Provide some summary of the main features / functionality
Note stated or apparent intended audience
Make it clear what the goals of the project are
Evaluate how well the various facets of the website (design, organization, writing style, interface, functionality) facilitate its intended goals for its audience
Note aspects that work well
Note aspects that need improvement (and why!)
Remember to incorporate our readings from earlier in the semester (yes in fact there was a reason we read all those!)
Contemplate about how maps, databases, interfaces, and visualizations shape the kinds of (historical) interpretations the website is meant to facilitate.
What’s behind the curtain?
What are the original sources? How accessible does the site make them?
How easy is it to see where the data comes from and gets represented?
Do you get a sense what data exists and what doesn’t?
How might the interface/visualization be misleading?
How is the design working for or against the purposes of the site?