UX research and testing on that ever-minimal EDU budget

With minimal school budgets, we rarely have money to spend on necessary UX approaches. We know user research and feedback is essential for successful products, but how do we get started? And how do we illustrate the cost benefits to doing all this "UX stuff" from the beginning of the project? Over the past few years, I've figured out a meaningful, easy and inexpensive way to get the feedback I need for my team's projects. The best part? You don't have to be a UXer or even have much of a budget. In this session, I will illustrate a path you can directly add to your project workflow.