Information Architecture IA Fundamentals
What you’ll learn
Develop an IA that clearly illustrates the depth of content, its organization and priority.
Label and organize content in a way that makes sense to users.
Rules and methods for organizing the content and flow of a website, app or system.
Identify and diagram the content workflows critical to your product’s success.
Work with clients or stakeholders to find out how content should be edited, approved and published.
Extend an IA to logical structures and naming conventions of the code files that make the product reality.
Make sure your content — and its organization — is relevant, appropriate and useful.
Organize the content and flow of any kind of website, app or system.
The five core types of IA models, and when to use each type.
Five ways to organize and categorize content types that always apply, no matter what you’re creating.
The best way to test and validate your IA with clients, stakeholders and users.
How to use IA work to develop primary, secondary, global and local navigation.
How to determine key navigation paths and test their appropriateness.
My tips for rock-solid IA, based on nearly three decades working with the biggest brands in the world.
Requirements
Nothing. I speak plainly and I deal in reality; no technical terms, jargon or unnecessary acronyms here. This course is for anyone already creating digital products, and anyone completely new to all of it!
Description
Without good, relevant content, there’s no compelling reason for anyone to visit or use the site or app; without clear, understandable structure, no one can find anything! How pages or screens are divided and categorized is a direct result of Information Architecture (IA). What shows up in your navigation menus and interactive controls is a result of IA. The information on a single screen and how people move through it — and what’s connected to it — is the result of IA.Your physical body can’t perform any task without the bones under your muscles and skin, which are designed to support those actions. In the same way, a site, app or system can’t deliver anything to anyone unless its bone structure — it’s Information Architecture — is specifically designed to support those tasks.
Information Architecture Fundamentals walks you through everything you need to know — from determining what content should be presented to what it’s called to how it’s organized and what format it’s delivered in. Taken from Joe Natoli’s popular UX & Web Design Master Course taken by more than 7,000 students, these laser-focused lessons will show you how to:
Develop an IA that clearly illustrates the depth of content, its organization and priority.Label and organize content in a way that makes sense to users.Rules and methods for organizing the content and flow of a website, app or system.Identify and diagram the content workflows critical to your product’s success.Work with clients or stakeholders to find out how content should be edited, approved and published.Extend an IA to the logical structures and naming conventions of the code files that make the product reality.Make sure your content — and its organization — is relevant, appropriate and useful.The five core types of IA models, and when to use each type.Five ways to organize and categorize content types that always apply, no matter what you’re creating.The best way to test and validate your IA with clients, stakeholders and users.How to use IA work to develop primary, secondary, global and local navigation.How to determine key navigation paths and test their appropriatenessMy tips for rock-solid IA, based on nearly three decades working with some of the biggest brands in the world.
Overview
Section 1: Overview
Lecture 1 What IS Information Architecture?
Lecture 2 Architecture: Creating a Solid Foundation
Section 2: Content: Strategy, Requirements and Workflows
Lecture 3 Creating Strategic Content
Lecture 4 Identifying Content Requirements
Lecture 5 Exercise: Identifying Content Workflows
Section 3: Creating Successful IA: Models, Categories, Labels and Language
Lecture 6 First: My Tips for Successful Information Architecture
Lecture 7 Creating & Prioritizing IA
Lecture 8 Naming and Labeling Content
Lecture 9 Naming and Labeling Files
Lecture 10 Grouping and Classifying Content
Lecture 11 Exercise: Determining Information Priority
Lecture 12 Exercise: Turning Information Priority Into an IA Model
Section 4: The Five Types of IA Models (and Which to Use When)
Lecture 13 Which IA Model is Right for My Site (or App or System)?
Lecture 14 The Hierarchical Tree Model
Lecture 15 The Nested List Model
Lecture 16 The Hub-and-Spoke Model
Lecture 17 The Bento Box Model
Lecture 18 The Filtered View Model
Lecture 19 Combining IA Models
Lecture 20 Tools for Creating IA Models
Lecture 21 Socializing Your IA: Validating Decisions and Getting Approval
Lecture 22 Snack Break: Create and Prioritize Your Own IA Model
Section 5: Navigation Design: Getting from Here to There (and Back Again)
Lecture 23 Overview: Navigation Design
Lecture 24 Primary and Secondary Navigation
Lecture 25 Global and Local Navigation
Lecture 26 Navigation Design for Different User Types
Lecture 27 Validating Your Navigation Scheme
Lecture 28 Determining Key Navigation Paths
Section 6: Wrapping Up: If You Forget Everything Else…
Lecture 29 Takeaways: Things to Remember
Lecture 30 Bonus: Convincing Clients/Stakeholders to Include UX in Requirements Work
Anyone responsible for the success of digital products (apps, sites, systems) — designers, developers, UX professionals, content professionals, marketing folks, project managers and product owners.
Course Information:
Udemy | English | 2h 15m | 782.29 MB
Created by: Joe Natoli
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