Hi everyone,
I need to plan an online experiment in which each participant should watch a series of screens each containing an image (the screens/images must appear in a randomized order). During the whole series of screens, an audio file should be played, it should begin at the first image and it should end at the end of the session.
I have a Qualtrics account, but I'm not able to implement this kind of procedure. In general, as I build a page with the audio player, the audio won't be playing anymore as soon as the next screen is on. On the contrary, I need the audio to be playing in the background during the whole presentation.
Could I achieve my aim by programming something in Python / Java / Node JS / HTML? Or should I change software? Any suggestions?
thanks in advance for any help
all the best,
Alessandro
Dear Allessandro Ansani,
I suggest you to see links and attached files on subject.
https://www.qualtrics.com/support/survey-platform/survey-module/editing-questions/rich-content-editor/insert-media/
https://www.socialsciencespace.com/2020/04/whats-that-you-want-to-run-an-online-experiment/
https://www.psytoolkit.org/faq.html
Best regards
Mohamed-Mourad Lafifi , thanks very much for your help and materials. As a matter of fact, I already knew a bunch of tricks of Qualtrics, but I still cannot manage to have an audio playing in the background as the pages change. Do you have any specific suggestions on this issue?
Moreover, I read something about OpenSesame...I wonder whether it could be useful to my purpose...any OpenSesame user?!
thanks in advance!
Hi ,
Please take a look at this link and attached file.
https://www.qualtrics.com/community/discussion/3250/automatically-playing-sound
Best regards
Hi Alessandro,
Have a look at Gorilla or Millisecond as alternatives to Qualtrics. They are more equipped for online experiments. The also provide a wide range of example files.
Our lab at the University of Birmingham have just started using Gorilla.sc to build online experiments. So far, I have found Gorilla.sc really intuitive and easy to use and so I would definitely recommend it to other researchers. I'm not 100% sure whether you will be able to have the file playing in the background for the whole experiment, however, there is an option to have audio files playing in on each trial on Gorilla.sc so you might be able to?
If you do choose to use Gorilla.sc, some of the following webpages could be helpful to you! I referred to some of the following webpages to get an idea of how to build a task successfully:
Video walkthroughs that give a speedy introduction to using Gorilla.sc, some of which I found quite useful: https://gorilla.sc/support
Sample Code: https://gorilla.sc/support/script-samples#altercontent. I found the sample code really useful as there were examples for altering or adding content to the task via script (i.e. forcing participants to be in fullscreen when taking part, changing background text and colour, implementing live scoring etc.).
Example Projects: https://gorilla.sc/support/samples
Open Materials: https://gorilla.sc/openmaterials
Hope this helps! Wishing you all the best with your research!
Hi Connor Tom Keating , thanks really much for your suggestion. I'll surely give a look at Gorilla.sc; it seems promising !
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