Submit your resources to the respected CRAAP test to determine whether you want to use them or not for your assignment.

1. The CRAAP Test
Can you separate the roses
from the
manure?

2. Currency
• Can you find when the information
was posted/published?
• When was it last updated?
• Is it ever updated?
• Is this the most current version?
• Do the links work?
The CRAAP Test

3. Relevancy
• Does this inform your
topic or thesis?
• Will this help support your
argument? Is it a good example?
• Will your assignment be better
with this?
• Is it restating things you've
already said and/or supported
elsewhere?
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4. Authority
• Who wrote or published this?
• What expertise do they have?
• Does the organization state their
purpose clearly and openly? Are
they a subsidiary?
• Can you easily contact them?
• Does the publisher have the right
to post/publish this information?
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5. Accuracy
• Can you verify the information?
• Are the means of discovering this
information made clearly
available?
• Is the information presented
clearly with adherence to
grammar, spelling and labelling
standards?
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6. Purpose
• Does it add new knowledge to
the world?
• Is this information presented with
a bias? Is it objective?
• If there is an opinion presented, is
it made clear?
• Goal: to teach, persuade, sell,
entertain?
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7. Websites aren’t labelled.
…so where can you find the
answers to these questions?
“About” page
Read the self-description of publisher,
authors, organization. Who are they?
How do they present themselves? Do
they tell you what their credentials are?
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8. Websites aren’t labelled.
…so where can you find the
answers to these questions?
Content
Study the words, vocabulary, images,
multi-media content - do they all match
up to give a cohesive message?
Do they directly answer your questions?
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9. Websites aren’t labelled.
…so where can you find the
answers to these questions?
Style
Banner, colors, logo; does this site look
legitimate? Too slick? Amateurish?
Outdated?
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10. Websites aren’t labelled.
…so where can you find the
answers to these questions?
URL
What does the internet address tell you
about the site? Can you find the “parent”
URL? What does the domain (ending) tell
you?
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11. Websites aren’t labelled.
…so where can you find the
answers to these questions?
Links
Which sites does this page link to – who
do they affiliate themselves with? Do
they match the stated information and
intent of the site in question?
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12. Websites aren’t labelled.
…so where can you find the
answers to these questions?
Site Architecture and Labelling
How is the site organized? Is the site
labelled? What sections are available?
Do the links work? Is there a copyright
statement?
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13. Look around. Literally.
The CRAAP Test

14. Look around. Literally.
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