all configured fields are searchable, can be conditioned on in eligibility criteria, and can be included in reports/lists etc.
multiple configurable participant statuses
“browsable” subject pool statistics
experiments
support for multiple laboratories, multiple sub-subjectpools, multiple experimenters, multiple experiment types, multiple experiment classes (tags) to classify experiments, multiple configurable participation statuses
ORSEE recruitment report provides details on session organisation, eligibility and recruitment, as well as subject pool statistics at pool, eligibility, and participation level
experiment organisation
monitoring of session enrollment status
extremely flexible participant query form (for search or eligibility criteria)
random subset selection out of filtered subject pool
permanent queries (that check eligibility criteria against newly registering subjects)
experimenters are informed about session's state by automated e-mails
reputation system, with number of no-shows as selection criterium, and configurable automated subject exclusion based on reputation score
participant interface
subjects are able to manage their own account
access either through token/URL or username(=email address)/password
specific enrolment page for access from mobile devices
emails and communication
all outgoing emails are based on templates that are freely editable
invitation, enrolment confirmation, and session reminder emails can be customized to experiment
calendar and session's participants lists in printable format (pdf)
regular e-mails with experiment calendar and subject pool statistics to experimenters
session sign-up confirmation e-mails
rule-based automated session reminder mailing
automated warning e-mail to subjects on no-show
files
upload / download section for experiment-related files
multiple configurable file types
flexible access system to own and other's files (upload, download, delete)
other
sophisticated access privilege management, with freely configurable user types
multiple language support for experimenters and subjects, unicode encoding throughout, including customizable date/time formatting
payment module allows to track payments to participants, with multiple budgets and payment types (cash, gift vouchers, etc.), as well as budget reports
email module allows to retrieve emails from any POP3/IMPA account, relate them to participants/experiments/sessions, and to assign them to specific researchers for processing
ethics module allows to enter details of ethics approval and expiration, and warns when sessions are planned after expiration date
easily configurable via web interface, with many configuration option
laboratory bookings for non-experimental events or experiments not organised with ORSEE, multiple configurable event categories
structured public and internal experiment calendar for sessions and event bookings, exportin ical format for inclusion in personal calendars like gCal etc.
data import function to migrate from older ORSEE versions
webpage design customizable through styles and colors directly editable in web interface
content of public webpage (pages for welcome, rules, privacy policy, legal statement, as well as FAQs) freely configurable
open source software
Technical features
LAMP application
runs on Linux (or Windows or Mac or …)
Apache webserver recommended (but IIS and others work as well)
uses MySQL database
implemented in PHP
Data is completely separated from the application, application and data reside on your own server.
Recommended system: Linux or MacOSX. However, ORSEE also runs on Windows systems with some adaptations.
Further requirements: PHP on command line, webalizer for usage statistics, cron daemon (or replacement) for regular jobs.
system_overview/features.txt · Last modified: 2015/04/08 16:11 by bgreiner