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Link to Project groups and magazine selections

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Schedule

Topics Assignments

due on Fridays
May 12-16

Introduction to Information Architecture and Usability

Select magazine site and
presentation topic group
May 18-23

Creative Brief (Project Analysis)

Site Mission and Goals
Vision Statement
Audience Definition
Competitive Analysis
(Creative Brief)
May 25-30

Navigation and Structure
Presentation topics:

Site Inventory and Content Map
June 1-6

Usability
Presentation topics:

Personas
User Flow Diagram
June 8-12

Deliverables

2 Wireframes of the home page
Revised Site Structure (Content map)

Turn in full set of deliverables

By the end of the course, you will have created a full set of deliverables for your selected magazine site. You will turn in incremental sections of the project weekly. The full set of documents will consist of:

  1. Site Mission and Goals
  2. Vision Statement (Client's Vision)
  3. Audience Definition (Demographics)
  4. Competitive Analysis
  5. Site Inventory and Content Map
  6. Personas
  7. User Flow Diagram
  8. Revised Site Structure
  9. Wireframe of the home page (wireframe of a lower page is optional)
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