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Lane Sort Generator

Create drag-and-drop sorting activities for categorization and decision-making

Lane Sort: Interactive Categorization and Decision-Making

The Lane Sort generator is a professional visual interface for code that challenges learners to organize information into meaningful buckets. By allowing for up to five customizable lanes, this tool moves beyond simple "A vs. B" choices and supports complex categorization, compliance checks, and multi-step decision-making. It is a high-end design solution for transforming passive lists into an active exercise that tests a learner’s ability to distinguish and prioritize critical information.

Lane Sort: Interactive Categorization and Decision-Making

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


  • Compliance and Regulatory Triage: Have learners sort actions into "Required," "Recommended," or "Prohibited" lanes to ensure total adherence to company policy.

  • Product Tiering: Challenge sales teams to correctly categorize features or services into their corresponding subscription levels or product families.

  • Priority Mapping: Use the lanes to help project managers or teams sort tasks based on urgency and impact, such as a "Low, Medium, High" priority matrix.

Technical Specifications


  • Visual Interface for Code: Focus on your instructional strategy while the generator handles the complex logic of tile-flipping and matching.

  • Fixed-Frame Optimization: Specifically designed to maintain grid integrity within iframes and web objects in Rise 360 and Storyline.

  • WCAG Friendly: Includes keyboard navigation support to ensure the matching activity is accessible.

  • Brand-Consistent Palette: Fully customizable settings that give the designer the ability to choose their own specific brand colors for any corporate, educational, or organizational identity.

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