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Institution welcome

Step 1: Welcome

The Welcome page highlights several important features and requirements of Institutional sessions. Review the information carefully before proceeding.

Access Code Required

An access code is an alphanumeric string that participants must enter correctly before they can participate in a session. These sessions require an access code to help prevent members of the general public from accidentally joining studies that are intended only for a specific group of participants.

You may either:

  • Enter your own access code, or
  • Click Generate to create one automatically.

Researchers commonly distribute access codes through participant management systems, recruitment emails, classroom announcements, or subject pool platforms such as SONA.

Shareable URL

Study sessions can be found by browsing available studies on FindingFive, but it is much more convenient to give participants a direct link to the study. FindingFive generates a unique URL for sessions that can be safely shared, even on public channels.

Researchers typically distribute this URL to potential participants through various means, including email invitations, laboratory websites, classroom systems, institutional participant pools, or external participant management tools. Participants who visit this URL will be able to view information about the study before choosing whether or not to participate.

Participant Sign-Up Required

Institution sessions require participants to have a FindingFive account in order to participate. This enables FindingFive to track participant identities to support participation-based eligibility criteria and demographic filters.

Participants may view study information through the shared session URL, but they must create or sign in to a FindingFive participant account before they can participate.

Additional Institution Session Features

Because Institution sessions use FindingFive participant accounts, they also support:

  • Exclusion of certain participants based on past experience with similar studies.
  • Longitudinal study chains, where each experiment is a prerequisite for the next.
  • Participant reward distribution through FindingFive.

When you are ready to continue, click Next.