| week
1
2/1 |
introduction
to course and Final Project
The
Sociology of Information Architecture, Alex Wright |
| week 2
2/8 |
Topic: Scope and Strategy (Garrett's
lifecycle method) gathering
requirements
Readings: Morville & Rosenfeld , chapters 1,
2, 3 and 4
Wodtke, chapters 1, 3
www.centerforplainlanguage.org
Additional readings:
The
Planes Detail, Jesse James Garrett
Expanding
Approaches to User Experience, George Olsen |
| week 3
2/15 |
Topic: User research basic
IA systems
Readings: Morville & Rosenfeld, chapter 10
Wodtke, chapter 4 and 7
Additional Readings:
Web
Traffic Analytics and User Experience, Fran Diamond
Making
Personas More Powerful: Details to Drive Strategic and Tactical
Design, George Olsen
Extending
a Technique: Group Personas, Mike Kuniavsky
Archetype Model Sample
Due: one-pg comparative analysis of nonprofit
website; list of user groups |
| week 4
2/22 |
Topic: Tools of the Trade (heuristics)
Readings: Morville & Rosenfeld: chapter 11,
12
Wodtke, chapter 2, 9
Additional Readings:
Representing
Data and Content in Wire frames, Dan Brown
Views
and Forms: Principles of Task Flow for Web Applications Part 1,
Bob Baxley
Wizards
and Guides: Principles of Task Flow for Web Applications Part 2,
Bob Baxley
Due: Content analysis and site map of Center
for Plain Language website |
| week 5
3/1 |
Topic: Organization Systems, Labeling
Systems (lecture)
Readings: Morville & Rosenfeld, chapter 5,6
Wodtke, chapters 5
Understanding
Visual Organization, Luke Wroblewski
Cognitive
Psychology & IA: From Theory to Practice, Jason Withrow
Card
Sorting: A Definitive Guide, Donna Maurer and Todd Warfel
Exercise: Information Architecture--evolution
http://web.archive.org/web/20000229130226/http://www.ddj.com/
(2000)
http://web.archive.org/web/20010118200300/http://www.ddj.com/
(2001)
http://web.archive.org/web/20020122054111/http://ddj.com/
(2002)
http://web.archive.org/web/20030123130300/http://ddj.com/
(2003)
http://web.archive.org/web/20040101013357/http://ddj.com/
(2004)
http://www.ddj.com/
(Dec, 2004)
Due: Heuristic analysis of Center
for Plain Language website |
| week 6
3/8 |
Topic: Navigation; Structure (lecture)lecture
Readings: Morville & Rosenfeld, chapter 7,
review 12
Wodtke, chapter 7 [pages 114-119], review 9
Site
maps and Site Indexes: What They Are and Why You Should Have Them,
Chiara Fox
Bread
crumbs by Keith Instone
Breadcrumbs
by Angela Colter
"A
visual vocabulary for describing information architecture and interaction
design", Jesse Garrett
www.iawiki.net/DeliverablesAndArtifacts
Due: Organization, Labeling, and Navigational
System Analysis
|
| week 8
3/15 |
Topic: Taxonomies, vocabularies,
meta data, thesauri (lecture)
Readings: Morville & Rosenfeld, chapter 9,
16
Wodtke, chapter 6
Semiotics:
A Primer for Designers, Challis Hodge
Developing
and Creatively Leveraging Hierarchical Metadata and Taxonomy,
Christian Ricci
Synonym
Rings and Authority Files, Fast, Leise & Steckel
Example
meta thesaurus
News site for
exercise
pictures
of pasta
pasta
thesaurus
Examples of faceted browsing:
Epicurious
MSN Shopping
IBM
Flamenco
Due: Update about research into assigned user
group
|
| week 9
3/22 |
No class--spring break |
| week 10
3/29 |
Topic: Search (lecture)
Readings: Morville & Rosenfeld, chapter 8
Do
Search Engines Suppress Controversy? Susan L. Gehart
Search
Engine Glossary, Danny Sullivan
Search Engine
Watch: All about search engines
Google
Guidelines
Practical
Search Engine Optimization, Nicholas Tolson
The
Design of Browsing and Berrypicking Techniques for the Online Search
Interface, Marcia Bates
Due: Persona and scenarios for assigned user group
|
| week 11
4/5 |
Topic: Info design, nav, interaction
design, visual design (skeleton and surface planes) (lecture)
Readings: Morville & Rosenfeld: chapter 12
Wodtke, chapter 9
Information
Design: The Understanding Discipline, Dirk Knemeyer
The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking
Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness, Steve MacLaughlin
Due: draft structure and skeleton design of final
project
|
| week 12
4/12 |
Topic: Classs Presentations
Due: Controlled Vocabulary and Search systems
analysis |
| week 13
4/19 |
Topic: Content management systems,
databases
Readings:
Don't
Test Users, Test Hypotheses, Soudack
Dont
Listen to Users, Jakob Nielsen
What
an IA Should Know About Prototypes for User Testing, Chris Farnum
Examining
the Role of De Facto Standards on the Web, Heidi Adkisson
|
| week 14
4/26 |
Topic: No class. Attend guest
lecture on 4/27 in BC 321
Guest Lecture: Steve Cleff, Razorfish
Due: draft prototype testing report |
| week 15
5/03 |
Topic: Content management systems |
| final exam
5/10 |
Final Project Presentations |
