How to Run a Remote Usability Test [Video]

UX Design isn’t just about the look and feel of products. 

It’s also about usability and how a product can help users reach their goals. Without UX research, like usability testing, failure is inevitable. Knowing how to conduct a successful usability test is a key skill for UX designers.

In this free webinar with Joseph Alfonso, we cover how to run a remote usability test. Joseph is a Principal UX Designer at Discovery Communications where he is developing process and operations, research, and design systems.

In this free webinar, you’ll learn:

• What a usability test is
• How to facilitate a remote usability test
• Tools to help with usability testing
• Usability myths and “gotchas”

Here are some timings in case you want to skip ahead:

• 0:00 - 2:30 Intro to Joe
• 2:30 Intro to research, user research, usability testing
• 7:00 Types of usability testing
• 9:00 Types of research
• 12:30 Why conduct remote usability testing
• 17:00 Advantages and disadvantages
• 21:00 Guidelines
• 24:00 Tools
• 25:30 Myths
• 29:00 Q&A

Connect with Joseph Alfonso on LinkedIn.

Learn more about usability testing and more key components of effective UX design in our UX Academy program – or dive deep into the topic with our course for mid-career designers, covering advanced usability and accessibility techniques for ux design.