Here is a complete list of the features of Momentum^TM.  Many of the features can be disabled or otherwise adjusted to suit your particular needs.  Contact us if you have any questions.

Experiment-related features

• New!  Experimenters can restrict participation contingent on the student's responses to "prescreening" questions.
• Experimenter can easily create a signup page with available appointment times through the user-friendly web page.
• Appointment times can be added and deleted whenever necessary from any web browser.
• Experimenter can add multiple simultaneous sessions to the schedule (for large-group testing).
• Experimenter can add a participant directly to the schedule (e.g., if the subject is contacted by phone).
• It is possible to restrict participation contingent on participation in other "prerequisite" experiments.
• Experimenter can award a variable amount of credit (e.g., if a session is an atypical length).
• Can easily assign credit in "batch" to many subjects (useful for mass testing).
• Automatic email reminders are sent to subject the day before an appointment
• Easy links are provided to email subjects who have signed-up for a given experiment.
• It is possible to restrict participation contingent on results from a screening session.
• Students are prevented from repeating an experiment (if desired).
• Open appointment times can be automatically deleted from schedule at specific lead times.

Reports of participation

• Easy web-based assignment of credit or penalty to subjects.
• Credit is reflected immediately in the student's record.
• Credit can be summarized by student name or id number.
• Credit report can be sorted based on courses that the student has selected.
• Earned credit can be allocated among selected courses (the student decides how to allocate their credits).
• Access to experiment participation reports can be provided to instructors and other members of the department through password assignments.
• Reports can be viewed on-line, printed,  or sent via email
• CSV file output is provided for import into word processing or spreadsheet programs.

Administrative control (The administrator would be a person at your institution.)

• Administrator can add authorized students to the system in "batch" from course rosters.
• Administrator assigns passwords and experiments to authorized experimenters.
• Administrator can track usage of pool by individual experimenters.
• Administrator can restrict individual experimenters to a specific number of subject-hours.
• Administrator can change passwords, and disable students and experiments.
• Administrator specifies the minimum lead time required for a subject to cancel an appointment.
• Easy interface provided to permit changes to the greeting on the front page of your web site.
• Easy interface provided to change the "subject pool rules" and "frequently asked questions" pages.

Student interface

• Experiments are displayed in a random order.
• Students can be "members" of the system only if they have a valid email address of a specific form.  (This is an easy way to restrict usage to members of your institution only.)
• Students can check their upcoming appointments at any time.
• Students can check their credits and past appointments at any time.
• Secondary email addresses allow reminders to be sent to more than one location.
• Students can easily browse through list of experiments before selecting one.
• Email confirmations are sent for each sign-up and cancellation.
• Email reminder is sent to subject one day prior to an experiment.
• Students can designate courses to which their experiment credits should be applied.
• Students can easily allocate specific credit amounts to specific courses.
• Students cannot sign up for two experiment appointments at the same time.
• Students are prevented from canceling an experiment within a specified time of appointment time.
• Students cannot sign up repeatedly for the same experiment (if desired by the Experimenter).

Security features

• SSL encryption is used to protect all web communications.
• Students can sign-up for experiments only if they are "members".
• Students can become members only if they have a local email address validated by our software, or if they are added by your administrator.
• Student names and information cannot be seen in public listings
• An appointment can be cancelled only by the student (or the experimenter or administrator).
• Database information is retained on a security-hardened server and is inaccessible to the public.
• The web site is continuously available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.