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Basic Tutorials
1. Launching Your First Study
STEP 1 - Downloading survey templates​
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This video takes you through the steps to download and load the Qualtrics survey templates that are critical to the functionality of the MindSampler application.
MindSampler - Study Setup
STEP 2 - Template structure overview
This will guide you through the survey templates themselves and how to customize them for your study.
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Referenced materials (click to go):
MindSampler - Quatrics Template Overview
STEP 3 - Launching the study
The prep work is done, and it is time to launch your study. This video will guide you through the last steps.
MindSampler - Launching Your Study
2. Participant's Experience
Onboarding - Sign-up and first surveys​
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This video shows what participants see when they first join MindSampler—from creating an account and entering a study code to completing surveys and receiving feedback or points.
3. Monitoring Your Study
Reacting - Editing study settings
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This video shows you how to change study settings—from updating the study URL to adjusting the number and timing of notifications. You’ll also learn how to apply these changes to current participants or future study waves.
MindSampler - Editing Study Settings
Participant Look Up - Check details & fix issues
Quickly look up participants and resolve simple problems, such as notification settings.
Referenced materials (click to go):
MindSampler - Participant Lookup
4. Closing Your Study
Stopping - Pausing and closing studies
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This video shows you how to pause a study or close it when it’s finished.
MindSampler - Closing Studies
Clean & Pay - Merging data
This video shows you how to combine the button and notification surveys into a single file, calculate participant payments and bonuses based on your incentive scheme and survey completion, and export a list ready to paste into Prolific or CloudResearch for one bulk customized payment.
MindSampler - Clean Data and Pay Participants
More Information: Interested in more detail than has been provided about the basics? Click here for our full documentation.
Advanced Features: Done with the basics and ready to move on to the advanced feature tutorials? Click here!
The user perspective
Your study is ready to launch but what is the user going to actually see? The best way to see this is to go to your preferred app store and download the MindSampler app. If you would like to test this before creating your own study, enter the user code "TEST" to use ours!
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