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Information Architecture & Design

Information Architecture & Design . Week 11 Schedule No Readings, Use your time for IA Work Critiquing Web Pages/Sites Presentations BREAK Speed Explaining & Reviewing Methods and Procedures Help. IA Methodology. Planning. Analysis. Design. Verification. Construction. Maintenance.

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Information Architecture & Design

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  1. Information Architecture & Design • Week 11 Schedule • No Readings, Use your time for IA Work • Critiquing Web Pages/Sites • Presentations • BREAK • Speed Explaining & Reviewing • Methods and Procedures Help

  2. IA Methodology Planning Analysis Design Verification Construction Maintenance

  3. Critiquing Web Pages/Sites • Goals of Page or Site? • Clear Structure? • Consistent Labels? • Understandable Metaphor? • Functional Navigation? • Text, Graphics, Interactive? • Global & Local • Easy to Maintain? • Technology?

  4. ROI • Critique • Find Information Faster • Find Information (!) • Make Sense of Information Found • Fewer Navigation Errors • Costs of (not) Finding Information • Provides a Competitive Advantage • Increases Product Awareness • Brand • Consistency • Makes Using a Site A More Enjoyable Experience

  5. Stress Testing • Navigation • Pick a random page on your site and ask yourself if it gives context to the site and the navigation structure(s) of the whole site. • Where? • What? • http://keith.instone.org/navstress • Search • Terms • Results Interfaces

  6. Web Site Examinations • University Pages • http://www.duke.edu/ • http://www.umich.edu/ • http://www.berkeley.edu/ • http://www.washington.edu/ • University Department Pages • http://www.ischool.washington.edu/ • http://www.si.umich.edu/ • http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/index.htm • http://www.cc.gatech.edu/

  7. Web Site Examinations • News/Portal Pages • http://www.cnn.com/ • http://money.cnn.com/ • http://www.nandotimes.com/ • News Pages • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi.html • http://news.yahoo.com/ • http://www.msnbc.com/news/

  8. Speed Explaining & Reviewing • Explain your Design Project in 5 minutes. • Review the Explanation. • Discuss Current Problems and Solutions.

  9. Methods and Procedures Help • Design Specification Review • Design Check • Scheduling and Prioritizing Final Weeks of IA and Design

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