Create a Guide: Card Sorting

[tan-zhou]

Overview

We need to create a guide for doing card sorting so that members at Hack for LA know when and how to use the method.

Action Items

The phases in the guide-making process are listed below. Each phase displayed in blue is linked to a wiki page with instructions on how to complete that phase. Open the wiki page in a new tab, copy the instructions for each part into the section labeled 'Tasks' at the bottom of this issue, and complete each task listed.

• Gather Examples Solo (open in a new tab)
• Gather Examples Collaboratively
• Create a Guide Draft
  • If needed, create a template
• Have your guide peer reviewed
• Present your guide for leadership review

Resources/Instructions

• Card Sorting Beginner’s Guide...; Smashing Magazine
• Card Sorting:A Definitive Guide; Boxes and Arrows
• Card Sorting: Uncover Users' Mental Models..; NNG
• Card Sorting: Your guide...;Maze
• Card Sorting 101; Optimal Workshop
• How to Run an Effective Card Sort...;dscout

Projects to Check

• 100 Automations
• 311 Data
• Access the Data
  • Website Content: Card Sort access-the-data#77 (comment)
  • Website Information Architecture  access-the-data#36 (comment)
• BallotNav
• Brigade Organizer's Playbook
  • BOP Prioritization on Miro - Ceci civictechindex/BOP#127 (comment)
• Civic Tech Index
• Civic Tech Jobs
• Civic Tech Structure
• Data Science Projects
• Design Systems
• Engage
• Expunge-Assist (formerly known as Record Clearance)
• Food Oasis
  • FOLA: Research Plan: Volunteer interface: Card Sort
• GreenEarthOS
• Guides
• HomeUniteUs
• Internship project
• Lucky Parking
• Open Community Survey
• TDM Calculator
  • Open Card Sort (Initial) tdm-calculator#57 (comment)
• VRMS
• Hack for LA's Website
• Youth Justice Nav

Tasks

• This is where you will copy instructions from the wiki page for the step you are currently on.

[minar68]

The card sorting has been done in HackforLA website, you can find it in the guide to the research plan.

[juliagab56]

Hello!
We’re currently doing an audit and updating all of our UI/UX resources.
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Thank you!

[JesseTheCleric]

Prior version of issue

Overview

We need to create a guide for doing card sorting so that members at Hack for LA know when and how to use the method.

Action Items

• Gather examples of how other projects or volunteers have done this (if applicable), adding each example as a link in the resources section below
  • Once done, remove the "Guide: Gather Examples" label and add the "Guide: Research" label
• Research existing information about card sorting in [relevant resources, articles, etc.]
  • Once done, remove the "Guide: Research" label and add the "Guide: Draft Guide" label
• Create a draft guide, either in markdown format in this issue or a google doc in the ux/ui google drive
  • Once done, remove the "Guide: Draft Guide" label and add the "Guide: Review Guide" label
• Review the guide with UX/UI community of practice
  • Once done, remove the "Guide: Review Guide" label and add the "Guide: Leadership Review" label
• Present to the Hack for LA leadership team for sign off
  • Once approved, remove the "Guide: Leadership Review" label and add the "Guide: Place Guide" label

Resources

Update issue hackforla/knowledgebase-content#97 with the name of item you are working on

Card Sorting Beginner’s Guide...; Smashing Magazine
Card Sorting:A Definitive Guide; Boxes and Arrows
Card Sorting: Uncover Users' Mental Models..; NNG
Card Sorting: Your guide...;Maze
Card Sorting 101; Optimal Workshop
How to Run an Effective Card Sort...;dscout

Projects to check

• 100 Automations
• 311 Data
• Access the Data
  • Website Content: Card Sort access-the-data#77 (comment)
  • Website Information Architecture  access-the-data#36 (comment)
• BallotNav
• Brigade Organizer's Playbook
  • BOP Prioritization on Miro - Ceci civictechindex/BOP#127 (comment)
• Civic Tech Index
• Civic Tech Jobs
• Civic Tech Structure
• Data Science Projects
• Design Systems
• Engage
• Expunge-Assist (formerly known as Record Clearance)
• Food Oasis
  • FOLA: Research Plan: Volunteer interface: Card Sort
• GreenEarthOS
• Guides
• HomeUniteUs
• Internship project
• Lucky Parking
• Open Community Survey
• TDM Calculator
  • Open Card Sort (Initial) tdm-calculator#57 (comment)
• VRMS
• Hack for LA's Website
• Youth Justice Nav

[JesseTheCleric]

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