User-centred information architecture
2012-2013
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IMT4042
- 10 ECTS
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge:
The student, upon completion of this course, will be able to:
- Identify and describe different user-centred methods within information architecture
- Be able to discuss different principles for categorising, labelling and organising information, the establishment of access structures and design of navigational and search facilities
Skills:
- The student will be able to sketch, prototype and rationalise the design of various kinds of information architectures and complete a practical project with the main focus on prototyping and design process
Overall competence:
- By referring to differing approaches and strategies for establishing information architectures, the students shall on completion of the module be able to contribute to the development of sound and user-friendly information architectures for commercial and public web sites
Topic(s)
- The codex book. The information technology aspect of the codex book in an evolutionary perspective. Global and local access structures in the codex book.
- Classification. Hierarchical and faceted classification schemes
- Indexing and search. Automated and intellectual indexing methods, thesaurus, information retrieval, search languages, matching, ranging, Boolean operators, metadata.
- Information structures. Sequential structure, matrixes, hierarchical tree structures, hypertext structures, deep versus shallow structures.
- Topic maps
- Search engines
- Social navigation
- Collaborative filtering
- Associative navigation
- User representation: Development of personas and scenarios as a technique
- Prototyping techniques
Teaching Methods
Essay
Lectures
Group works
Laboratory work
Mandatory assignments
Meeting(s)/Seminar(s)
Form(s) of Assessment
Essay
Evaluation of Project(s)
Form(s) of Assessment (additional text)
- Written essay (60%)
- Practical design project (40%)
- Both part must be passed
Grading Scale
Alphabetical Scale, A(best) – F (fail)
External/internal examiner
2 internal examiners
Re-sit examination
Next ordinary exam
Examination support
Dictionary – English/first language
Coursework Requirements
Participation and presentations in seminars, active participation in practical project and workshop(s) with critiques and presentation(s), oral presentation(s), approval of draft/outline of essay
Teaching Materials
- Hunter, Eric J. (2009). Classification made simple: An introduction to knowledge organisation and information retrieval . Third edition. Farnham: Ashgate
- Mulvany, Nancy (2005). Indexing books . Second edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Nygaard, Tor (2007). Skjemavett på internett: Veileder til ELMER og andre tips om brukervennlig skjermdialog . Oslo: Kommuneforlaget
- Rosenfeld, Louis and Peter Morville (2006). Information architecture for the world wide web: Designing large scale web site s. Third edition. Sebastopol: O’Reilly
- Porter, Joshua (2008). Designing for the social web . Berkeley: New Riders
- Resmini, Andrea and Luca Rosati (2011). Pervasive information architecture: designing cross-channel user experiences. Burlington: Morgan Kaufmann
Med forbehold; oppdatert litteraturliste presenteres ved semesterstart.
Additional information
The module is run in parallel with the bachelor module IMT3950006 Information Architecture