Credibility Test

Finding information that is up-to-date is also important.  What can you look for on a website to let you know how current the information is?

• Title of the website
• Date last updated
• Author of the website
• Works Cited

Some information is not intended for students your age. How can you decide if a website has material that is appropriate for you?

• Google has everything! Just start there.
• Everything online is true. It doesn't matter if it's appropriate or not.
• Ask yourself, "Is the author's language and vocabulary intended for me or for someone older/younger than me?"
• If the page is blocked, that's a sure sign the website has inappropriate content.

The details about a website help us to decide if it's worth spending time there.  What is one thing to look for when looking for a website's "user-friendliness"?

• copyright date
• pretty pictures
• lots of text
• a site map, which is like a table of contents

Finding information that is up-to-date is also important.  What can you look for on a website to let you know how current the information is?

• Title of the website
• Date last updated
• Author of the website
• Works Cited

Sometimes it's hard to tell the intent or the reason why information has been published on the web.  What might distract you from getting the information you need?

• Ads or pop-ups
• A mission statement explaining why he/she created the website
• Date last updated
• Links to additional information

Which words are associated with credibility?

• Trustworthiness
• Believing
• Reliablility
• All of these choices are correct

Which website can be considered most credible?

• .net
• .com
• .int
• .edu

A web URL that ends with ".gov" means that the website is associated with what?

• A company
• A school
• A government agency
• A charitable organization

Blog posts and Facebook status updates are the best sources for factual information.

• True
• Fasle

Which of the following is not an example of a personal website?

• A newspaper article
• A Twitter feed
• A YouTube video
• A SnapChat photo