This feature allows you to add, organize, and manage consent forms (e.g. informed consent and HIPAA forms) for your study. You have the option to add up to three consent documents, i.e. Consent 1, Consent 2 and Consent 3, per language of administration. The consent forms are displayed to study participants in sequential order.

To begin adding a consent form, click on the plus (+) sign next to the applicable consent, e.g. Consent 1. This will expand the page to display form specific designations which allow you to define if consent endorsements will contain Protected Health Information (PHI) and how a participant will be asked to endorse the consent. Below these fields there will be a section, which can be expanded, for each applicable study language. Click on the plus sign next to each language title to expand the section. In this section, you will be able to cut/paste or type in a consent document applicable for the designated language.

The easiest way to add consent documents to your study is to create the form in a word processing program such as Microsoft Word and use the copy/paste functions to add them into Assessment Center. This will allow you to take full advantage of formatting options (e.g. spell checking, fonts).

Warning: The consent feature within Assessment Center is for online consent forms only. Do not use this feature if you intend to obtain informed consent with paper-based forms.

Consent documents appear immediately following the welcome page and before registration, where applicable, and the login/password assignment pages. Consent forms will only during the first assessment.