Information Architecture (IA) Fundamentals (Udemy.com)

Everything you need to know from what content should be presented to what its called to how its organized!

Created by: Joe Natoli

Produced in 2016

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What you will learn

  • Develop an IA that clearly illustrates the depth of content, its organization and priority.
  • Label and organize content in a way that makes sense to users.
  • Rules and methods for organizing the content and flow of a website, app or system.
  • Identify and diagram the content workflows critical to your products success.
  • Work with clients or stakeholders to find out how content should be edited, approved and published.
  • Extend an IA to logical structures and naming conventions of the code files that make the product reality.
  • Make sure your content and its organization is relevant, appropriate and useful.
  • Organize the content and flow of any kind of website, app or system.
  • The five core types of IA models, and when to use each type.
  • Five ways to organize and categorize content types that always apply, no matter what youre creating.
  • The best way to test and validate your IA with clients, stakeholders and use

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Course Description

Without good, relevant content, theres no compelling reason for anyone to visit or use the site or app; without clear, understandable structure, no one can find anything! How pages or screens are divided and categorized is a direct result of Information Architecture (IA). What shows up in your navigation menus and interactive controls is a result of IA. The information on a single screen and how people move through it and whats connected to it is the result of IA.
Yourphysical body cant perform any task without the bones under your muscles and skin, which are designed to support those actions. In the same way, a site, app or system cant deliver anything to anyone unless its bone structure its Information Architecture is specificallydesigned to support those tasks.

Information Architecture Fundamentals walks you through everything you need to know from determining what content should be presented to what its called to how its organized and what format its delivered in. Taken from Joe Natoli's popular UX&Web Design Master Course taken by more than7,000students,these laser-focused lessons will show youhow to:

Develop an IA that clearly illustrates the depth of content, its organization and priority.
Label and organize content in a way that makes sense to users.
Rules and methods for organizing the content and flow of a website, app or system.
Identify and diagram the content workflows critical to your products success.
Work with clients or stakeholders to find out how content should be edited, approved and published.
Extend an IA to thelogical structures and naming conventions of the code files that make the product reality.
Make sure your content and its organization is relevant, appropriate and useful.
The five core types of IA models, and when to use each type.
Five ways to organize and categorize content types that always apply, no matter what youre creating.
The best way to test and validate your IA with clients, stakeholders and users.
How to use IA work to develop primary, secondary, global and local navigation.
How to determine key navigation paths and test their appropriatenessMy tips for rock-solid IA, based on nearly three decades working with some of the biggest brands in the world.
Who this course is for:
Anyone responsible for the success of digital products (apps, sites, systems) designers, developers, UX professionals, content professionals, marketing folks, project managers and product owners.

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Instructor Details

Joe Natoli

Joe Natoli has launched five successful online courses with Udemy on the topics of User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) Design, with more than 180,000+ students enrolled to date.
Joe has been preaching and practicing the gospel of User Experience (UX) to Fortune 100, 500 and Government organizations for nearly three decades. That work includes commercial industry leaders like Google Ventures, Kroll/Duff + Phelps, Broadridge, Conde Nast, Johns Hopkins, Mettler-Toledo, PHH Arval, SC Johnson and Wolters Kluwer, as well as government agencies like the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and the Dept. of Homeland Security.
Joe devotes half of his practice to writing, coaching, and speaking. From guiding students at the beginning of their careers to integrating UX into the work of seasoned veteran developers and designers, he is immensely passionate about the inherent power of UX and design.
The remaining half of Joes practice is dedicated to training Enterprise Design and Development teams, helping them integrate best practices in UX into their product development efforts. In addition, he does a limited number of UX Audit engagements to help organizations identify and overcome UX-related obstacles to product adoption.
Joe has been speaking publicly on the topics of User Experience (UX) and Design across the globe for 24 years, from global conferences like HOW Design Li

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By Erika Kassnel-Henneberg on 12/27/2020

Good explanation, very detailed and comprehensible! Thank you!

By Hannah Godfrey on 12/20/2020

An informative course. Clear takeaways!

By JEFFREY STEPHENS on 12/6/2020

The concepts are not new, but rolling them up together is

By Aleksandra Ziteleva on 12/6/2020

Really great course that helps you understand how to logically structure the data without losing the final goal! Well structured and well explained!

By Mayuri Kale on 11/24/2020

it was helpful and insightful

By Doan Rosenfeld on 11/14/2020

I'm new to all this and everything has been well explained so far, motivates me to go on for more, since I feel more confident now. Thanks!

By Barbara Vazquez Trejo on 11/12/2020

Even that it looks simple and obvious, it is always required to have an structure or an idea to understand what is simple and obvious on every topic, and the professor gives a good fundamental course to understand de obvious and the simple of IA. Great Course!!

By A M on 11/6/2020

Great relevant content! Would recommend

By NG SILING on 10/27/2020

Yes, as Im reviewing the current website IA

By Zoe Salam on 10/26/2020

Good delivery and interesting content for me. Waiting to see how it will develop.

By Raghvendra Singh on 10/26/2020

beautifully explain the details

By Allie on 10/25/2020

I enjoyed the clear decriptions of principles and practices. I am a huge fan of the examples of how to actually document and complete the exercises. Many videos just give generic examples and say "prioritize your revenue paths" for example, but what does that practically look like? I like that the instructor includes introductions to actually doing the work. As a functional requirements person integrating with a fledgling UX team, knowing how to actually organize our exercises is very helpful.