Hi Kyle,

I put together a real basic, no-frills bootstrap-based menu for 'quick and
dirty' testing of new IA & menus a while back that may be useful for you:
https://github.com/ubc-library/ia-test-mock

Some of the tools recommended here are definitely more comprehensive and
polished (Treejack, Balsamiq, Optimal etc), but this works for when we just
need to get a test done quickly and on the cheap.

Cheers,
- Schuyler

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*Schuyer W Lindberg*  MLIS
Programmer Analyst II, Interaction Designer
UBCIT | Library Services
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus


On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Nicholas Budak <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Kyle,
>
>
>
> [OptimalWorkshop](https://www.optimalworkshop.com/) offers a suite of
> awesome
> tools for IA testing, particularly card sorting and tree sorting exercises.
> I've used most of their products and ended up shelling out for the paid
> features on one of them, although you can get a lot of mileage from the
> free
> tier if your sample size doesn't need to be very big. Probably the nicest
> feature of the tree sorting app is the ability to dump to/import from an
> .xls
> file, which makes saving the results of the exercise really easy.
>
>
>
> Good luck with your redesign! I'm in the midst of leading one as well.
>
>
>
> * * *
>
> **
> **
>
> **Nick Budak**
>
> Digital Projects Developer | Watzek Library
>
> Lewis & Clark College
>
> Portland, OR
>
>
> On Sep 6 2016, at 12:08 pm, Kyle Breneman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks very much for these helpful suggestions of strategies and tools! I
> appreciate your input.
>
> >
>
> > Kyle
>
> >
>
> > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Mumpower, Elizabeth Peele <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >
>
> > > Hi Kyle,
> >
> >
> > Our UX/UI person has done some card-based IA testing using the
> > methodology outlined here: <http://boxesandarrows.com/>
> > card-based-classification-evaluation/
> >
> > [http://boxesandarrows.com/files/banda/art_end.gif]<http:
> > //boxesandarrows.com/card-based-classification-evaluation/>
> >
> > Card-Based Classification Evaluation « Boxes and Arrows<
> > <http://boxesandarrows.com/card-based-classification-evaluation/>>
> > boxesandarrows.com
> > Mark the intersection of each scenario and the classification item
> > selected by the participant. I usually use capital letters for first
> > choices and ...
> >
> > If you have any questions about it, I can put you in touch with him.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Elizabeth Peele Mumpower
> > Systems Librarian
> > Emory University
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Kyle
> > Breneman <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 9:48 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [CODE4LIB] Methods to test new site IA?
> >
> > Apologies for cross-listing...
> >
> > I need some advice on user testing methods. I've embarked on a project to
> > redo our library website's information architecture. I've sketched out a
> > new IA for the site which I want to test with users. Initially I thought
> > that I would just build out the new IA on our development server, then do
> > usability testing with users on the dev site. Now I'm realizing that will
> > be a lot of work, and making any changes once its built will also take
> > time. Is there a middle ground? Are there good ways to do some user
> > testing with paper prototypes? I want to get feedback on whether my
> > categories and labels are intuitive and meaningful.
> >
> > Kyle Breneman
> >
> > Integrated Digital Services Librarian
> >
> > University of Baltimore
> >
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