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pgs. 50-75 --this is online
  
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/design/information/iawww/chap5/  
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http://www.webreference.com/authoring/design/information/iawww/chap5/
 
 
-- IA challenges (ambiguity, heterogeneity, different perspectives, internal politics)
 
 
 
-- Organization schemes (exact, ambiguous)
 
 
 
-- Organizational structures (top-down, bottom-up)
 

Revision as of 21:05, 23 August 2006


Class Goals

  1. Introduce students to the concept of information architecture

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)


Present AIM Assignment 7 : CSS Zen

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" (Rosenfeld & Morville; O'Reilly). pgs. 50-75 --this is online

http://www.webreference.com/authoring/design/information/iawww/chap5/