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SharePoint IA Course Syllabus

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This 3-day hands on course will cover the following topics:

Day 1

Module 1: Getting Started

  • Introductions
  • Framing the Problem
  • What is Information Architecture?
  • Information Architecture Process
  • Introduction to the Course Project (Acme Consulting)

Module 2: Understanding Content

  • Content Audits & Inventories
  • Taxonomy & Terms
  • Metadata & Site Columns
  • Content Types

Day 2

Module 3: Understanding People & Processes

  • User Analysis and Personas
  • Scenarios and Use Cases
  • Content in Support of Processes
  • Designing Libraries

Module 4: Site Maps, Navigation & User Experience

  • Site Map Design
  • Aligning Scenarios and Use Cases with Content
  • User Experience and Wireframe Construction
  • Case Study – PCL (time permitting)

Day 3

Module 5: Social Features

  • The Role of Folksonomy
  • Social Tagging
  • Tracking Content and People through Tags

Module 6: Search Based Applications in SharePoint 2013*

  • The Problem of Search
  • Developing an Effective Search Experience
  • Deriving Context:  Modeling Users and Queries
  • Query Rules, Result Blocks, Result Templates
  • Improving Ranking
  • Search Analytics
  • Course Evaluation

*Many of the core approaches also apply to SharePoint 2010 and FAST for SharePoint.  There are new mechanisms in SharePoint 2013 to leverage but principles will also inform search in other versions.

 

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