ORSEE3

freely customizable participant profile form

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

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

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

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

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

upload / download section for experiment-related files

multiple configurable file types

flexible access system to own and other's files (upload, download, delete)

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

runs on Linux (or Windows or Mac or …)

Apache webserver recommended (but IIS and others work as well)

uses MySQL database

implemented in PHP