, with elements that need enhancing such as red eye, etc. | Graphics are poor design, unoriginal or borrowed work that need major enhancements such as red eye, improved cropping, etc. |