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Decoding Web Content with Scout
1. Decoding Web Content
A Brief Lesson in Information Architecture,
Card Sorting and Organizing Chaos
with Tuna
@silvacristina_
2. Information Architecture (IA)
(n). The organization, labelling, and navigation
systems of a website to increase “findability”
and “usability”
CONTENT
USERSCONTEXT
11. Yes, everything.
Name
Content type (page, subpage, pdf, form, etc.)
Make note if a link leads to an outside page
Go through the site and write down each
page/content type on a post-it or index card
13. Card Sorting
(n). Card sorting is a user-centered design
method for increasing a system’s findability. The
process involves sorting a series of cards, each
labeled with a piece of content or functionality,
into groups that make sense to users or
participants
Open Card Sorting
Participants are given cards showing site content with no pre-
established groupings.
Closed Card Sorting
Participants are given cards showing site content with an
established initial set of primary groups.
Card sorting in
action
14. Millie Richards
58, Female
From Quincy, MA
Millie is a retired nurse who has been
searching for antique treasure all over
New England since 1972. She has
never been to the Brimfield Antique
Show and needs to find out logistical
information about how to get there
and what to expect.
Terry Lee
39, Male
From Boston, MA
Terry is an accountant by weekday, avid
fisherman by night. He also collects old
bait boxes, fishing tackle, and other
fishing goodies. He comes to the
Brimfield Antique Show every time it is
open. He usually checks the site to see if
there will be any interesting new
vendors and to check out the bulletin
board and forums.
Denise Simon
30, Female
From Danbury, CT
Denise is a full-time antique seller. She travels all over New England to different shows on the
weekends to sell the collections.
17. Site Map
(n). The site-map is the
architecture, the frame, or at least
the foundation, which defines how
people see, navigate and
experience a system of information,
and functionality.