Card Sorting — Roadmap Step & Resources
Letting users group and label content themselves to reveal their own mental model
- Level: intermediate
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: UX Design
Mini projects
- Run an open card sort with 5 participants to inform a navigation structure
Interview questions
- Open vs closed card sorting — when would you use each?
Study resources
- Card Sorting: Pushing Users Beyond Terminology Matches (Article) — Nielsen Norman Group's authoritative guide to open and closed card sorting.
- Card Sorting Explained (Video) — A practical walkthrough of running and analyzing a card sort.
Part of
- Information Architecture — section
- UX Design roadmap — the full learning path