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==Introduction to Information Architecture==
 
IA definition, what it is, what it isn't
 
IA definition, what it is, what it isn't
  
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User needs and behaviors (thinking about systems for users who don't know what they're looking for)
 
User needs and behaviors (thinking about systems for users who don't know what they're looking for)
  
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IA challenges (ambiguity, heterogeneity, different perspectives, internal politics)
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Organization schemes (exact, ambiguous)
  
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Organizational structures (top-down, bottom-up)
  
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==Presentations==
 
Present [[AIM Assignment 7]] : CSS Zen
 
Present [[AIM Assignment 7]] : CSS Zen
  
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==Project 3 Overview==
 
Introduce [[AIM Project 3]] (proposal due Week 11)
 
Introduce [[AIM Project 3]] (proposal due Week 11)
  

Revision as of 21:07, 23 August 2006


Class Goals

  1. Introduce students to the concept of information architecture

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

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