1. Information architecture and sitemaps

Information Architecture and Sitemaps are often the first things you’ll design in a website or app project.

In this lesson you'll learn:

  1. The pros and cons of broad and deep hierarchies.
  2. How to choose classification schemes for your content.
  3. How to define your information architecture by thinking through user tasks and organizing content to help people find what they need.
  4. How to create a sitemap and how they help determine which kind of navigation to use.
Author

Donna Spencer
Donna Spencer

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