Week 4

Prepare: Read module 3 of your textbook and review the CRAAP Test (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. handout. Watch Web Pages: Determining Authority (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and Web Pages: Determining Currency (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Then, find a webpage that relates to your research question (you can use this webpage on your annotated bibliography). Examine your chosen web page for currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose.

Reflect consider why it is important to evaluate any webpages that you plan to rely on for information. Reflect on the elements of the CRAAP test and explain how each one indicates the credibility and reliability of a source.

Write:

Evaluate the webpage that you found, being carefully to fully address each element of the CRAAP test.

Explain whether you think the webpage that you found passed the CRAAP test and is a credible, reliable source or not. Provide details to support your determination.

Explain why it’s important to evaluate webpages that you plan to use for information. What are some reasons that it can be difficult to determine how credible and reliable a webpage is?

Be sure to include the correctly formatted APA reference for the webpage that you found at the end of your discussion.

Your initial post should contain a minimum of 350 words written in complete sentences. It must answer all aspects of the prompt (refer to “Think about it this way” below). It must be posted by 11:59 Thursday evening. Correctly cite the source of any information that you use in your posts.