Which of the following is the best indicator that a website is reliable?

The author of the site provides contact information and his or her qualifications

The author of the site tells you the information is reliable

The author links to his or her favorite websites

The author states in bold letters that the site was proofread by an expert

What does this URL tell you about the source? http://vos.ucsb.edu

It is associated with an educational institution

It is an English teacher's personal home page

It is an article from a magazine

Evaluating content on the Web is important because...

Web authors are always less professional

You found a site that seems to have credible information, but there is no date of publication. What do you do?

Try to find a site that has quality information AND a date of publication. Most reliable sites will have a publication date.

Use the information anyway. You don't have time to keep searching.

You are on a .gov site, but you can't find an author. Can you use this site?

Yes because most .gov sites can be trusted. They are only published by the U.S. government

No because a site must have an author to be credible

No because .gov sites are not reliable

Yes because you are in a rush and don't have time to look elsewhere

Which of the following would NOT BE a good way to decide whether or not to trust an article published online?

Check to see if it appears frequently on Facebook, Snapchat, etc.

Check the "about" section of the site

Check the "contact" information

What is bias in journalism?

An unbalanced and unfair way of looking at a situation and reporting it

Only writing bad things about a person, event, or issue

Only writing good things about a person, event, or issue

Source Credibility

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2 mins • 1 pt

Wikipedia can sometimes be used as a credible source.

True

False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following url endings is considered to be least credible?

.org

.com

.gov

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where will you most likely find a list of sources that an author used in their article?

The beginning of the article

The middle of the article

The end of the article

A list of sources is not needed for an article to be credible

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When an author favors one side of an argument unfairly, it is called...

Fact

Opinion

Bias

Sexism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which one of the following types of sources needs to be the MOST current to be considered credible?

A Current News Event

Statistical Report on Car Accidents

A Factual Story about WW2

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is not considered an expert?

Lawyer

Doctor

Journalist

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Pick the option that is NOT important when determining credibility of a source

When it was written

How well-known the website is

Where the author is from

The purpose of the source

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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Source Credibility

Wikipedia can sometimes be used as a credible source.

Which of the following url endings is considered to be least credible?

Where will you most likely find a list of sources that an author used in their article?

When an author favors one side of an argument unfairly, it is called...

Which one of the following types of sources needs to be the MOST current to be considered credible?

Which of the following is not considered an expert?

Pick the option that is NOT important when determining credibility of a source

Which of the following url endings is considered to be the MOST credible?

A source is probably credible, even if the author is trying to persuade you to do something

Articles about ongoing news events should be more current than research articles

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