1. IA Hub Project Information Architecture & Design I INF 385E
Group Members:
Amy (Xueyin) Bai
Li Cao
Valerie Gomez de la Torre
Jessica Kubik
Misty McLaughlin

2. Introduction Mission Define goals in Project Proposal
Need for an IA Resource at the iSchool
Define goals in Project Proposal
Create Project Website
What is Information Architecture?
What do Information Architects do?
Are their classes I can take? Are their Professors I can talk to?
What about Student organziations?
These are all questions we have all heard or had ourselves.
IT is for that reason that the IA HUB project came about.
Our mission is to create an online presence for the Information Architecture discipline as related to the School and the Industry. Currently there is no such resource for students, faculty, staff, prospective students, or visitors.
We began by defining our goals in a Project Propsal and creating a Project Website so as to monitor our work and share the details of our project with our clients, stakeholders and others who may be interested.
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3. Planning: Meetings Client Meetings Stakeholder Meetings
Don Turnbull
Stakeholder Meetings
Dean Dillon
Randolph Bias
Oliver Chen
Shannon Lucas
Technology Meeting
Kai, iSchool Webmaster
Our planning began with Client and Stake holder meetings.
These meetings included iSchool Faculty members, iSchool students, and the iSchool webmaster.
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4. Planning: Manage group process
Weekly Group Meetings
Schedule & Tasks
Blog
To manage our group processes we had weekly group meetings used to discuss
We commnicated our ideas, thoughts, and suggestions through , a schedule matrix and a blog
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5. Analysis: Content Gathering
Content from client and stakeholders
Research for content externally
Other Graduate iSchool Programs
IA Terminology/definitions
Industry Resources
Professional Organizations
Content within iSchool
Current iSchool Website
research projects/papers
Professors
Students
Being that we
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6. Analysis: Content List
we kept track of our content found during researching here
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7. Analysis: Content Map
once we had a good amount of content – we were able to creat a overview of key content areas we hoped to create
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8. Analysis: Labels Analysis
Finally, we created labels that would accurately and simply allow users to navigate to these content areas of the site.
We used the suggestions and comments from the in-class activity to validate certain label choices as well as to change or even omit others
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9. Design The initial design phase
Meetings with Dean Dillon and Dr. Turnbull
Agreed that IA Hub site needed to be similar to the current PCS pages
Thoughts from Dean Dillon
Possible move away from current iSchool site design
Meeting with Kai Mantsch
iSchool CSS
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10. Group Consensus on Design
Stick with the current iSchool site design
Keep it consistent with the iSchool design so that any future iSchool changes can easily be implemented
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11. Design: Sketches Design Drafts
Gave a visual of content and placement on pages
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12. Design: Wireframe Browser Title Page Title Navigation Content Area
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13. Design: Changes & Decisions
Our own local navigation
similar to that of PCS
What is IA?
IA at UT
IA Resources
Events
Third column
break up heavy text
provide supplementary info
task focused
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14. Design: Template
Design
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15. Design: Site Map
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16. Implementation: Build Prototype
Live Prototype
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17. Implementation: Tools, Technology & Style
Tools needed
Current version of Dreamweaver
iSchool CSS
Style Guide
CSS
Navigation:
Global and Local Nav. Schemes
Updated Pages
File Locations & Naming Conventions
underscore_separated_titles.html
Contact Information for Kai Mantsch
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18. Verification: User Testing & Heuristic Evaluation
Design
Jakob Nielsen’s Ten Usability Heuristics
Match between system and the real world
Consistency and standards
Flexibility and efficiency
Aesthetic and minimalist design
Help and documentation
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19. Verification: User Testing & Heuristic Evaluation
Design
General Usability Issues
- Too many page titles and sub-headings
- Not enough interlinking of pages and suggesting pathways for visitors
- Many links take you out of iSchool site
- Content heavy, not enough visuals
- Need annotations to accompany lists of links
- Difficult to move around “Events” section
- Lacks much by way of substance in content
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20. Future: Top 10 Areas for Growth
Info for internal audiences
More faculty info
Info on current students for external audience
Profiles of recent grads / IA alum
Info on undergraduate backgrounds
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21. Future: Top 10 Areas for Growth
6) Info on relationship between IA and Kilgarlin Center / Librarianship
7) Dynamic RSS feed
8) Comprehensive glossary
9) Population-specific pages to create pathways into site
10) IA-only “Events” calendar
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22. Future: Construction & Maintenance
- Images
- Content / content review
- Final code verification
Maintenance
- ASIS&T Student Chapter
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23. Post Mortem Group Challenges - Top-down v. bottom-up
- Not enough face-to-face contact with audience / stakeholders
Group Successes
- Making abstract ideas concrete
- Setting reasonable goals
- Alternating tasks between group members
Individual Members Comments
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24. Questions?
Thank you!
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