While there’s no one way to do a digital scholarship project, there are several things to look out for when evaluating how effective they are. Quinn Warnick provides good introductions to digital project analysis When evaluating a digital project, think about the following questions:
- What is the link to the project?
- Who created the project? Why did they create the project?
- Who is the audience for the project?
- What research question does the project appear to be asking? Is there a central thesis?
- How easy is the project to navigate and use? Is there an inviting home or front page?
- Is the writing clear, succinct, and precise, or does it read like a traditional scholarly paper?
- Is there an About page, or other information page? Is there any technical information about the creation of the project?
- What kinds of digital assets are used? Is metadata available?
- What kinds of digital tools are used for the project? Why were they chosen?
- What can you learn from this that you couldn’t from a traditional research paper?
