Last Friday we had a handful of volunteers in the Aten Design Group office performing card-sorting tests for the NewsU redesign. Card-sorting is a user-led design exercise that provides insight into how users expect to see content categorized. We use card-sorting as an early step in the redesign process to assist in the creation of consistent, site-wide navigation. From here, we establish an information architecture for the Web site, produce wireframes and plunge ahead into technical implementation and visual design.

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