Tag Archives: remote usability testing

What’s the real value behind unmoderated remote user testing?

September 26, 2010 – 9:52 pm

The mission of this article is to explain unmoderated remote user testing (URUT) in a way that will hopefully help people better understand it. Obviously, we write from our own experience using UserZoom’s software technology and methodology, which includes about 7 years specializing in remote usability testing, a large number of remote testing projects, about [...]

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Remote Testing versus Lab Testing

August 1, 2009 – 9:29 pm

Purpose
This is a case-study comparing remote and lab-based usability testing. Bolt | Peters conducted two parallel Usability Studies on the corporate web site of a fortune 1000 software company in January 2002. Both studies used identical test plans but one was executed in a traditional usability laboratory and the other was conducted remotely, using an [...]

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Guide to Remote Usability Testing

August 1, 2009 – 9:26 pm

As more usability practitioners start conducting remote usability testing, there seems to be a demand for some tips and guidelines around this technique. New screen-sharing tools like Breeze, Co-Pilot, and GoToMeeting, and remote usability tools like Ethnio and UserVue, make it easier to conduct moderated remote usability testing. Dealing with video and audio recordings keeps [...]

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Experience remote usability testing, Part-I & II

July 31, 2009 – 11:09 pm

Examine study results on the benefits and downside of remote usability testing in this two-part article. Pervasive Computing specialists Velda Bartek and Deane Cheatham share the experience gained by conducting a number of remote usability studies using application-sharing technology.
Experience remote usability testing, Part 1
The article provides a context for remote usability testing by detailing [...]

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