A product can have excellent features and still fail if people cannot find them. Information architecture (IA) is the practice of organizing and labelling content so that it makes sense to the people using it. It is the hidden skeleton of a website or app, and it shapes how easily users move around and finish their tasks.
You'll start with what IA is and why it matters, then learn to map a product's structure with a sitemap and to design clear navigation and labels. Finally you'll check your structure with real users, using card sorting to learn how people group content and tree testing to see whether they can find things in your proposed structure.
Treat the videos as a reference and come back to them when you structure your own project. When you're done, continue on to Interaction Design & User Flows.
What information architecture is and why it is important, explained as a first step into structuring content for a website or app.
A comprehensive guide to UX sitemaps: what a sitemap is, when you need one, what to include, and a step-by-step process for building one in Miro.
How card sorting studies reveal how users naturally categorize information, and when to use them to shape the information architecture of a product.
How tree testing supplements card sorting by checking whether people can find items in the categories of a proposed or existing navigation structure.
A longer workshop that ties it all together: information architecture, open and closed card sorts, analyzing results, and testing a new navigation.