COIT20268-Responsive Web Design

Main Task

You are to provide a formal report documenting your critical evaluation of the website. The review is to be carried out within the context of responsive web design (RWD) and development principles. The report should draw particular attention to the interactive aspects and design aspectsrelating to responsiveness of the overall website. Support your critique with appropriate RWD principles.

What to Review

The purpose of the report is to provide a critical evaluation of the nominated website and to support your observations and comments convincingly. The nominated website should be

reviewed using Google Chrome’s device simulator. For the purpose and intention of this assessment, use only the device simulator for your reviews. This is to ensure that all students have access to consistent and identical review tools.

Your review of the nominated website must be thorough and sufficiently comprehensive to include 5 different screen displays. The recommended settings are as follows. Students are free to select the different simulated device (in the Chrome device simulator) they would like to use for the reviews.  

What to Include

Your report should include

(1) Clearly identify the nominated website. Provide an overview and description of the nominated website.

(2) Identify and elaborate the main feature or features of the website.

(3) Identify the positive and negative aspects of the website. Draw particular attention to the interaction and usability aspects of the interface.

(4) Invite two other personsto review the nominated website. All reviewers should use identical device settings. These participants can be yourfriends, family members or classmates etc. Provide the background (i.e. age, gender, profession) of the participants. Do their views differfrom yours’? State why or why not.

(5) Based upon your critique and observation in items (1) to (4) of the above, provide a recommendation on how the website should be improved. Conversely, if it does not require further improvement,then provide the reason why that thisisthe case.

(6) Except for item (4) of the above, all assertionsrelating to RWD design principles (e.g. statementslike ‘blue text on red background is a poor colour combination’ ) must be supported by references or critical observation. You can cite additional scholarly references otherthan the textbook. (Note:Do not use Wikipedia as a source of reference).

(7) Comment on the tools (i.e. Chrome device simulator) you used for the review. Elaborate on the advantages and disadvantages of such a tool. Search and briefly comment on similar tools available for testing and reviewing RWD web pages.

(8) Figures or diagrams can be added as needed.