Workshop cardsorting
- 2. C A R D S O R T I N G W O R K S H O P 2 The program Short intro round, background information about the platform and a warming-up exercise INTRODUCTION Let’s group & categorize the cards that are important to the user SORTING 1 Time for a short break and some coffee or tea. 15 minutes BREAK Let’s group & categorize the cards that are important to the user SORTING 2 The end of the workshop, let’s see of our goal has been achieved THE END 45 minutes15 minutes 45 minutes 5 minutes
- 3. C A R D S O R T I N G W O R K S H O P 3 Zelah Hoekstra Interaction & visual designer Hi, nice to meet you! Who are we? What is our role?
- 4. C A R D S O R T I N G W O R K S H O P 4 Please introduce yourself Introduction What do you contribute to the workshop? What do you want to achieve today?
- 5. Redesign of the current platform About platform Team is in the 14th sprint of the rebuild Site structure will be based on content audit
- 6. C A R D S O R T I N G W O R K S H O P 6 Steering towards a final navigation structure Goal workshop User-centered thinking, what are his/her needs? Grouping & categorizing the current pages
- 7. No more than 10 items (main and sub items) Guidelines Do not use more than 3 levels (levels) Use unique names for your items Make names easy to scan (short & concise)
- 8. Let’s warm up first Cardsorting
- 9. Card sorting is used after the content has been analyzed and all user profiles are known. After this session, the results are being analyzed and conclusions will be drawn, which form the basis for the information structure of the website
- 10. C A R D S O R T I N G W O R K S H O P 10 Let’s start with an exercise with a set of cards Warming-up Sort the cards by color (black, red) Group these cards by category (e.g. hearts, diamonds) Finally group them specification (with illustration and without illustration)
- 11. Let’s do this! Ready, set, go
- 12. C A R D S O R T I N G W O R K S H O P 12 Grouping User thinking, what are his/her needs? • Divide the cards into groups • Which cards are important? Which ones are less important? • Do not use more than 10 items • If the groups are larger than 10, divide them again (do not use more than 3 levels / levels)
- 13. C A R D S O R T I N G W O R K S H O P 13 Categorize User thinking, what are his/her needs? • Put groups that belong together in the same pile • Write down a category name for each group • Do not use more than 3 levels • Use understandable unique names for your categories & make sure they are short and concise
- 14. Which categories are important? Merging Which categories are less important? User thinking, what are his/her needs?
- 15. 15 minutes Break
- 16. C A R D S O R T I N G W O R K S H O P 16 Grouping User thinking, what are his/her needs? • Divide the cards into groups • Which cards are important? Which ones are less important? • Do not use more than 10 items • If the groups are larger than 10, divide them again (do not use more than 3 levels / levels)
- 17. C A R D S O R T I N G W O R K S H O P 17 Categorize User thinking, what are his/her needs? • Put groups that belong together in the same pile • Write down a category name for each group • Do not use more than 3 levels • Use understandable unique names for your categories & make sure they are short and concise
- 18. Which categories are important? Merging Which categories are less important? User thinking, what are his/her needs?
- 19. C A R D S O R T I N G W O R K S H O P 19 Steering towards a final navigation structure Goal workshop User-centered thinking, what are his/her needs? Grouping & categorizing the current pages