Type Checklist

The following checklists were developed by the Joint ADL Co-Lab for the purpose of evaluating instructional web sites.

Site you are evaluating

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Instructional Designer

1. Type is contrasted sharply with background color.

Yes

No

Not Applicable



2. Bold, italics, and blinking are used sparingly and for effect.

Yes

No

Not Applicable



3. Cramming the page with dense text is avoided.

Yes

No

Not Applicable



4. All-uppercase headings are avoided.

Yes

No

Not Applicable



5. Downstyle (capitalize only the first word, and any proper nouns) is used for headlines and subheads.

Yes

No

Not Applicable



6. Bold and capitalization of the initial letters are used for document titles, references to other Web sites, for titles of documents referred to within the text, and for proper names, product names, and trade names.

Yes

No

Not Applicable



7. Downstyle of bold and capitalization of the first word only is used for subheadings, references to other headings within the style manual, for figure titles, and for lists.

Yes

No

Not Applicable



8. Repeating patterns through carefully organized pages of text and graphics enhances the overall legibility of the pages.

Yes

No

Not Applicable



9. Heading styles and subtitles are used consistently to organize the content when necessary.

Yes

No

Not Applicable



10. All type is flush left.

Yes

No

Not Applicable

Web Developer

1. Underbars "_", spaces or any other special characters are used sparingly.

Yes

No

Not Applicable



2. Headline 1 tag is used sparingly and Headline 2 and 3 are used to define subheadings.

Yes

No

Not Applicable



3. The most widely used typefaces for operating systems and browsers are specified, or multiple fonts in the "FACE" attribute are specified as alernatives.

Yes

No

Not Applicable

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