Lab 14 Rubric

1. Test and evaluate Skype, Google and Yahoo! video chat services. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each service. Consider the interface, the ease of use and the quality of service.
(40 points)

Lab resource:
Skype - http://www.skype.com/
Google - http://www.google.com/chat/video
Yahoo! - http://messenger.yahoo.com/features/webcam/

__ Successfully evaluates the Skype, Google and Yahoo! video chat services. Considers the strengths and weaknesses of each service by examining the interface, ease of use and quality of service.
(40 points)
__ Evaluates the three video chat services but provides only a list of features for each service.
(20 points)
__ Does not evaluate all three video chat services.
(0 points)

2. Compare and contrast the three video chat services based on your evaluations of the strengths and weaknesses of each service and the interface, ease of use and quality of service. Determine which service you would prefer to use in the future. Also decide if you would prefer to use video chat over telephony.
(40 points)

__ Successfully compares and contrasts the three video chat services and determines which service you prefer.
(40 points)
__ Compares and contrasts each service but does not make a decision on preference of service.
(20 points)
__ Does not compare and contrast the three video chat services.
(0 points)

3. Publish your results to your blog in the form of a report. It should be clear, concise and grammatically correct (20 points)

__ Report is published to blog by 12:30 on Thursday.
(20 points)