Build Drag-and-Drop Card Sort Activities Without Coding
Build Drag-and-Drop Card Sort Activities Without Coding
Rise gives you knowledge checks that test recall, never relationships. Learners can guess a multiple-choice answer without grasping how ideas connect. Building a drag-to-category sort in Storyline means drop targets, variables, and conditions for every single card.
The Card Sort Generator lets you define your categories and cards visually, then export a single HTML file and embed in Articulate Rise, Storyline, Captivate, Canvas, Moodle, or any LMS that accepts HTML.
Use it for taxonomy practice, prioritization exercises, and any module where learners must group and classify information, from quick onboarding checks to advanced certification practice.
How To Use the Generators
Each tool in the eLearningDesign.org ecosystem follows a streamlined, three-step workflow designed to keep you focused on instructional strategy while we handle the technical execution.
Input Your Content: Open the Content tab to add your specific learning prompts, interactive options, and coaching feedback. This is where you build the logic and instructional heart of your activity.
Customize Your Design: Switch to the Design tab to align the tool with your course aesthetic. You can manually adjust colors, typography, and layout structures to ensure a seamless visual fit.
Generate and Embed: Go to the Generate tab to finalize your tool. Click "Copy Embed Code" for your authoring tool's HTML block, or "Download as HTML" for local hosting and offline use.
Common Use Cases
Onboarding: Have new hires sort tasks into the right department or workflow stage to learn how the organization fits together.
Compliance: Ask learners to categorize behaviors as compliant or risky, reinforcing policy in an active, decision-based way.
Concept Mastery: Break a complex framework into cards that learners group under the correct principle to demonstrate true understanding.
Technical Specifications
Visual Interface for Code: Focus on your categories and items while the generator handles the drag-and-drop sorting and feedback logic.
Fixed-Frame Optimization: Built to hold its layout inside iframes and web objects in Rise 360 and Storyline.
WCAG Friendly: Includes keyboard navigation support so the activity stays accessible.
Brand-Consistent Palette: Fully customizable colors and fonts so the tool matches any corporate, educational, or organizational identity.