Tools for Information Literacy ⑧ Design thinking
Preps for the design thinking session
You are working on your site, using your template,
as you do so, think about the design of your site.
To prepare for the design topics
Think first about accessibility by looking over
Introduction to Web Accessibility by the W3C
And then, in the Web Style Guide by Patrick Lynch and Sarah Horton glance over Chapter 7, Interface Design think about organization.
How to assist your users in finding their way
Wayfinding has four core components:- Orientation: Where am I am right now?
- Route decisions: Can I find the way to where I want to go?
- Mental mapping: Are my experiences consistent and understandable enough to know where I've been and to predict where I should go next? Can I make a coherent mental map of the spaces I have seen, and use it to predict where to go next?
- Closure: Can I recognize that I have arrived in the right place?
And then, think about design in the larger sense, how good design helps us do what we need to do, and poor design hinders us. Think about it while planning your site.