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Duration: Half day (2:00 pm to 5:30 pm)

Benefits: You will learn how to make effective use of card sorting in navigation design.

Reviews

Evaluation comments from participants – about the course:

• A good introduction to card sorting techniques
• Workshop at right pace
• I can really see myself applying this

and about the tutor:

• Clear, approachable, well-paced presentation
• Very competent - clear explanation of the concepts
• Subject knowledge very good
• Very professional

Features

Learning points :

• Know how to choose an appropriate card sorting method
• Understand the basics of cluster analysis and how is it performed
• Techniques for getting the best information from participants and the resulting data
• How to perform quick and reliable data capture

Topics covered and schedule:

2:00 Background and theory (45 minutes)

• Basics of cluster analysis and dendograms
• Contour maps
• Extended analyses: quality of fit, analyses by item and participant
• Briefing for practical

2:45 Open card sort practical (60 minutes)

• Participants will work in groups of about five in performing and analyzing an open card sort using one of several sets of prepared items

3:45 Coffee break (15 minutes)

4:00 Closed card sort practical (60 minutes)

• Participants will devise a set of categories based on analysis and discussion of the open card sort
• Groups will swap cards (so that no group sorts a problem domain they have discussed)
• Cards are returned to the original groups for analyses and discussion

5:00 Conclusions and Discussion (30 minutes)

5:30 Close

Audience: Web designers, developers, project managers, usability specialists.

Tutor Background

The material in this workshop is described in an article in the September+October 2005 issue of interactions magazine. Further technical details can be found on our Card Sorting Resources page.

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Costs

Public courses cost £0 (plus VAT) per participant.

As an in-house course the cost is £1,000 (plus travelling expenses) for a maximum of 15 participants. This makes it very cost-effective for groups from about 6 participants. (Note that the charge is for the course, not per participant). Printed handouts are charged at £3 per participant (plus shipping). VAT will be added at the prevailing rate.

It is also possible to add or substitute modules from our other courses. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

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Online Booking

We do not have any public dates for this course scheduled at the moment, but it has been very enthusiastically received in numerous public, conference and in-house presenations.

We would be happy to run the course in your organisation or in your locality if there is adequate interest (6 participants or more)