Let's take a look at the following steps mentioned to understand how to conduct a card sorting exercise:
- Choose content to be sorted: Decide on the outcome of the card sorting exercise. Is it to organize existing content on the website or is it to find guidance with content sorting on a new site? It can also be a combination of evaluating the existing content and adding the freedom to create new topics and explore new expansions within the website. Content to be sorted can be single pages or sections (a collection of pages). Whatever the granularity of content, keep it consistent. Thus if the user must do a card sorting exercise with single pages, do not include a section, or vice versa. For example, ...