http://yunus.hacettepe.edu.tr/~tonta/courses/fall2010/bby607/bby607dersamac2010.htm
Hacettepe University
Department of Information Management
BBY 607 Information
Architecture (Fall 2010) Yaşar Tonta
Class meets: Fridays 09:00-12:00
(Ofis)
Instructor: Yaşar Tonta (e-mail: tonta@hacettepe.edu.tr; phone: 297
82 04)
Web site:
http://yunus.hacettepe.edu.tr/~tonta/courses/fall2010/bby607/bby607dersamac2010.htm
Course Objectives and Reading List
Note: I
reserve the right to make changes in the schedule and assign new readings, if
needed.
1/10: Introduction
Information about the course
You are expected to read
Doğan and Krug’s books till next
week.
Doğan,
Mehmet. (2005). Teknoloji kimin umurunda.
İstanbul: Alfa. Electronic copy:
http://www.altiustutasarim.com/upload/tku.pdf (Also
available in Beytepe and METU libraries (CB478
.D65 2006; I have my print copy as well)
Mehmet Doğan maintained a blog between 2004 and 2007 on web design. Its archive is still available and useful
www.altiustutasarim.com. He was web manager at New Brunswick University in Canada.
Krug, Steve.
(2007). Kullanışlı web siteleri yaratma!
Web kullanışlılığına sağduyulu yaklaşım. (2nd ed). Tr. by
G.T. Çolak. İstanbul: Açık Akademi yayınları. (The English version of the book is available
from Bilkent Library: TK5105.888 .K78 2006; The first edition is available at METU Library: TK5105.888
.K78 2000; Can be bought from İdeefix as well)
The author is web usability expert and he has useful info in his web site, see Advanced Common Sense: http://www.sensible.com
8/10: Introduction
to Information Architecture
Readings:
Rosenfeld & Morville,
Ch. 1-2-3
http://iainstitute.org/translations/morville-rosenfeld_chapter1.pdf
http://yunus.hacettepe.edu.tr/~tonta/courses/fall2008/bby607/morville-rosenfeld_chapter1.pdf
What is Information
Architecture?
http://yunus.hacettepe.edu.tr/~tonta/courses/fall2008/bby607/What_is_IA.pdf
Morville, P. (2006). Information Architecture 3.0.
http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000149.php
Dynamic
Diagrams. (2002). Why your web site needs information architecture
http://www.slis.indiana.edu/faculty/hrosenba/www/S512/pdf/ddiagram_why-ia.pdf
Kimen,
S. (2003). 10 questions about information architecture Builder.com
http://builder.com.com/5100-31-5074224.html
Wyllys, R.E. (2000). Information
architecture.
http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~l38613dw/readings/InfoArchitecture.html
Selection
of a web site for the socio-technical analysis and design assignment (the dealine to
decide is Oct 15, 2010)
15/10:
Organization, Labeling and
Navigation
Ways by which web sites can be structured and organized; creating consistent, effective and descriptive labels; designing navigation systems that help users
understand the web site
Readings:
Rosenfeld & Morville: Ch. 5-6-7
22/10:
Search, Indexing and Categorization (I may be out of town for
a conference)
Search systems; indexing and design
of interfaces to display results; use of controlled vocabularies and classification systems to relate systems
and increase the user experience
Readings:
Rosenfeld & Morville:
Ch. 8-9
29/10: Holiday;
enjoy it!
5/11: Research
and Strategy
Discovery process in
web sites; understanding users, content and context; strategy
development; framework/methodolgy to describe
the scope of information architecture
Readings:
Rosenfeld & Morville:
Ch. 10-11
12/11:
Design and Documentation
Content mapping and inventorying; IA diagrams and sketches
Readings:
Rosenfeld &Morville:
Ch. 12
Check the URL below for site maps, inventories, etc. for detailed
examples. Click on relevant links within the document.
Progress reports
of socio-technical analysis and design
assignment
Deadline for
selection of term paper topics
19/11:
Holiday; enjoy it!
26/11:
Information Architecture
in Practice (Bayram)
Education, ethics, forming teams; software apps and Technologies
Readings:
Rosenfeld & Morville:
Ch. 13-14-15-16
3/12: Information
Architecture in Organizations
Convincing customers for IA approach; developing business strategy
Readings:
Rosenfeld & Morville:
Ch. 17-18-19
10/12: Neuro Web Design
Readings:
Weinschenk, Susan M. (2009). Neuro web design: What makes them click? Berkeley, CA: New Riders.
(I have the hard copy of the book)
17/12: Design for Social Web
Readings:
Porter, Joshua.
(2008). Designing for the social web. Berkeley, CA:
New Riders. (I have the hard copy of the book)
24/12: Student presentations
31/12: Wrap up and evaluation
Deadline to
hand in term paper and the
socio-technical analysis and design
assignment
Note: I used, in part, Peter Morville & Mary E. Brown’s Information Architecture course syllabus (http://semanticstudios.com/publications/iasyllabus.html); http://www.southernct.edu/~brownm/599ia_Sp2006_syllabus.html]
Yaşar Tonta
Last updated: 30 September 2010