[LINK] Evaluating Emergency Management Websites, ANU, 16 June, 6pm

[Tom Worthington]

I wrote Tue, 01 Jun 2004 08:55:56 +1000 (was: "Evaluating Emergency 
Management Websites, ANU, 9 June"):

>For a much more systematic view of what is, and should be, on an emergency 
>web site, Linkers are invited to the ANU seminar in Canberra by one of my 
>students ...

There will be a repeat performance, for those who missed it, at this week's 
ACS Software Quality SIG, all welcome:

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SQA session: Wednesday 16 June 2004 5.30pm FOR 6pm
Room N101, Computer Science & IT Building, North Road
Australian National University

"Evaluating Emergency Management Website"

Speaker:  Miss Shelby Canterford (3rd year Student at DCS, ANU)

Abstract

In this seminar, I will discuss the use of the World Wide Web for 
disseminating emergency information.  I have constructed evaluation 
criteria to assess the effectiveness of public information websites. The 
criteria cover the web design principles of accessibility, usability, 
searchability and credibility, as well as the emergency management literature.

These principles are then used to construct five criteria that can be used 
by web developers to assess their own websites.

I will show the use of the criteria by assessing three websites.

The main problem highlighted by the assessment is that of accessibility and 
points to an area that needs to be addressed further.


Biography: Shelby Canterford is a third-year BSc student. This seminar is 
part of the assessment for a COMP3700 (Topics in Software Engineering) 
project done under the supervision of Tom Worthington and Ian Barnes.
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ps: The notes from my Sydney talk "Using new Networking Technology for 
Emergency Coordination: a personal view", for ACS NSW Branch Forum, May 
2004 are at <http://www.tomw.net.au/2004/enetp.html>.



Tom Worthington FACS tom.worthington at tomw.net.au Ph: 0419 496150
Director, Tomw Communications Pty Ltd ABN: 17 088 714 309
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Visiting Fellow, Computer Science, Australian National University
Publications Director, Australian Computer Society