Information Architecture and Design Overview
School of Information, Fall 2007
University of Texas
Information Architecture & Design
Class Two
A. Fleming Seay
Today’s Agenda
Presentation Topic Draft
Discuss the Downes Article
Project
Research Topic Presentation Assignment
20 minutes of presentation content
Powerpoint lecture
Provide examples to illustrate your points websites, videos, etc.
Questions & discussion
I will call on a random audience member to ask a question if there are none, so listen carefully
How you will be evaluated
Research Topic Draft
Check the syllabus
Interest in topic
Availability on that day to present
Pick a Draft Card from the Gatorade Jug
Topics picked in the order of Draft Card Number
Draft Cards can be traded
Topics can be traded until I leave class tonight
Research Topic Draft (cont’d)
Challenging a selection
Any holder of a draft card can challenge a selection
Challenge: Guitar Hero OR Trivia
Challenged picks contest
Winner gets the contested selection
If Challenged loses, they pick again immediately
If Challenger loses, they drop five spots in order
A student can only be challenged once
A student can only initiate one challenge
Ties go to the challenged
Dirty disc errors will be ruled a “no contest”
All decisions are made at professor’s discretion
The Downes Article
Information Architect:
One who designs and supervises the construction of knowledge derived from study, experience, or instruction, or knowledge of a specific event or situation, or a collection of facts or data.
Define the nature and scope of an information service or website before the first HTML tag is committed to disk
Information architecture is the plan
The information architect is the designer of the plan
The Downes Article
Identify Mission and Goals
Identify the Client's 'Vision‘
Define the Audience
Create a Content Inventory
Identify the Server Environment
Create Site Maps
Create Content Maps
Design Page Schematics
Define Constructive Processes
What’s missing here?
The Project
Plan, Design and Construct a Web site
Prepare and submit a proposal
Description of plan, deliverables, and timeline.
Use IA methodology as process framework
Design Web site project per proposal
Construct Web site
Verify design
Projects
Think about the project that might be of interest
What type of web site would you like to build?
What you already know about the content/design/use
Do you already have content?
What would you like to focus on learning in IA1?
Coming Up
Next Week
Technology information session iSchool accounts
Dreamweaver
Visio
Omnigraffle
Two weeks from now
Massive amounts of reading
Rosenfeld, Information Architecture
Chapters 1-5 & 10–12
Modjeska & Marsh
Structure and Memorability of Web Sites
Fulcher et al.
Deliverables that Clarify, Focus, and Improve Design .
