1. Testing with the End Users
To test my website, I chose to use
www.surveymonkey.com
I sent the survey to ten people from my GCSE
DT: Graphics class, and here are the results…
(their responses will help me form my
evaluation and I will know how well my website
meets my initial aims and objectives)

2. Question 1
To test how easy it is for students to find specific information, I asked them questions
(the answers of which are on different pages of my blog) and asked them how many
“clicks” of the mouse it took them to find the answers. To make it a fair test, they had
to start at the homepage each time.
The results
clearly
show that
everyone
found the
required
information
in the
number of
“clicks”
they should
have.
This shows
that my
website is
easy to use
– it meets
my aim.

3. Question 2: To what extent do you
agree with the following statements?
I used the “Likert Scale,” to ask my end users
to what extent they agreed with my previous
aims. This provided me with enough
information to not only figure out whether I
had met those objectives, but also to what
level.

5. The one person who said the quiz
wasn’t helpful said so because “it
would be more helpful if there
was more information about each
type of learner.

6. Question 3: What do you particularly like
about my website/ what was a good idea?
Statement Number of people who said this
Concise 4
Aesthetically pleasing 6
Lots of pictures/ diagrams 3
Range of learning techniques used (e.g. quizzes) 3
Good idea to use a comment box on the last page 4
– so others can share their findings
Appropriate information 3
Useful list of topics to revise on front page 4
Organized 3

7. Question 4: What could be done
better/ improved? Any suggestions?
Statement Number of people who said this
Vary the fonts used 2
Make the mind-map on the Tools, Paper and 1
Board page a little bit bigger
Describe the 3 types of learners in a bit more 1
detail
Spelling mistake on the last page (I have fixed this 3
already)
Add search boxes on every page 1
Put a higher resolution picture in the banner 1
along the top

8. Evaluation of my website
Aims Objectives Have I achieved it? How I’d improve
Easy navigation Search box I have successfully inserted a Site Search Box on One person who took my survey
Navigation bar on left-hand side my homepage, and I know it works well because said that I should add a search
I have tested it out. box on every page. To improve
The above objective had to be I think it is easy for students to navigate through my website, I could do this,
changes due to the fact that Yola my website and find information because however the reason I haven’t
didn’t offer it. However, I do not everyone who took my survey did so in the done so yet was because I did not
really think it affected my ease-of- minimum number of “clicks” and only one feel it was necessary and didn’t
use because everyone who took my person used the search box – this shows that want to waste space on a page.
survey said the “Strongly Agree” the website is easy to use even without a search
with the statement that the box so it must be organized and clear.
navigation bar is in an accessible 3 people who took my survey said that my
place. website is organized, and this helps the
navigation as well.
Everyone who tested out my website agreed
with the statement that my website is easy to
use and most of them Strongly Agreed. Though I
did not make my
Easy to Diagrams and pictures 3 people said that there were a lot of pictures To improve my website, I would
understand for Video explaining a visual topic and diagrams used to explain topics, and also have liked to make my mind-map
students Quizzes that a range of learning techniques were used. on the “Tools, Paper and Board”
Helpful to 4 people said that the list of revision topics was page a little bit bigger, as at the
students also helpful and I think this would make the moment it is a little difficult to
(effective website appropriate for revision. read.
revision) Therefore, I think my website is quite helpful to Also, one person said that it
students as a revision source. would be helpful to have the
three types of learners in a little
bit more detail (following the
quiz on the front page). If I had
more time, I would definitely do
this.

9. Aims Objectives Have I achieved it? How I’d improve
Adheres to Pages on each topic/ Unit in My website definitely adheres to the AQA I think I have stuck to the AQA
examination the AQA book requirements, and I am sure of this because board, but maybe to improve I
requirements List of revision topics I used their book to check the topics and could add page references to
(appropriate information and also to write up the list of show the students which page
information) revision topics. I even added a link on the a certain topic is in the book.
last page to the official AQA website. As
well as this, 3 people who took my quiz said
that the information was appropriate.
Aesthetically Colour coding 6 people who took my survey said that the To improve, 2 students said I
pleasing website is aesthetically pleasing, and one should vary the fonts I used in
person said that the graphics were really the website. I didn’t do this so
good. My banner was appreciated and so far because I wanted to keep a
was the background as well as the large “flow” through the pages, and
font and lots of colours used. keep them looking somewhat
similar. However, I could vary
some sections to add emphasis
– which I had done so far by
just using bold and underline.
Source of other Links to other revision 4 people said that the comments box on To improve, instead of just
revision materials websites the links page was a good idea, because typing the URLs to the other
now people can add their own findings, and websites, I can add proper links
my aim was to provide other revision so that the students can just
websites which I have done successfully. click on them and go straight
there instead of copying and
pasting it into their URL box.
This isn’t a huge problem, but
if I had more time I would
improve my website in that
way.

10. Evaluation of the process
Having finished my project, I am quite pleased with my end
product – the website.
I have also really improved my knowledge of ICT – e.g. image
editing and using web tools to create my own website. At the
beginning of the project, I didn’t know much about image editing
and could only use photoshop quite limitedly. However, I can now
use Seashore (a free image-editing software) very confidently and
make relatively harder images and effects. This is because I made all
the diagrams and pictures as well as my website banner using this
software, and I now know how to use it very effectively. I have also
improved my knowledge of how to create and publish a website as
well as have it recognized by Google – something I had no idea
about before. I did many quite complex things that I actually hadn’t
planned to or knew how to do before the project, such as using the
html embed tool to add quizzes, and a comment box.

11. I started off my project by producing a mind-map of the
overview, and researching similar websites and website-builders.
This proved very useful, because it showed me the good and bad
qualities of existing websites as well as which website-builder was
the best for my purpose. I identified my aims and objectives, which
helped me keep my focus and make my website as good as possible. I
also created a survey for my End Users, so I know what they want
from the website. This was very helpful because I could tell which
topics I had to cover and which revision tools are best.
I think surveymonkey.com was a hugely helpful online tool to
test and research with my End Users because they frequently check
their email, and so I got my answer within a week. Also, it had many
types of questions to choose from and so I could basically ask any
question I wanted and get the answers I need. To contact my client,
Mr. Dewick, I sent him emails, because even he checked his quite
frequently however he preferred to tell me his answers in person,
which in a way was good because I could fully understand what he
wanted and we could have a proper conversation.