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SynCaps Webinars, Videos & Slide Shows

You can watch these webinars & videos using the players below or download them for viewing later. They are provided in MP4 and WMV file formats, so should be viewable on most systems.

If you like the webinars, be sure to check out our Guerrilla UCD series of 16 x 90 minute videos. They're competitvely priced, particularly when compared with face-to-face training. (Session 7 is on card sorting and includes an introduction to cluster analysis.)

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Webinars (60 minutes each)

• Part 1: Preparing Paper Sorts
• Part 2: Basic Analysis (Paper and Online Sorts)
• Part 3: Advanced Analysis (SynCapsV3)

Videos (4 - 10 minutes)

• Preparing to Sort
• Capturing Sort Data
• Data File for a Closed Sort
• Data File for an Open Sort

Slide Shows

• Brief Introduction to Card Sorting (with audio or slides only)

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Part 1: Preparing Paper Sorts

	Part 1: Preparing Paper Sorts (MPEG-4 format, suitable for Macs, most mobile devices and Windows Media Player with MP4 codec - 1:03:00, size 88M ). Right-click to download. (However, use the WMV if you can; it is smaller and higher quality.)
	Part 1: Preparing Paper Sorts (WMV format, suitable for Windows Media Player - 1:03:00, size 46M). Right-click to download. (See this article for playing on a Mac.)
	Part 1: Preparing Paper Sorts (PDF of slides, Acrobat Reader required, size 1.7M). Right-click to download.

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Part 2: Basic Analysis (Paper and Online Sorts)

	Part 2: Basic Analysis (MPEG-4 format, suitable for Macs, most mobile devices and Windows Media Player with MP4 codec - 1:00:14, size 80M ). Right-click to download. (However, use the WMV if you can; it is smaller and higher quality.)
	Part 2: Basic Analysis (WMV format, suitable for Windows Media Player - 1:00:14, size 40M). Right-click to download. (See this article for playing on a Mac.)
	Part 2: Basic Analysis (PDF of slides, Acrobat Reader required, size 494K). Right-click to download.

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Part 3: Advanced Analysis (SynCapsV3)

	Part 3: Advanced Analysis - SynCapsV3 (MPEG-4 format, suitable for Macs, most mobile devices and Windows Media Player with MP4 codec - 1:00:16, size 79M ). Right-click to download. (However, use the WMV if you can; it is smaller and higher quality.)
	Part 3: Advanced Analysis - SynCapsV3 (WMV format, suitable for Windows Media Player - 1:00:16, size 36M). Right-click to download. (See this article for playing on a Mac.)
	Part 3: Advanced Analysis - SynCapsV3 (PDF of slides, Acrobat Reader required, size 588K). Right-click to download.

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Preparing to Sort

	Preparing to Sort (MPEG-4 format, suitable for QuickTime and Windows Media Player with MP4 codec - 3:47, size 58M). Right-click to download.
	Preparing to Sort (WMV format, suitable for Windows Media Player - 3:47, size 37M). Right-click to download.

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Capturing Sort Data

	Capturing Sort Data (MPEG-4 format, suitable for QuickTime and Windows Media Player with MP4 codec - 5:24, size 82M). Right-click to download.
	Capturing Sort Data (WMV format, suitable for Windows Media Player - 5:24, size 44M). Right-click to download.

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Data File for a Closed Sort

	Data File for a Closed Sort (MPEG-4 format, suitable for QuickTime and Windows Media Player with MP4 codec - 9:10, size 15M). Right-click to download.
	Data File for a Closed Sort (WMV format, suitable for Windows Media Player - 9:10, size 19M). Right-click to download.

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Data File for an Open Sort (using Websort.net)

	Data File for an Open Sort (MPEG-4 format, suitable for QuickTime and Windows Media Player with MP4 codec - 8:15, size 17M). Right-click to download.
	Data File for an Open Sort (WMV format, suitable for Windows Media Player - 8:15, size 21M). Right-click to download.

Presentations

A Brief Introduction to Card Sorting Webinar

(Right-click these to download them to your PC. The version with audio runs for about 30 minutes.)

PowerPoint Show (no audio, size 405K)
 
PowerPoint Show with Audio (zip file, size 71M)

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