How to add an informed consent to your experiment in OpenSesame

The informed consent can be used to inform your participants about your experiment on matters like procedures and anonimity. This is a crucial step in most experiments, since informing your participants is often mandatory. But how do you add this consent form to your OpenSesame experiment?

Firstly, click on your 'experiment' in the overview-window. Now all elements of your experiment should appear. On the left side, a '+' button should be visible. If you click on this, two options appear; 'Append new item' and 'Append existing item (linked)'. Click the first option.

Now all elements you can add to your experiment appear. We want to add an informed consent form, so we click on 'form_consent'. Now a 'new_form_consent' should be visible in your overview.

Click the informed consent in the overview, and add the text you want in your informed consent.

OpenSesame's informed consent consists of a text, a checkbox and underneath that two buttens; 'Accept' and 'Decline'.

OpenSesame offers the option to change all of these items. This can be done by changing the parameters.

Form title: this is the title that will apear on the top of your informed consent.

Checkbox text: this is the text that will appear right next to your checkbox. Example: 'I have read and understood the information shown above'.

Accept button text: this is the text that your 'accept' button will contain. Example: 'I want to participate!'.

Decline button text: this is the text that your 'decline' button will contain. Example: 'I do not want to participate'.

Message on decline: this is the text your participant will see when he/she did not check the checkbox before clicking the accept button or when he/she clicks the decline button. Example: You need to accept the consent form to participate!.

When completed all of the steps above, your informed consent should be ready for use!