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Computer Networking
Undergraduate 4
03/21/2012

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Organizational Schemes
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A classification system for content items
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Organizational Structures
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Establishes relationships between groups
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Exact Organizational Schemes
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Divides information into mutually exclusive groups
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Ambiguous Organizational Schemes
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have a degree of ambiguity that defies exact classification
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Topical
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items by subject
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Task-Oriented
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Collections of functions limited to frequently used actions
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Audience-specific
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For more than two or more distinct audience
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Metaphor driven
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relate something new to something that they already know
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Hierarchy
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Structuring according to rank or level
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Hypertext
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items of information and links connecting them
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Database
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provides a bottom-up view of a site
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Visual Organization
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Proximity
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Using distance or location to create groups
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Similarity
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Grouping by like kind. Use size, shape, texture, boldness or orientation to create groups
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Symmetry
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the whole figure is perceive shapes that in a certain sense aren't there
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Continuity
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Groups created by the flow of lines or by alignment
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Closure
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The process by which we perceive shapes that in a certain sense aren't there
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Alignment
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Place related items along an imaginary line
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Contrast
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Make different items look different
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Concerns of Navigation
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Object Identification
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Understanding and classifying the objects in the environment
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Exploration
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finding out about a local environment and how it relates to other environments
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Way finding
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concerned with navigating towards a known destination
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Signage
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Informational signs
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provide information on objects, people, and activities
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Directional Signs
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provide route and survey information
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Warning and reassurance signs
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provide feedback on actual or potential actions within the enviornment
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What are the three key features of a good navigation design for web sites.
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Labelling ,Navigation Support, Searching Mechanisms
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Navigation design for websites
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Labeling
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used for internal and externals links, headings, sub-headings, titles, and related areas
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Navigation Support
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Providing a global navigation bar
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Three major-types of Navigation
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Three major types of Navigation
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Hierarchical, Ad-hoc, Database driven
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Breadcrumbs
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horizontal series of text links connecting to all parent levels of the hierarchy above the current location
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Two types of Navigation Bars
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Text-based and Graphical
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