Information architecture training
Expert-led training courses
Our hands-on information architecture training is fantastic - small class sizes, highly interactive and taught by experts.
Book your place now on to our information architecture training course and discover how to structure & design your website around your users' needs.
IA training dates in 2013
The IA training is part of our user experience training stream of 8 courses - get a 10% or 20% discount when you book on any 2 or 3+ different courses respectively.
IA course duration & details
The course lasts for 2 consecutive days (10:00-17:00 each day) and takes place at our purpose-built training centre at the Webcredible offices in London. You will:
- Receive all training materials and an 80-page IA manual (containing all tutorials)
- Get very well fed whilst you're here - we provide light breakfast snacks, a buffet-style lunch with hot & cold canapés and refreshments throughout the day.
- Attend a relatively small (maximum 10 participants) IA course that's interactive, informal and fun
What you'll learn on the IA course
Our IA training is fully based around the principle of learning-by-doing. During the two-day interactive training course you will:
- Go through all the stages of a comprehensive user-centred design process
- Conduct in-depth user research & requirements gathering sessions
- Develop an affinity diagram of findings and user requirements
- Come up with initial conceptual designs based on a site strategy
- Develop personas and scenarios around these conceptual designs
- Discover how to conduct design evaluations & walkthroughs
- Understand the best techniques to communicate page designs to different audiences
- Acquire a deep understanding of how to research and design a full information architecture
This course does not contain any design or prototyping exercises as these are covered by our Interaction Design & Prototyping course.
Who is the IA course for?
This course is particularly suitable if you are:
- Working as a web editor, content editor, project manager or web developer
- Looking for an entry level course which gives a high level of introduction and complete overview into the principles and best practice of user experience and user-centred design
- Looking to refresh your knowledge or you're interested in learning about information architecture and user-centred design
- Looking for a foundation to go on and learn the more in-depth areas which are covered in our other UX courses
- Interested in signing up for our Interaction Design & Prototyping course and need a good overview of the user-centered design process before signing up for it
Support after the course
Our online Webcredible training community on LinkedIn provides on-going support after the course. We invite you to join the Alumni group in order to:
- Interact directly with our e-learning community, expert trainers and fellow students
- Get regular updates, tips and engage with us on our live chats and webinars
- Join in with discussions or ask questions to help you progress your learning once you're back in your working environment
Our IA trainers
The IA training course is usually run by:
Alex Baxevanis
Alex is a Senior Consultant at Webcredible and has extensive experience running a range of user research and design projects. He specialises in coming up with innovative design solutions to offer highly accessible, engaging and interactive user experiences. He also regularly writes articles, runs training courses and presents at industry events.
Isabel Santafe
Isabel is a UX consultant at Webcredible. She holds a Masters degree in Social Anthropology from SOAS and a Masters in Human-Computer Interaction from UCL. She has extensive design research experience and specialises in Mobile User Experience and ethnographic research methods. She is an experienced trainer and regularly writes articles and runs usability testing, user research and design projects.
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Previous training participants
The following organisations have all sent individuals and groups on to our training courses:
The course was great! Practical exercises helped us learn how to apply our new skills during the training. The training was fun, interesting and interactive - I'd recommend it to anyone.
Digital manager, Levi Strauss
Our training facilities
Our IA courses are all run at our purpose-built training centre at the Webcredible offices in London.
All our training is run in a bright airy room with each person having access to a PC. You can also use our break-out area, with refreshments provided throughout the day.
