Creation process to institutional websites for the undergraduate courses of the School of Fine Arts at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

This article describes the planning and creation process of the institutional websites for the 13 Undergraduate courses of the School of Fine Arts at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. This initiative is another of the actions commemorating the 204th anniversary of the institution, a pioneer in the instruction of the Arts in Latin America. The work took place in a transdis- ciplinary way, adding knowledge of Design, Arts and Informatics. The Industrial Design Course website is taken as an exampleto describe the methodology adopted, as well as the graphic and interface results obtained. In the definition of the graphic project, we sought a layout that would make navigation and research more accessible and simplified, in line with the points of interest for sites with an academic-institutional profile. For a better contextualization of the content worked on, is present abrief introduction to information design on digital interfaces, a history of the Institution, and its importance in teaching arts anddesign, and then it exposes and outlines the information architecture adopted for the website and, finally, describes the layoutand its operation. The actions allowed greater visibility and functionality to the complex structure that makes up the Unit and itis expected to be implemented in the first half of 2021. The layout and graphic model will be adopted for the other courses ofthe Unit, being the graphic project enthusiastically received by the target audience. It is believed that this article contributes to making available how to structure a web page design and which are the steps to be followed.