INFO 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Human–Computer Interaction, Google News, Software Studies
22 Apr 2018
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Information architecture: approaches to design are, top-down information architecture. Involves developing a broad understanding of the business strategies + user needs before defining high level structure of site + finally detailed relationships b/w content: bottom-up information architecture. Involves understanding detailed relationships b/w content, creating walkthroughs (or storyboards) to show how the system could support specific user requirements and then considering the higher-level structure that will be required to support these requirements. Bottom-up information architecture: who is your potential audience, what specific tasks do they need to complete on your site, based on potential user scenarios, create a high-level structure. Information interaction: the classic info retrieval model, an updated model: When you design for the web: you are not the user, focus groups, observation, the experience is the brand. It is(cid:374)"t a(cid:271)out the looks: findability, you (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol the e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e, user will rarely see your homepage, user may be using an outdated browser, user may be accessing thru a mobile device.
