SFASU Psychology Department Research

Participant Sign-Up Instructions

1. Go to the website for our experiment management system (http://sfasu.sona-systems.com).

2. If you have already registered, log in. If you have not yet registered as a student, you may do so by clicking on the link in the bottom left-hand corner that says: "Request an account here." Once registered you can immediately log in.

3. Once logged in, you can browse studies that are available and in which you may participate (under "Study Sign-Up").

By clicking on the name of a study, you can see information about the study, including an abstract, duration of the study, credits available, and the researcher's name.

When you click on "View Timeslots for this Study," any available times will be shown. If you wish to sign up for one of the times, there is a pull-down menu for "Course for Credit." Click on the arrow beside that box and all courses in the department will be listed. Choose your course from the list. Click the "Sign Up" button, and you are done. Be sure to write down the information about the study from the screen that appears stating you successfully signed up.

Also, under "My Schedule & Credits," you can view studies for which you've signed up, cancel participation in studies for which you signed up, view studies in which you already participated to see if credit was granted yet, and view other credits you may have earned. Finally, under "My Profile," you can change your password, modify your contact information, or change your email address.

4. The day before any study for which you have signed up, you will receive an email reminder from the system.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have a Yahoo or Hotmail account, it is possible the emails sent from the system will be bounced. This is the only type of account we have encountered so far with such a problem. You may wish to use your SFA account for this system until the end of the semester.