Making a credible website
Group Activity
Scenario:
A company called "Medical Research Incorporated" does clinical tests on various pharmaceutical drugs (medicine!) to investigate the potential side-effects and record how often patients experience these side-effects. The company is a private (for profit) entity that wants to sell the results of their studies to drug manufacturing companies that wish to include the results in their publications and drug packaging. Medical Research Inc. is not backed by any government or educational institution, but it employs noteworthy biomedical PHDs who are in charge of the clinical testing. Medical Research Inc. wants to create a website to promote the research they have conducted, and they want to appear as credible as possible! They have hired your team to investigate what makes a website credible to viewers. Your job is to make an instructional report for this company stating at least 12 specific things that they should do to make a website actually credible, or, appear to be credible.
A company called "Medical Research Incorporated" does clinical tests on various pharmaceutical drugs (medicine!) to investigate the potential side-effects and record how often patients experience these side-effects. The company is a private (for profit) entity that wants to sell the results of their studies to drug manufacturing companies that wish to include the results in their publications and drug packaging. Medical Research Inc. is not backed by any government or educational institution, but it employs noteworthy biomedical PHDs who are in charge of the clinical testing. Medical Research Inc. wants to create a website to promote the research they have conducted, and they want to appear as credible as possible! They have hired your team to investigate what makes a website credible to viewers. Your job is to make an instructional report for this company stating at least 12 specific things that they should do to make a website actually credible, or, appear to be credible.
Directions:
- Share the google document below with your group members. There should only be ONE document submitted per group with ALL group members names on the top.
- In order to make your list, use what you already know about credibility, but also visit some credible websites to identify elements that make them seem credible.
- Identify 12 different elements that make a website appear credible, and describe them in about one short sentence each. The first one has already been provided for you as an example.
- When you are finished, share your document with Ms. Georgi.
Helpful Hints:
- Think about what the website looks like (the design itself)
- Think about what information is available or not available on the website
- Think about how easy or difficult it is to find information on the website