Abstract: A system for performing remote usability testing of a website includes a module for generating particular tasks, a module for moderating a session with a number of participants, and a module for receiving usability data. The system further includes a analytics module for analyzing the received usability data. The module for generating the particular tasks includes a research server configured to interface with user experience researchers and storing multiple testing modules for selecting qualified participants from the number of participants and for generating the particular tasks having research metrics associated with a target web site. In an embodiment, the research server randomly assigns one or more of the multiple testing modules to one of the participants. The multiple testing modules may include card sorting studies for optimizing a web site's architecture or layout.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for performing unmoderated remote usability testing of an executable software module. The method includes identifying a multitude of participants, each of the multitude of participants being equipped with a data processing unit adapted to receive a multitude of responses from the multitude of participants. Each of the multitude of responses may be associated with using the executable software module. The method further includes connecting the multitude of participants with a server, automatically presenting at least one of a multitude of tasks associated with at least one usability metric of the executable software module to at least one of the multitude of participants, and gathering the at least one of the multitude of responses related to the at least one of the multitude of tasks.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for performing unmoderated remote usability testing of an executable software module. The method includes identifying a multitude of participants, each of the multitude of participants being equipped with a data processing unit adapted to receive a multitude of responses from the multitude of participants. Each of the multitude of responses may be associated with using the executable software module. The method further includes connecting the multitude of participants with a server, automatically presenting at least one of a multitude of tasks associated with at least one usability metric of the executable software module to at least one of the multitude of participants, and gathering the at least one of the multitude of responses related to the at least one of the multitude of tasks.

Abstract: A system for performing remote usability testing of a website includes a module for generating particular tasks, a module for moderating a session with a number of participants, and a module for receiving usability data. The system further includes a analytics module for analyzing the received usability data. The module for generating the particular tasks includes a research server configured to interface with user experience researchers and storing multiple testing modules for selecting qualified participants from the number of participants and for generating the particular tasks having research metrics associated with a target web site. In an embodiment, the research server randomly assigns one or more of the multiple testing modules to one of the participants. The multiple testing modules may include card sorting studies for optimizing a web site's architecture or layout.