ConductCognition

Setup guide: Qualtrics

Add ConductCognition tests to a Qualtrics survey

Respondents finish your first Qualtrics survey, take the cognitive tests in ConductCognition, and return to a second survey with the same ID, so you can join the questionnaire and test data.

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Set it up step by step

You need a ConductCognition study with its tests chosen, and an account with Qualtrics. The open link works while the study is active. Names in the steps match the ConductCognition screens and Qualtrics's help pages.

  1. 1

    Turn on the study link

    In ConductCognition, open your study. In the Recruitment panel, select Turn on the open link, choose Qualtrics as the recruitment platform, and select Save. The link works while the study is active.

  2. 2

    Copy the study link

    Select Copy link. The link ends with ?ResponseID=${e://Field/ResponseID}, the piped text Qualtrics replaces with each respondent's response ID.

    https://app.conductcognition.com/join/abcd2345efgh6789?ResponseID=${e://Field/ResponseID}
  3. 3

    Redirect from the first survey

    In the first survey's Survey flow, add an End of Survey element and set it to Redirect to a URL. Paste the ConductCognition link. Qualtrics notes that this redirect is not available for free accounts.

  4. 4

    Return respondents to a second survey

    To bring respondents back, paste the second survey's link into the Completion URL field in ConductCognition and add the ID as a parameter. Use a name the second survey does not use for its own fields, such as survey_a_id.

    https://yourschool.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_SURVEY?survey_a_id={participant_id}
  5. 5

    Capture the ID in the second survey

    In the second survey's Survey flow, add an Embedded Data element at the top named survey_a_id and leave its value blank, so it reads Value will be set from Panel or URL. Field names must match exactly, including capital letters.

  6. 6

    Test the round trip

    Take the first survey in preview, finish the tests, and check that the second survey records the same ID. In ConductCognition, the participant list shows the response ID with the Open link label. A test run uses one participant place or credit.

Troubleshooting

Can the tests run inside the Qualtrics survey?

No. Respondents leave Qualtrics for the tests and come back. The tests run on their own full-screen page after ConductCognition's device check.

Why is the ID blank in the second survey?

Check that the Embedded Data element is at the top of the second survey's flow, that its name matches the parameter in the Completion URL exactly, including capital letters, and that you tested by taking the first survey rather than opening the second one directly.

My respondents come from Prolific first. Which preset do I use?

If Prolific sends people straight to ConductCognition, use the Prolific preset. If Prolific sends them to Qualtrics first, store PROLIFIC_PID as embedded data in the first survey, choose Custom parameters in the Recruitment panel with PROLIFIC_PID as the participant ID parameter, and add ?PROLIFIC_PID=${e://Field/PROLIFIC_PID} to the redirect.

What if an ID contains special characters?

Qualtrics can encode piped text with ?format=urlencode, for example ${e://Field/ResponseID?format=urlencode}. ConductCognition accepts IDs of 1 to 128 letters, digits and the characters _ . ~ : @ -, starting with a letter, digit or underscore.

Can participants take part on a phone?

Yes, for untimed tests: 15 untimed tests run on phones and 17 on tablets. Timed tests need a desktop or laptop with a mouse or trackpad. A phone that cannot run every test in a study is stopped before the consent form. On an open study link, that person is not counted and uses no credit.

What Qualtrics documents

Qualtrics pages quoted on this page

Checked on 2 October 2026.

Qualtrics can change its screens and rules. If a step here no longer matches, follow Qualtrics's page and tell us through the question button so we can update this guide.

Other guides: Prolific, Sona Systems, CloudResearch Connect. All of them start from the recruitment setup overview.

How sessions are checked: Study Quality Monitor. What it costs: pricing.

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