CN08: Innovations in Card Sorting: A Hands-on Approach
Quick Facts
Time: Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 9:00 to 13:00Units: 2
Organizers: William Hudson
Benefits
This half-day hands-on course covers an innovative range of techniques to maximum the benefits of card sorting as applied to information architecture. The techniques range from the use of barcodes to expedite the data capture from paper card sorts through to new methods of analysis that extend and complement traditional approaches such as cluster analysis. Note that because of time constraints the focus is on quantitative rather than qualitative results.Audience
Web and intranet designers, information architects, usability and HCI professionals interested in the practical application of card sorting. No specialist skills or knowledge are required.Origins
The tutorial portion course has been presented to public and corporate audiences in the UK, including the UK Usability Professionals’ Association, the Scottish UPA, HCI 2006, HCI 2007 and HCI 2009. It was presented at a PHICHI event in Philadelphia in September 2007. It was also an invited tutorial for CADUI 2008 in Spain. The course was well-received at CHI 2009 in Boston. A one-day version of this course has been presented as part of Nielsen-Norman Group conferences.Features
On completion of this tutorial you will be able to:- choose an appropriate card sorting method
- explain cluster analysis and dendrograms to colleagues and clients
- apply appropriate techniques for getting the best information from participants and the resulting data
- perform quick and reliable data capture
