External Study Credit Granting with LabMaestro Pack&Go

While these instructions refer to “credit granting”, they work for both credit and paid studies. For paid studies, participation will be marked (instead of credit granted) just like with any other paid study.

Here are the basic steps, which are subject to change (since the product is controlled by VPixx):

Step 1: Create & Copy a Sona Systems Invite Link

From your Experiments page in LabMaestro Pack&Go, click on the “settings” icon to manage your studies settings:

From the Actions panel, click on the Invite button:

From the Create New Invitations panel, select the Mutli Use Link | External tab, then select Sona Systems from the External Platform options:

Finally, to obtain your Study URL, click the “copy-to-clipboard” icon:

Step 2: Use the Invite Link to Create your Study URL and Return Link

Paste the invite link you copied from LabMaestro Pack&Go into the Study URL field in Sona:

Your study URL should end with the following text:

  • &survey_code=%SURVEY_CODE%

Next, go to the Study Information page in Sona. Copy the LabMaestro Pack&Go Return Link from the study information table:

Step 3: Add the Return Link in LabMaestro Pack&Go

Return to your experiment’s invite page in Pack&Go. Underneath the invite link you already copied in Step 1, paste the Return Link you copied from Sona in Step 2:

That’s it! This return link will redirect participants back to Sona and automatically grant credit (or mark participation.)