Art 155 Information Architecture In-class Presentation Week 1A

Art 155 :: Information Architecture :: Week 1 :: A In-class Presentation :: in-class example  Princess Cruises 

Art 155 :: Information Architecture :: Week 1 :: A In-class Presentation :: in-class lesson  What is Information Architecture?  itecture itecture  See chapter 5, pg. 120 of our text  What is Usability?  From Pg. 2 of out text:  the degree to which people (users) can perform a set of required tasks.  Considering a web site to be a “system”, the design goals should be:  Functionally Correct  Easy to Use  Easy to Learn  Easy to Remember  Error Tolerant  Subjectively pleasing

Art 155 :: Information Architecture :: Week 1 :: A In-class Presentation :: introduction  skill survey  intro to the course, me, & you  game plan for the semester  overview of the syllabus  weekly and bi-weekly assignments  two major projects (mid-term and final)  homework

Art 155 :: Information Architecture :: Week 1 :: A In-class Presentation :: in-class introductions  Name  Goal for this semester  What do you want to get out of this course?  Ideal job that you eventually want  What role/position do you want in that job?  Have you ever done any freelance web design work?  Have you ever worked on a professional web design project?  Have you ever worked at a web design company?

Art 155 :: Information Architecture :: Week 1 :: A In-class Presentation :: game plan  A and B Days  1 on 1 meetings every week  Quiz Bowl  Critiques  Critiquing both the presenter and the critic  “Post mortem” sessions

Art 155 :: Information Architecture :: Week 1 :: A In-class Presentation :: homework  Buy the book  Usability for the Web  by Tom Brinck, Darren Gergle, and Scott D. Wood  Read the Introduction and Chapter 1  intro + pgs 1-35  there will be a quiz on monday due next class ::

Art 155 :: Information Architecture :: Week 1 :: A In-class Presentation :: post mortem  How smoothly did today’s class run?  What slowed us down?  What did we skip over?  How can we be more efficient in the future?