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Competencies

• Tree Testing

• Android Navigation

• Card Sorting

• iOS Navigation

• Navigation

Lessons

• Content Strategy

  Assess, organize, and plan for content needs.

• Human Interface Guidelines

  We’ll focus on Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines for iOS (phones and tablets) for now, with an emphasis on the navigation models in iOS.

• Material Design

  We’ll focus on how Google’s Material Design system works on Android devices (primarily phones) and explore the primary navigation model.

• User Flows

  Is important to understand the path users have to follow in order to meet their goals and sometimes we need to communicate this paths in a time efficient way.

Resources

• Everyday Information Architecture ∞

  by Lisa Maria Marquis from A Book Apart abookapart.com

• Card Sorting ∞

  from Usability.gov usability.gov

• Card Sorting Beginner’s Guide ∞

  by Pierre Croft from Smashing Magazine smashingmagazine.com

• Card Sorting: Uncover Users' Mental Models for Better Information Architecture ∞

  by Katie Sherwin from Nielsen Norman Group nngroup.com

• Is closed card sorting an outdated technique for IA? ∞

  by David Juhlin from Optimal Workshop blog.optimalworkshop.com