E330 Information Architecture: Project 2

Project 3

A collaborative project to develop a combined web site/MOO space to represent our Information Architecture class. It will be linked to the class home page to provide information about class activities and projects. We'll discuss this project in class. There are five stages to the work for this project:

1. An analysis of the purpose and audience for the project.

2. Content proposals: what information should we provide about the activities in the class? How can we keep readers' interest? How can we make the site engaging and interactive?

3. Learning appropriate technologies to develop the site.

4. Organizing plan for the site. This might take the form of a map or diagram with a supporting outline.

5. Construction and implementation.

Project 3

1. A collaborative project to develop a combined web site/MOO space to represent our Information Architecture class. It will be linked to the class home page to provide information about class activities and projects. We'll discuss this project in class. There are five stages to the work for this project:
   • An analysis of the purpose and audience for the project.

   • Content proposals: what information should we provide about the activities in the class? How can we keep readers' interest? How can we make the site engaging and interactive?

   • Learning appropriate technologies to develop the site.

   • Organizing plan for the site. This might take the form of a map or diagram with a supporting outline.

   • Construction and implementation.
2. Expansion of your Worlds Fair Project into a new medium. For example, if your Worlds Fair project is a web site, create a related MOO space to expand and support it; if your Worlds Fair project is a MOO space, create a thematically related web site, or a thematically related print project.
3. Identify a specific problem with information representation either in the community or on campus, and design a project to solve it, using what you've learned so far in the course. Off limits: commercial projects and individual home pages.
4. Define an area of information technology or architecture you would like to explore further, setting some challenges for your own learning. Create a project that will entail developing your knowledge and skills in this area in the course of presenting information on a topic of your choice.

All proposals must be approved by the instructor. Proposals are due April 14

Drafts for workshop are due April 23

Final version of the project is due May 5

Final OLRs are due May 7

All assigned work, including any informal writing, proposals, rough drafts, finished projects, peer critiques, the midterm OLR and final OLR must be completed and submitted on time to receive a passing grade in this course.