ReVISit Modes
Each of the reVISit studies has various modes which enable different features. These can be managed in the "Manage" tab of a particular study in our analysis interface. When the study is visible on the landing page, its card also shows the current mode status.
Here we give a brief introduction to these modes. Check out our Analysis Platform Documentation for more information on managing your data and studies. Additionally, you can find our best practices for using these modes to manage the lifecycle of your reVISit study.
Data Collection​
With Data Collection enabled, all data that is captured by participants will be stored either locally or in your cloud database (dependent on your currently specified storage engine). You can check out our data management documentation to learn how to manage participants, create backup datasets, and more.
Disabling data collection on a particular study will cause the user to see a DEMO MODE icon in the upper right hand corner. This is to alert users that their data is not currently being collected. In this mode, ReVISit also does not capture audio, screen, or webcam recordings, and does not request recording permissions.
When Data Collection is off, reVISit does not record audio or screens, even if recording is enabled in your Study Config. Participants can continue past the microphone check and screen recording permission pages without recording. The Start Recording button is disabled.
To test recording, turn on Data Collection in the study's Manage tab.
Development Mode​
When the development mode is enabled, any user will be able to access the study's "study browser". This allows users to move between any two components in the study freely. This is especially useful when you are disseminating your study after all data collection has completed and you'd like to share your study with the broader public.
Share Data and Make Analytics Interface Public​
The analytics interface provides administrators with a way to view, download, and manage study data. When enabling this mode, all the data for this particular study will be viewable by the broader public. This means that anybody can view the participants, see the answers given, and download all the data.
Turning this mode off keeps the landing-page card visible, but hides Participant counts, configuration warnings and errors, and the Analyze & Manage Study button, including for administrators. To reach the analysis interface when that button is hidden, open /analysis under your deployment's base URL and sign in as an administrator if authentication is enabled.
To hide the entire card, use the separate Show study on landing page setting under Study visibility in Manage. See Show or hide a study for the steps and how to restore a hidden study.
If you are using older version mode names, reVISit will automatically update the old mode names to the new mode names in storage engines.