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'''Class Goals'''
 
'''Class Goals'''
#Introduce students to the concept of information architecture
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#Introduce students to two methods of creating rollovers (JavaScript and ImageReady)
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#Introduce Information Architecture
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==Introduction to JavaScript Rollovers==
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From [http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/Advanced.html Dave Raggett's Advanced HTML] article:
  
=Information Architecture=
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<pre>
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<script type="text/javascript">
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if (document.images)
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{
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    image1 = new Image;
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    image2 = new Image;
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    image1.src = "enter1.gif";
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    image2.src = "enter2.gif";
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}
  
IA definition, what it is, what it isn't
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function chgImg(name, image)
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{
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    if (document.images)
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    {
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        document[name].src = eval(image+".src");
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    }
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}
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</script>
  
Users/content/context
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...
  
User needs and behaviors (thinking about systems for users who don't know what they're looking for)
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<a href="/" onMouseOver='chgImg("enter", "image2")'
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onMouseOut='chgImg("enter", "image1")'><img name="enter"
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src="enter1.gif" border="0" alt="Enter if you dare!"></a>
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</pre>
  
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==Introduction to ImageReady Rollovers==
  
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[http://www.adobe.com/education/webtech/unit_graphics2/cre_create.htm Adobe ImageReady Tutorial]
  
Present [[AIM Assignment 7]] : CSS Zen
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==Introduction to Information Architecture==
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IA definition, what it is, what it isn't
  
Introduce [[AIM Project 3]] (proposal due Week 11)
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Wayfinding and orientation
  
 
==Homework==
 
==Homework==
 
AIM Assignment 8 (due Week 11)<br>
 
Takehome Quiz: PE and IA readings
 
  
 
===Reading===
 
===Reading===
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Pause & Effect: pgs. 37-45, 53-59, 142-146<br>
 
Pause & Effect: pgs. 37-45, 53-59, 142-146<br>
  
"Information Architecture for the World Wide Web" (Rosenfeld & Morville; O'Reilly).
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Information Architecture for the World Wide Web - Chapter 4: The Anatomy of an Information Architecture pages 39-49
pgs. 50-75 --this is online
 
 
 
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/design/information/iawww/chap5/
 
 
 
-- IA challenges (ambiguity, heterogeneity, different perspectives, internal politics)
 
  
-- Organization schemes (exact, ambiguous)
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Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web by Christina Wodtke - Users and Prototyping: 69-70, 81-87
  
-- Organizational structures (top-down, bottom-up)
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===Quiz===
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Quiz: PE and Nielson readings

Latest revision as of 16:04, 5 August 2008



Class Goals

  1. Introduce students to two methods of creating rollovers (JavaScript and ImageReady)
  2. Introduce Information Architecture

Introduction to JavaScript Rollovers

From Dave Raggett's Advanced HTML article:

<script type="text/javascript">
if (document.images)
{
    image1 = new Image;
    image2 = new Image;
    image1.src = "enter1.gif";
    image2.src = "enter2.gif";
}

function chgImg(name, image)
{
    if (document.images)
    {
        document[name].src = eval(image+".src");
    }
}
</script>

...

<a href="/" onMouseOver='chgImg("enter", "image2")'
onMouseOut='chgImg("enter", "image1")'><img name="enter"
src="enter1.gif" border="0" alt="Enter if you dare!"></a>

Introduction to ImageReady Rollovers

Adobe ImageReady Tutorial

Introduction to Information Architecture

IA definition, what it is, what it isn't

Wayfinding and orientation

Homework

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

Quiz

Quiz: PE and Nielson readings