Art 155 Information Architecture In-class Presentation Week 8A

Art 155 :: Information Architecture :: Week 8 :: A In-class Presentation :: today’s agenda  Today is a working day  Work on your site maps  Sketch on paper first  If you are having trouble fitting everything onto one page, consider editing/limiting your site map to only a few levels of depth, or consider using 2 pages to show the full site  Consider adding a legend if your site map requires it.  One-on-One meetings:  I will walk around and check in with everyone to provide feedback and answer questions.

Art 155 :: Information Architecture :: Week 8 :: A In-class Presentation :: homeworkdue ::  Site Maps (2)  Purpose/Objective:  To holistically represent a multiple user experience in a visual format.  To organize complex data structures using various visual mapping techniques.  To conceptually consider the advantages and disadvantages of existing informational structures in order to make organizational changes for improved usability.  Assignment: Use Microsoft Power Point, Adobe Illustrator, or any other visual mapping program to create two site maps:  Current Site Map of the existing site in its present state  Revised Site Map based upon your personal observations and recommendations We will be hanging them up on the walls of our classroom for an in-class walking wall critique.  Format: Two formats are due!  Printed version: please print out your two site maps and bring them to class next wendesday – we will have a wall critique.  Digital version: Microsoft Power Point document (.ppt). If you used another program, please save out the images and then paste them into a power point document to be handed in. me a digital version before class begins at  Reading: Read the online article: A visual vocabulary for describing information architecture and interaction design by Jesse James Garrett 