One page 500-590 words
This assignment aims to apply your learning from Module 1 and 2. You will evaluate a webpage of your interest to identify all the major elements of the information architectures in terms of Organization System, Labeling System, Navigation System, and Search System (see Chapter 6-9 in Rosenfeld, et al. book).
Before you apply the guidelines to a webpage you would like to evaluate, you have to select a webpage with the following components to meaningfully evaluate their information structure & architecture.
- Does the website contain information & content (e.g., text, description) for an intended group of audience?
- Does the website contain enough layers/structures so that you can assess the 4 major elements and allow search query?
Examples of a website that is not suitable for this assignment:
- GitHub: https://github.com/Links to an external site.
- A one layer webpage like this R-MarkdownLinks to an external site.
- Visual interactive page like Pinterest
- Social Media platforms on the web
Examples of website that is suitable for this assignment (you can use these if you don’t want to identify one):
- IS department: https://informationscience.unt.edu/Links to an external site.
- ASIS&T organization https://www.asist.org/Links to an external site.
- City of Denton https://www.cityofdenton.com/
