You have two options to invite participants to your study
- By researcher’s name or code
- By invitation code
Add a researcher by name/code
When it’s participants first research with m-Path, go with them through the installing of the app. When participants already downloaded the app, they can add a researcher in the settings of the app (My practitioners). To add a researcher they have to click on the ‘+’ icon.
Add a researcher by invitation code
Using invitation codes is a premium feature.
By using an invitation code you can create a protected study that is only available for selected participants. Additionally, this invitation code can be used to link study participants with external data . When the data is downloaded, each data line will include the invitation code. This way, m-Path doesn’t need to know the real name or e-mail of the participant, but participants can still be identified by the researcher. To create an invitation code:
- Go to settings in your sidebar and open the “Auto-enroll”-submenu
- Open the “Invitations”-section.
- In the top right corner, click the “+”-icon
- Your browser will prompt you for the amount of codes you want to generate.
Now the section will be populated with the generated codes. In the top-right corner, a download button is visible. This allows you to download the generated codes in a spreadsheet format for easy data processing.
The columns are as follows:
- Legacy code: A remnant of the previous system, you can disregard this column.
- Code: The actual invitation code. Send this to prospective participants to use instead of your practitioner code on sign-up.
- Used: This indicator tells you whether the code has been used yet.
- Invitation template: You can assign every code a personalised invitation template, which will be triggered upon sign-up.
If you only want participants with invitation codes to be able to find your study, you can goto Settings, Privacy and check ‘using an invitation code only’. Don’t forget to save!