MM1121 - INFORMATION DESIGN AiCASD - Summer 2007 Instructor: Laura Cesari Contact: lcesari@aii.edu OR laura.cesari@gmail.com Week 6: Topics: Blueprinting: Jesse James Garrett's Visual Vocabulary Lab / In-class activity: Making Site Blueprints Work due this week: Company Data Documentation, Reading: Chapter 5 Homework for next week: Site Blueprint, Reading: Chapter 9 I) Site Blueprint: (10pts) Use Jesse James Garrett's Visual Vocabulary System to create a Blueprint of your Company's site, including product pages and a shopping cart. Link: http://www.jjg.net/ia/visvocab/ GRADING: Site Blueprint (10 points total) __ (4) Symbols are used correctly __ (2) All pages of your company's site are represented __ (2) Hierarchy: items are placed according to a natural flow. __ (2) Graphic Quality: use consistent alignment, spacing, and fonts II) Reading, CH.9: Making it all up, Writing it all down 1) Why is it useful in the information design process to use drawings instead of a computer-based plan? 2) Explain the difference between a Sitepath Diagram, a Topic map, an Interactive storyboard, and a Wall Diagram. When would you use each type of document? 3) What are the advantages and disadvantages of the following site map layout structures - tree, comb, star, and tab? 4) Explain the purpose of a wireframe document. 5) What is the "trouble with wireframes", as defined by the author? How would you counteract these troubles? GRADING: READING QUESTIONS (4 points total) __ (1) Use complete sentences. __ (1) Answers demonstrate knowledge of the assigned reading. __ (1) Answers are in your own words, not copied from the book. __ (1) All questions are answered.

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