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Information Architecture Flashcards

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the information backbone of the site

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Information Architecture

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How content is grouped and categorized

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Organization Systems

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How users browse or move through the content

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Navigation Systems

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How content is named and represented to users.

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Labeling Systems

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How users find content via search functions.

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Search Systems

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Examination of a website to locate and identify existing site content

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Content inventory

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Evaluation of content usefulness, accuracy, tone of voice, and overall effectiveness

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Content audit

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Definition of user-centered relationships between content

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Information grouping

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Definition of a standardized naming convention (controlled vocabulary) to apply to all site content. how information is grouped, classified and labeled within a shared information environment.

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Taxonomy development

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Definition of useful metadata that can be utilized to generate “Related Link” lists or other navigation components that aid discovery

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Descriptive information creation

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Navigation components include global navigation, local navigation, utility navigation, breadcrumbs, filters, facets, related links, footers, fat footers, and so on.

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Website Navigation

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examples of navigation components

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1) utility navigation;
2) global navigation;
3) breadcrumb trail;
4) local navigation;
5) related links
6) fat footer.

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help users access tools like login, search, language selection, or user settings.

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Utility Navigation

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This includes the primary navigation menu, often a bar or set of links that guide users to the main sections of the website (e.g., Home, About, Products, Services).

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Global Navigation

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provide a navigational aid, showing the path users took to arrive at the current page.

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Breadcrumb Trail

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Specific to the current section

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Local Navigation

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This area suggests additional content that is relevant to the current page.

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Related Links

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refers to a larger-than-usual footer at the bottom of the page.

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Fat Footer

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How much will users rely on this navigation component

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Usage Priority

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Where should it be placed within the page layout grid (e.g., top, left, right, bottom)

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Placement

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design patterns best support findability and discoverability — tabs, megamenus, carousels, accordions, and so on

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Pattern

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set of ideas for any designer to learn and their implementation can greatly improve the aesthetics of a design as well as its functionality and user-friendliness.

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Gestalt principles

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principle states that people instinctively perceive objects as either being in the foreground or the background

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Figure-ground

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states that when things appear to be similar to each other, we group them together

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Similarity

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states that things that are close together appear to be more related than things that are spaced farther apart

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Proximity

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It states that when objects are located within the same closed region, we perceive them as being grouped together.

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Common region

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states that elements that are arranged on a line or curve are perceived to be more related than elements not on the line or curve.

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Continuity

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states that when we look at a complex arrangement of visual elements, we tend to look for a single, recognizable pattern.

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Closure

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states that whatever stands out visually will capture and hold the viewer’s attention first.

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Focal point

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is discussed in reference to users with disabilities, but accessibility can benefit all users by making things simpler and more intuitive.

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Accessibility

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refers to designing digital environments so they can be used by as many people as possible. Adobe defines ID as design “

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Inclusive design

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KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSIVE DESIGN

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  1. Accessibility is a goal; inclusive design is a way to get there.
  2. Accessibility is (largely) standardized.
  3. Accessibility supports users with disabilities; inclusive design focuses on more broad inclusivity (e.g., language, diverse circumstances).
  4. Accessibility is one of many outcomes of inclusive design.

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