Information Architecture Week 7

Information Architecture QUIZ Please put your books away and get ready for this week’s quiz.

Information Architecture CALENDAR

Information Architecture AGENDA Wall Critique Please hang your two site maps on the wall. As a group we will walk around and informally comment on each site map Lesson: Wire Frames Also known as “page maps” Very similar and often treated like “page schematics” We will take a look at some of last year’s examples. Start by making several different sketches. Do not design with graphical elements, instead use simple lines to communicate a layout (without a visual style).

Information Architecture ASSIGNMENT – Part 1 Homework Project: Wireframes (minimum of 3) Assignment: Use Microsoft Power Point, Adobe Illustrator, or any other visual mapping program to create wireframes for the home page and at least two sub pages of your site: The Home Page At least one sub page (a template, for example) Any other sub page that is important for your study. Purpose/Objective: To visually communicate a page structure that enforces “a consistent hierarchy of design elements where the relevant elements are emphasized and the content is displayed in a logical and orderly manner.” –pg. 180 from Usability for the Web To conceptually consider the advantages and disadvantages of existing page layouts and navigational techniques in order to make organizational changes for improved usability. Format: 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 posted onto your class web page. Due :: Week8

Information Architecture ASSIGNMENT – Part 2 Taking into consideration all comments during the critique, please revise your site maps and post revised versions of both site maps on your class web page. Due :: Week8

Information Architecture READING ASSIGNMENT In our text Usability for the Web, please read: The end of Chapter 5: Pgs All of Chapter 6: Pgs