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Menu Items Home Accessibility Menu Grey Scale Classification Programs Menu Rating Levels Rating Self Test Rating Request Hall of Awards New Inductees Badges UWSAG Top Ten! Incentive Programs Menu About Program SOA Criteria Nominees Badges Ultimate Awards UWSAG Selected UWSAG Information Menu About UWSAG UWSAG Officers UWSAG History Resources Contact Forms Interviews Forum Open Positions Linking Badges UWSAG Legals Copyright Privacy UWSAG Policies Affiliated with End of Menu	Self-Test and Evaluation Page This self-test applies primarily to the 1 through 6 rating levels, however, those who are applying for the Alpha level are not required to have a score or award winners. You may apply for a higher rating after 90 days have passed, and changes have been made to the award program. The rating process will currently take four weeks. Each site given a rating will receive a spot in our "Hall of Awards" under the respective level earned. Total Possible Points is 65 plus an extra 5. Basic Required Criteria For Every Award Program These three elements must be present in every Award Program hereinafter referred to as ("AP") in order to continue the evaluation. Failure will result in disqualification of the AP and the start of the required 90 day waiting period. Link to the AP on the homepage or stand-alone AP... (2 pts) Notification policy and evaluation period... (2 pts) Award purpose or reasoning found... (2 pts) Main Criteria Coding of Award Program (6 total) Are all aspects of the website available and functional? (1 pt) Are there horizontal scroll bars at a resolution of 800x600? (1 pt) Does the AP display properly in multiple browsers? (1 pt) Are all necessary image alt, height, and width tags present? (1 pt) Are all links working and opening in their respective windows? (1 pt) (except for sites that are XHTML 1.1 validated) Do all pages contain title and meta-tags? (1 pt) Written Content of Award Program (3 total) Does the website contain correct spelling? (1 pt) Is correct grammar and punctuation present? (1 pt) Is content presented in an easy and legible manner? (1 pt) Design of Award Program (2 total) Is there a consistent look and feel to AP? (1 pt) Are graphics original and of high quality? (1 pt) Navigation of Award Program (3 total) Is there a consistent look and feel to navigation? (1 pt) Is the user required to use the back button? (1 pt) Are all AP pages interlinked and easy to browse? (1 pt) Award Graphic of Award Program (5 total) Is the award graphic clean, clear, and crisp with no pixilation? (1 pt) Is the creator of the award graphic given credit? (1 pt) Is information given on the height, width, and weight of graphic? (1 pt) Is the award graphic under 15 kb and 200x200 in weight and size? (1 pt) Is a small explanation given with the award graphic? (1 pt) Evaluator Profile (3 total) Is the profile easy to find in award program? (1 pt) Is the profile written in an easy and inviting manner and stress on the qualifications as a judge? (2 pts) Award Criteria (19 total) Does your criteria contain a list of unacceptable items (disqualifiers)? (3 pts) Do the criteria present an easy to understand list of items sought? (3 pts) Is the applicant able to tell the difference between the above items? (2 pts) Are the criteria understandable and eliminate all vagueness or un-clarities? (4 pts) Is the criteria written in a special or "unique" manner (=theme-based)? (1 pts) Is the criteria written in a positive manner to encourage applicants? (4 pts) Does the criteria offer a self-test of the criteria? (2 pts) Award Winners (10 total) Do winner page(s) contain a link, date, description and screenshot of the winner? (4 pts) Are the pages for the highest award designed in a special manner? (2 pts) Does the award program offer a page of statistics of the winners? (2 pts) Does the AP owner take the time to write personal comments about winners? (1 pt) Is the winners' section easy to navigate and coded properly? (1 pt) Award Application (2 total) Does the program offer a form for applicants to fill out? (1 pt) Does the program offer an e-mail alternative to the form? (1 pt) Program Policies (6 total) Does the program provide an ethics statement? (2 pts) Does the program provide a copyright statement? (2 pts) Does the program provide a privacy policy? (2 pts) Extra Points (5 total) Does the program notify all applicants of receipt of the application? (1 pt) Does the program provide feedback to all applicants? (1 pt) Does the program provide extra resources? (a list of links will not get you points) (1 pt) Does your program conform to W3C [D] standards? (1 pt) Does the program conform to Cynthia says AAA [D] standards? (1 pt) Submit Application Previous \| Next This page has met or exceeded UWSAG Validation Standards
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