IS30050

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, you should be able to:
* Understand the concepts behind Agile design methods
* Recognise the importance of user research methods in the design and evaluation of information architectures and site navigation
* Design and employ card sorting and tree testing to test information architectures and site navigation
* Design appropriate website labelling systems and sitemaps
* Document and use website user personas and customer journey maps
* Understand and create basic website metadata

Indicative Module Content:

* Agile development
* User research
* User requirements
* Understanding and communicating about content
* Labelling
* Card sorting
* Information Architecture patterns
* Search and SEO
* Sitemaps
* Tree testing and navigation

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

The assessment will comprise a module-long project. The objective of the project is to apply the skills of analysis, planning, research, design, testing and documentation learned throughout the module in order to produce a documented information architecture and navigation for a fictitious company. The two weekly lectures will give you the background needed to tackle the project.

Many of the lectures will include practical sessions in which students will explore techniques using their own laptops. In these sessions, students will also complete pen-and-paper worksheets which they will submit at the end of the lecture. So students should bring a laptop and a pen to all lectures.

The use of generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, is prohibited (ie constitutes Student Academic Misconduct) in the production of assessment submissions for this module.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Equivalents:
Information Architecture (IS37050)


 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

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