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Revision as of 22:20, 29 August 2006
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Class Goals
- Introduce students to the concept of information architecture
Project 3 proposal due
Contents
Information Architecture
Introduction to Information Architecture
IA definition, what it is, what it isn't
Users/content/context
User needs and behaviors (thinking about systems for users who don't know what they're looking for)
IA challenges (ambiguity, heterogeneity, different perspectives, internal politics)
Organization schemes (exact, ambiguous)
Organizational structures (top-down, bottom-up)
Presentations
Present AIM Assignment 7 : CSS Zen
Project 3 Overview
Introduce AIM Project 3 (proposal due Week 11)
Homework
AIM Assignment 8 (due Week 11)
Takehome Quiz: PE and IA readings
Reading
Pause & Effect: pgs. 37-45, 53-59, 142-146
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web - Chapter 4: The Anatomy of an Information Architecture pages 39-49
Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web by Christina Wodtke - Users and Prototyping: 69-70, 81-87
