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Modifying Research Settings

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Learn how to tailor your research experience in Strella - from adjusting recording preferences to selecting moderator voice, language, and branding. This quick tutorial will walk you through the key settings so your study feels just right for your team and your participants.

To help customize your research study, there are various settings you can use. To find these settings, select the gear icon in the top right corner.

Research Plan

Here you will be able to define your research plan by setting clear goals and providing key details about your company.

Research objectives: View and modify the research objectives you defined when you first created your study. You will want to update these if any of your objectives have changed to ensure your insights properly reflect the updated goals

Internal project name: A name your team will use to identify this project - this will not be shared with participants

About your company: Describe your company, including its industry, product type, primary purpose, unique features, and target audience

Interview Details

Here you can set up the name, description, and incentive for your research study.

Participant-facing study name: A friendly name that will be visible to participants. Make it clear and approachable

Study description: Provide a brief description of your study. Explain the purpose and what participants can expect

Interview Setup

Here you can customize the AI moderator's voice, language, response speed, and recording options.

Default moderator language: Choose from our long list of available languages to be the default language the AI will use for interviews

Response speed: Adjust the speed AI responds after a pause - faster responses are more engaging but may interrupt, while slower responses suit task-focused studies like usability tests

Webcam recording: Ask participants to enable their camera to record them during the session

Screen recording (desktop only): Ask participants to share their screen and allow it to be recorded during the session

Access & Scheduling

Here you can manage participant access, invitations, and study availability settings.

Close study to new participants: Turn on to stop new participants from joining your study

Schedule close date: Set a date and time to close the study to new participants

Set participant limit: Set the maximum number of participants that can take the study before it automatically closes

Auto-invite participants (self-recruited only): Automatically invite participants you've recruited yourself if they qualify

Email required: If enabled, the user will have to provide a valid email address

Theme

Here you can customize the look of your participant registration forms by adding your company logo and customizing the button color to match you brand. This will allow the forms to be more easily recognizable to customers.

Insights

Here you can choose which version of insights you want to use for your project.

Traditional: The familiar experience you are used to - good for viewing past projects

Beta: Streamlined sharing, enhanced highlight reels, an updated explorer, and deeper insights

Advanced

Here you can configure advanced AI service providers for specialized use cases.

Large Language Model (LLM): Select your preferred language processing engine

Text-to-Speech Provider (TTS): Select the voice generation technology to use

Speech-to-Text Provider (STT): Select the speech recognition service to use

Prompt Selection: An experimental feature to select the best prompt for the AI model