Art 155 Information Architecture

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• Art 155 Information Architecture
• In-class Presentation
• Week 9B

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calendar
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todays agenda

• Today is a working day
• work on your page maps
• begin working on your mid-term
• Any questions regarding the mid-term assignment
  and critique?
• The deadline is approaching FAST!!!
• Tips on your process
• Assemble your CDP as soon as you finish your page
  maps, then use your previous power point document
  as a template for you new presentation.
• Get your two documents started sooner rather then
  later.
• Then edit, update, revise, and polish both files.

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homework
due 03.13.06

• Page Maps (at least 3)
• 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.
• Assignment Use Microsoft Power Point, Adobe
  Illustrator, or any other visual mapping program
  to create page maps 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 pages that are important for your
  study.
• Format
• Digital version only 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.
  Email me a digital version before class begins at
  gargiulo_at_hawaii.edu.
• Reading in your text Usability for the Web,
  read
• End of Chapter 5 Pg. 155-169
• All of Chapter 6 Pg. 180-210

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mid-term project
due 03.20.06

• Client Documentation Packet and Presentation
• Purpose/Objective
• To combine all client documentation to date into
  one unified document.
• To design a presentation packet that communicates
  all background research, discoveries, and future
  recommendations for the site redesign.
• To use your copywriting skills to edit your
  previous documentation content in order to
  highlight primary project objectives.
• To use basic design elements of line, color, and
  shape in combination with a standardized style of
  consistent typography, typesetting, and layout.
• To illustrate to the client how your proposed
  design changes will impact the target users.

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mid-term project
due 03.20.06

• Client Documentation Packet and Presentation
• Assignment Two documents are due!
• One Microsoft Word document of your Client
  Documentation Packet this packet should
  include all client documentation to date.
• One Microsoft Power Point Presentation do not
  include all content from the documentation
  packet!!! Only include what you need in order to
  communicate to the client the changes that you
  are suggesting/recommending. You should include a
  summary of the primary objectives, your revised
  site map, selected page maps, three new site
  interaction episodes, and your conclusion.

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mid-term project
due 03.20.06

• Client Documentation Packet and Presentation
• Assignment Two documents are due!
• One Microsoft Word document of your Client
  Documentation Packet this packet should
  include all client documentation to date. Be sure
  to include the following assets
• A Title Page
• A Table of Contents Page
• Revised Project Creative Brief
• Revised Primary User Scenarios
• Summarized Forrester Review Test Results (a
  summary of results including the final score)
• An updated and abbreviated Usability Checklist
  listing all primary objectives of the redesign.
• Current Site Map
• Revised Site Map based upon your personal
  observations and recommendations
• Page maps (include all relevant pages)
• Three (3) new Site Interaction Episodes using
  the same three users from your User Scenario
  section.
• A conclusion section/page consisting of a
  bulleted list of primary objectives and how you
  have resolved your primary goals/design problems
  as a usability consultant.

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mid-term project
due 03.20.06

• Client Documentation Packet and Presentation
• For your documentation packet, you will be
  primarily copy and pasting content from previous
  assignments. All content must be revised and
  edited. Be sure to stylize your final document
  with consistent typography and typesetting. Use
  margins, indenting, bulleted lists, and a
  combination of color, font size, font decoration,
  and capitalization to create a visual sense of
  hierarchy that is consistent throughout the
  document.
• During the mid-term presentation critique you
  will present your revised site maps and page maps
  and walk us (the client) through your three new
  Site Interaction Episodes. These will be your
  three primary targeted users walking through your
  new site to achieve their goals. You should aim
  to have them succeed, where previously they
  either failed or had trouble achieving their goal
  on the client site.

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mid-term project
due 03.20.06

• Client Documentation Packet and Presentation
• Format Three formats are due!
• Printed Client Documentation Packet please print
  out and staple/bind your final documentation
  document. To be handed in before class begins on
  March 20th.
• Digital Client Documentation Packet One (1)
  Microsoft Word document. Email it to me before
  class begins on the 20th at gargiulo_at_hawaii.edu.
• Digital presentation Microsoft Power Point
  document of your mid-term presentation. I will
  get these off of the computer in class.

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