COAP:COAP-3150 - week 3
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Design specifications
or analyzing needs analysis results
Card sorting
- generative— gathering user input on the organization and labeling of content
- evaluative-determining whether people can correctly find things in an organizational structure we’ve created[1]
- open (no categories) vs closed (predefined categories) [2]
- In class activity - find and sort information on your site
Designing information
- Sitemap planning - Information architecture
- Designing navigation
- Site and file structure
Tools for site planning
Standalone (to install locally)
Web applications (on line)
Readings
- Planning And Implementing Website Navigation - Smashing Magazine
- Card Sorting: How Many Users to Test (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
- Information architecture
- References
- ↑ Comparing User Research Methods for Information Architecture :: UXmatters
- ↑ Card sorting: a definitive guide - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
- Assignment – building site information architecture