Multimedia Design: Navigation Maps and Storyboards
Navigation Maps
A navigation map outlines the structure of the entire web project...showing all of the html pages and the connections from
one page to others. It is useful for organizing and clearly seeing how material should be connected. The Navigation Map is
similar to a storyboard, except that it doesn't provide detail as to the contents of the individual pages. Below are some examples
of navigation maps.
Linear Structure
The web user navigates sequentially, moving from one page to the next.
Hierarchical Structure
Analogous to the branches of a tree. To move from top to bottom, one must move down one branch at a time...with more
branches being available the lower you go. The structure is shaped by some natural logic.
Non-Linear Structure
Web users can navigate freely through the content of the web project, unbound by predetermined routes.
Composite Structure
For the most part users can navigate freely (as in the non-linear structure), but are occasionally constrained to a linear or
hierarchical structure for some of the material.
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