Translating Principles of Web Design and Information Architecture …

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Author Keywords. Interactive television, information architecture principles,. web design deliverables, HCI education. ACM Classification Keywords …

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Translating Principles of Web Design and Information
Architecture to the Development of Interactive
Television (iTV) interfaces
ABSTRACT
This paper discusses the application of information and
interaction design principles to the design of iTV
(Interactive TV) applications. It details the authors’
experiences of teaching a subject in Digital Information
& Interaction Design as part of a postgraduate program in
Interactive Multimedia. Students worked on a design
project for a common client - Austar, a Subscription TV
and iTV service provider in rural and regional Australia -
in which they developed the information architecture and
interaction for proposed new iTV applications.
The paper begins by defining iTV in relation to the
Subscription TV service offered by Austar. It will also
contextualise this against other forms of iTV which exist
but are not yet possible within the infrastructure available
in Australia.
iTV was chosen as a novel alternative to designing web
interfaces. The students were more than familiar with
designing for web environments. iTV presented students
with a new technology which many had never
experienced directly, as well as new challenges in
learning about its constraints and possibilities.
Finally, the paper details the design process undertaken
by the students, and…