Psychology: Resources

Participant Pool

• UVA's Experimetrix Website
• Experimetrix's Help for Experimenters
• Human Subjects Committee Submission Form

What must I do in order to use the Participant Pool?

• Make sure you have IRB approval for your project
• Submit an HSC application online
• Wait for approval and your experiment number and password
• Go to the Experimetrix Website for UVA
• Select "Experimenter Area"
• Type in the experiment number (login) and password you were given
• Select "Edit Header" to add your experiment information
• To get back to the main menu after submitting changes, click on "Experimenter Options"
• Select "Change Password" to change the password to something you will remember, and distribute it to your RAs
• Select "Add New Times" to create appointments for your participants, for help go to Experimetrix's Help for Experimenters.
• Select "View Schedule", check the box next to "Display Experiments to Students" and click "Apply changes on this page" to make your experiment visible to students.
• After the experimental session, select "View Schedule" to award credit (or penalty) to the participant.