1.0 Appearance: Home Page

1.1 Download Duration (less than 20 seconds)
1.2 Name of Center
1.3 Mission Statement
1.4 Program & Services list and description
1.5 Pictures of Students
1.6 Staff names, bios, and photos
1.7 Institutional Identification
1.8 Readability http://psych.utoronto.ca/~muter/pmuter1.htm
1.9 Single Screen Splash Page
1.10 Search Function (Also in the Feature section)
1.11 Webmaster Feedback mailto (Also in the Feature section)
1.12 Date of Last Update

2.0 Appearance: All Pages

2.1 Common template (cascading sheets)
2.2 All links functional
2.3 Relevant/appropriate graphics
2.4 Readable by special populations: graphics and audio
2.5 Uses a web safe palette/ browser safe colors (256 colors) http://www.whatis.com/Flat_Files/Browser_safe_palette/0,282012,,00.html
2.6 Light background and dark text for printing
2.7 Colors appropriate for color-deficient viewers
2.8 Uses readable fonts in readable sizes
2.9 Uses sans serif for headlines; serif for body copy
2.10 Uses "curly professional quotes"
2.11 Uses correct spelling, grammar, punctuation
2.12 Does not use all caps text
2.13 Places headings close to body text
2.14 Uses vertical alignment (left is preferred)
2.15 Uses horizontal alignment with identifiable baselines
2.16 Uses pull quotes to break up large areas of text
2.17 Uses alt labels with graphics
2.18 Uses JPEG for photos; GIF for other graphics
2.19 Uses matching text link with graphic link
2.20 With browser at 800 x 600 pixels, all pages are totally visible
2.21 Date of last update on each page

3.0 Content

3.1 Welcome message from director
3.2 List/descriptions of programs & services
3.3 Photos of staff
3.4 Photos of center
3.5 Institution Name and Location visible on home page
3.6 Links to other institutional support services
3.7 Links to external learning skills web sites

4.0 Navigability

4.1 Can be viewed both in graphic (Netscape & Explorer) or text mode (Lynx)
4.2 Loads Home page quickly
4.3 Uses a site outline or index (a-z) if site is large and/or complex
4.4 Has link to campus home page or campus admin unit main page from learning center home page
4.5 Has link from campus home page or administrative unit main page to learning center home page
4.6 Has learning center appropriate links
4.7 Uses underlining only for links
4.8 Maintains same buttons and link ids on all pages
4.9 Uses alt labels whenever graphics are used as links
4.10 User can predict where the link will lead from its title or description
4.11 Has no page links that take viewer to exact same page that link is on
4.12 No "orphan" pages
4.13 Has all active links
4.14 Uses same text link colors throughout web site
4.15 Links are apparent and easily chosen

5.0 Features

5.1 Site Map
5.2 Search Capability
5.3 Changing announcements (new/updated information)
5.4 Thumbnails available for large images
5.5 Animated graphics that turn themselves off
5.6 Visitor Count available to Webmaster
5.7 Source of all links acknowledged either in an "acknowledgements" button or at the line where the link occurs.

6.0 Bonus Points

6.1 Meta tags for search engines
6.2 Evidence of support for online courses/students
6.3 Link to LC from institutional home page
6.4 Bobby approved
6.5 Any innovative web activity such as link to alumni, high schools, etc.