Information Architecture

DESMA X 475.44

This course will provide a sound foundation and insights associated with the building and optimizing of information architecture.

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What you can learn.

Describe the main aspects and foundational principles needed to create sound information architectures
Analyze, communicate, and validate proposed labeling, navigation, content and calls-to-action to ensure the best microexperiences
Ascribe proper levels of value to information architecture work and potential impact
Create visual hierarchy that informs users and helps them ascribe value to content
Digest the connection between information architecture and user experience research

About this course:

This course will provide a sound foundation and insights associated with the building and optimizing one of the most critical parts of the user experience—information architecture. We will focus on organization, strategy, and management of information, content and assets. Students will be instructed about the topic and be required to complete several exercises to understand the connections between nomenclatures, taxonomies, information scents and findability.

Prerequisites

DESMA X 481.99AF User Experience I or equivalent experience