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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 -- *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 > > > > ________________________________ > > > > This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of > > the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > > information. If the reader of this message is not the intended > > recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution > > or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly > > prohibited. > > > > If you have received this message in error, please contact > > the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the > > original message (including attachments). > > > >