I'm not sure what the limitation of the platform are but I would encourage an information architecture and user interaction model that allows for many-to-one tagging. In this way, the same asset can be tagged "Research" and "Student Project" etc..and let the user be in control of the filtering (and subsequent additional tagging)
The presentation of these sorts of tags could box you into something as messy as a tag cloud (which I love) - or as linear as multiple cookie crumb tag strings... again - not sure what the platform will support.
Totally agree that search and "popular searches" is an opportunity area
If you have to define a hierarchy - I think Jim is right is proposing the consolidate of your list into few broad classes (e.g. "Research") with nested subclasses (e.g. "Whitepapers")
--- On Tue, 9/15/09, Huatong Sun <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Huatong Sun <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Updating the AIMS Website
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 2:21 PM
> Since one of the AIMS guiding
> principles is "to develop practical applications with
> theoretical expertise," I would suggest that we separate
> practical applications and theoretical expertise with
> categories such as portfolio and research, because they are
> targeted to two different audiences.
>
> As to the gallery, I think one option is that we could
> create a student gallery which is used to promote and
> advertise the talents of IMS graduates and alums. The
> gallery is a collection of students' professional profiles
> with their design portfolios.
>
> Below are my two cents:
> 1. Portfolio:
> Student Projects
> Staff Projects
> Student Gallery
>
> Then different sets of tags can be used to allow people to
> generate a list of projects they are interested in looking:
> e.g., content areas (design, usability), project types
> (capstone, class projects, AIMS Grant Funded Projects),
> etc.
>
> 2. Research
> White Papers
> Faculty Publications
> AIMS Grant Funded Projects
> Conferences and Symposiums
>
> The two categories are not mutually exclusive, but instead
> they offer two navigation paths for different users to find
> the info they want.
>
> Huatong
>
> Client Projects
> > Capstone
> > Usability
> > Student Art
> > Class Projects
> > White Papers
> > Research
> > AIMS Grant Funded Projects
> > Gallery
>
>
>
> Coyle, James R. wrote:
> > A couple of thoughts: Is there anything I would find
> under student art that I wouldn't find in the gallery?
> Maybe they gallery is a place where I would find only
> certain pieces of art? I guess my hangup is that when
> I think of a gallery, I think of artwork.
> >
> >
> > It seems problematic, but only slightly, to me that we
> would break out usability client projects and lump all of
> the others together. Are there other major categories
> of capstone projects that we would want to create
> subcategories for? To be sure, this is a minor
> point. Maybe another issue is that some of these
> client projects have multiple areas of focus. For
> example, the uBid project had a decent amount of design
> work, and I wouldn't want that to be overlooked by someone
> who is looking at the site for examples of such work.
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* AIMS All [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> *On Behalf Of *Platt, Glenn J.
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:43 AM
> > *To:* [log in to unmask]
> > *Subject:* Updating the AIMS Website
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > We are beginning a redesign (minor) and re-info
> architecture (major) of the IMS website. One of the first
> areas of focus is the “portfolio” (which will be called
> something else – it’s the “what we do and have done”
> section.) I would like your thoughts about headings that
> might fit under such a category. So far we have:
> >
> > Client Projects
> > Capstone
> > Usability
> > Student Art
> > Class Projects
> > White Papers
> > Research
> > AIMS Grant Funded Projects
> > Gallery
> >
> > We are just starting this, so don’t hold back. Any
> thoughts about improving these or adding, please let me or
> Obie (CCd on this) know.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Glenn
> >
> > -- Glenn J. Platt, Ph.D.
> > C. Michael Armstrong Chair in Interactive Media
> > Director, Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media
> Studies
> > Professor of Marketing
> > 2045A Farmer School of Business
> > Miami University
> > Oxford, OH 45056
> > USA
> >
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> > M: 513.593.6505
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> >
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