AIM Class10
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Class Goals
- 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/
-- IA challenges (ambiguity, heterogeneity, different perspectives, internal politics)
-- Organization schemes (exact, ambiguous)
-- Organizational structures (top-down, bottom-up)
