The higher college of technology website

Sultan Qaboos University

College of Education

Instructional and Learning Technologies Department

Educational Technology in Oman (TECH4000)

Report about:

Critical review of

Higher College of Technology

website

Done by: Amal fadhil saif ALHosni 82931

Introduced to: Dr. Ali Al-Musawi

Spring 2011

The Higher College of Technology website: http://www.hct.edu.om/default.asp

Writing Process:

The Higher College of Technology website in this standard takes level 4, Easy to understand; perfect spelling; no grammar, syntax, or semantic problems.

Web Page (HTML) Creation Skills:

The Higher College of Technology website in this standard takes level 5, The web site contain headings; Title; Tags such as, preformatted text; styles; centering; horizontal lines, lists, images as hyperlinks; color or background image, Frames, tables, or image map.

Web Page Layout:

The Higher College

of Technology

website in this

standard takes level

4, The web site

contain pages with

Hierarchy closely

follows meaning;

headings and styles

are consistent

within pages; text,

images, and links flow together.

However, there are some pages with inappropriate layout, for example, small font size, one color, no images.

Navigation:

The Higher College of Technology website in this standard takes level 5, The web site contain title page with other pages branching off, and at least four pages total; navigation path is clear and logical; all links work.

Marketing Your College

The Higher College of

Technology website in this

standard takes level 4, the

web site creates a positive

image of the college;

shows what is happening in the college; gives a sense of the total college

community.

Conclusion and recommendations:

The website of the Higher College of Technology in general is very

good.

On the other hand, it needs more focus for its writing process specialy

the font format.

In addition, it needs to provide much more interactivity in the website.

The website should have information about staff qualifications, course

outlines, or research conducted by their faculties.