Exercise: Build a sample Information Architecture

1. Using MS AutoShapes, replicate the homepage site structure of a site reviewed

in the Internet Scout Report (http://scout.wisc.edu

2. !our site map should guide a designer or programmer who would produce it. 3. "hen #ou$re done, compare #our architecture to another person$s. 4. An# holes% "ould the designer or programmer have &uestions%
Sample Scout Report Sites Dont cheat! Only look at the site AFTER you e completed the Information Architecture!
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