Your personal home page should include the following

• A title in the title bar
• A title on the page itself
• One or more horizontal rules for separating sections
• A background color or background image
• Some content (text about yourself or the subject of the page)
• A link to the web site for this class
• A link to your blog
• A mailto link if you wish
• An unordered list of three links to other web sites
• A picture with text wrapped around it
• A section (or separate page) for listing and linking to course assignments
• Graphics on your web page should include alternate text
• The university web page disclaimer

Grading Criteria

A Great home page...

Includes all of the above elements but also include some additional elements not listed above that reflect further study and use of HTML skills (the use of a table or CSS to organize layout, use of styles to format text, or more complex personally produced graphics are some examples). It will be tastefully designed and professional looking. It will download quickly. It will tell the world and the class something valuable about yourself and/or a topic of interest to you. The content is original with the exception of elements borrowed with permission. A great home page will clearly demonstrate that you have gone beyond the assignment and are well on your way to becoming an expert web designer.

A Good home page...

Includes all of the above elements. It is tastefully designed and professional looking and downloads quickly. It will tell the world and the class something valuable about yourself and/or a topic of interest to you. The content is original with the exception of elements borrowed with permission. A good home page will clearly demonstrate that you have mastered the skills from this assignment and are ready to do more exploration in web page design.

An average home page...

Includes almost all of the above elements. It may have some flaws in terms of execution and design (odd color combinations, broken links, a jumble of odd fonts and font sizes etc.). It will tell the class something somewhat valuable about yourself and/or a topic of interest to you. Much of the content on the site is borrowed with permission from other sites. An average home page will show that you can at the very least put something of some value upon on the web, but that you have more work to do before you can truly begin to explore web design.

A bad home page...

Includes only a few of the above element. Has serious flaws in terms of execution and design (tons of animated gifs. bad color combinations, type not legible, etc.). Says almost nothing of value about anything. Steals content from other web sites without permission. Shows that the author has no interest in web design at all and cares nothing for learning about it.