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The University of The West Indies

Open Campus

Usability Evaluation Report

BY
Althea Gittens 408000882

Presented in Partial Fulfilment of the

MSc. in Instructional Design and Technology

Course Name: Developing Instructional Materials

Course Code: EDID6508
Tutor: Dr. Leroy Hill
Due Date: December 12, 2020
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Usability Report

Introduction
A usability report was conducted on Patricia Grant’s Weebly webpage. Patricia Grant
is a student in the course EDID6508 Developing Instructional Media and facilitated by Dr.
Leroy Hill. The webpage is located at http://edid6508grantp.weebly.com/.

Purpose
The purpose of the usability test to evaluate the effectiveness of the website based on
the following categories:
 Content & Layout
 Navigation
 Links (Content)
 Background and Color Choices
 Fonts
 Graphics & Images (accessibility)
 Copyright
 Spelling and Grammar

Method
The Website was assessed using two different methods. The first method used to
assess the website is the Website Evaluation Rubric provided by the course facilitator. The
second method is based on the Functional Accessibility Evaluator 2.1 website.

Website Evaluation Rubric

The rubric below was used to help with evaluating the website and the information
being presented, is based on categories details of the rubric.

Category Comment Score (out of

4)
Content & Layout The site has a well- stated clear purpose 4
and theme that is carried out throughout
the site. The Web site has an
exceptionally attractive and usable layout.
It is easy to locate all important elements.
White space, graphic elements and/or
alignment are used effectively to organize
material
Navigation Links for navigation are clearly labeled, 3
allow the reader to easily move from a
page to related pages (forward and back),
and internal links take the reader where
s/he expects to go
Links (Content) All links point to high quality, up-do-date, 4
credible sites
Background and Color Colors of background, fonts, unvisited and 4
Choices visited links form a pleasing palette, do
not detract from the content, and are
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Fonts The fonts are consistent, easy to read and 4

point size varies appropriately for
headings and text. Use of font styles
(italic, bold, underline) is used
consistently
Graphics & Images Graphics are related to the theme/purpose 3
(accessibility) of the site, are of good quality and
enhance reader interest or understanding
Copyright No material is included from Web sites 2
that state that permission is required
unless permission has been obtained.
Spelling and Grammar There are no errors in spelling, 4
punctuation or grammar in the final draft
of the webpage
Total Score of 28

Functional Accessibility Evaluator 2.1

To evaluate the website using the Functional Accessibility Evaluator 2.1 website, an
account was created, the link to the website was copied and placed in the evaluation. The
website then checks based on the following categories:
 Landmarks
 Headings
 Style/content
 Images
 Links
 Table
 Forms
 Widget/Scripts
 Audio
 Keyboard
 Timing
 Site navigation

For this assessment, only headings, style/content, images, links, and site navigation is
being assessed The website issues Violations, warning, manual checks or passed based on
what it finds. A summary of the overall results can be found in Appendix 1.

Headings
One warning was issued and 3 passes with a score of 100 which means “all rules have
passed. There were either no manual checks or all manual checks have been resolved”. The
warning is that “page must have h1 element”

style/content
This section had 1 violation which means “Change the foreground and background
colours of the 2 text elements to meet the CCR threshold, 7 manual checks which means that
“manual checks are required to verify accessibility. Markup has been identified that needs to
be reviewed to determine if accessibility requirements have been met” and 1 pass.

Images
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This section received 1 violation for one of the images – “images must have alt text”,
3 manual checks and 2 passes.

Links
This section received 2 manual check and 1 pass.

Site navigation
This section received all manual checks.
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Appendix A
Explanation of scores
Score 0-50

 Incomplete means that you do not understand the accessibility requirements of the
rules or did not consider accessibility in the design of the website.
 "-R" means there are required Manual Checks. Markup has been identified that needs
to be reviewed to determine if accessibility requirements have been met.
 Please read the accessibility requirements and review the techniques before trying to
improve the accessibility
Score 0 Required Manual Checks

 Manual checks are required to verify accessibility. Markup has been identified that
needs to be reviewed to determine if accessibility requirements have been met.
 Start with the website and page level manual checks since they affect website and
page navigation and identification of content and then start on the element level
manual checks
Score 50-94 Partial Implementation
 Partial Implementation means that you may understand at least some of the
accessibility requirements.
 "-R" means there are required Manual Checks. Markup has been identified that needs
to be reviewed to determine if accessibility requirements have been met.
 Please re-read the accessibility requirement and review the techniques before trying to
improve the accessibility

Page summary
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Headings

Styles/Content
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Images

Links
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Site navitation

Summary
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Reference

Functional Accessibility Evaluator 2.1. (2020, December 13). Retrieved from Functional
Accessibility Evaluator 2.1:
https://fae.disability.illinois.edu/summary/1765ec44fcd6d68e/rc/