Getting Started

This chapter is your starting point for jumping in and starting to use Onyx. Sit down in front of an Onyx workstation and try the things described in this chapter.

This chapter covers these topics:

• How to log in\
• Onyx home page\ and the features\ it shares with other pages of Onyx
• How to start an interview\

Logging In

The first step in using Onyx is logging in Logging inSigning in—also known as signing in Signing in. You must log in at the beginning of your work day or shift. When you have finished your work session, you should log out.

If you stay logged in for an extended period of time without touching the keyboard or mouse, Onyx automatically logs you out Logoutautomatic. Sometimes this is called "timing out" timing out. If Onyx logs you out, you must log in again as explained in this section.

Prerequisites

To log in, you need to know your user name and password. If you do not know them, speak to your manager or system administrator.

Procedure

1. If the Onyx login dialog (this figure\) is not displayed on your workstation, locate the Onyx icon (this figure\) on the desktop of your workstation.
   The Onyx icon

   

2. Double-click the Onyx icon. The Onyx login\ dialog should now be displayed on your workstation.
   The Onyx login dialog

   

3. Enter your user name and password and click the Sign in button. The Onyx Home page is displayed. See this figure\.

The Onyx Home Page

After you log in to Onyx, the Home page is displayed. This is the page that you will use to start or resume the interview of a participant who has already been received at the assessment centre. this figure\ shows the Home page and points out its main features. These features are described below this figure\.

Features Common to the Home Page and Other Pages

These features appear around the edge of the Home page, as well as two other pages of Onyx—the Participants page and the Workstation page:

• Home tab — displays the Home page in which you can select a participant to interview (if you know their ID or can scan their barcode)
• Participants tab — display the Participants page in which you can view the list of participants and to select a participant to interview
• Workstation tab — displays the Workstation page in which you can register and calibrate instruments connected to the workstation, and to keep logs of room and environmental conditions

  The Workstation page might not be visible if your study did not define any physical measurement stages or experimental condition logs.

• Current Onyx user - the user name of the Onyx user who is currently logged in, and the date and time when they logged in
• Current version of Onyx — the version of Onyx that you are currently using
• Profile link — allows the current user to change their profile (language and password)
• Quit link — allows you to close Onyx. Always exit the interview you are working on before clicking the Quit link.
• Help link — not currently functional
• Standard Windows buttons:
  • Minimize button - allows you to minimize Onyx (to a button at the bottom of the screen)
  • Maximize/Reduce button - allows you to go back and forth between full-screen and reduced window size
  • Quit button button - allows you to close Onyx (same as the Quit link\)

• Keyboard shortcuts:
  • To increase the font size of text: Press Ctrl and + keys.
  • To decrease the font size of text: Press the Ctrl and - keys.
  • To jump forward between fields and/or buttons: Press the Tab key.
  • To jump backward between fields and/or buttons: Press the Shift and Tab keys.

The Simplest Way to Start an Interview

Usually, a participant manager\ receives participants and registers them. During registration, a participant ID\ is assigned to the participant. After a participant has been registered and has a participant ID, you can start their interview as explained in this section.

After you start an interview, you will proceed through the various stages of the interview with the participant: obtaining consent, answering questionnaires, and so on. During a stage or between the stages, you may need to pause the interview. If an interview has been paused, you can resume it as explained in this section.

Prerequisites

To start or resume an interview for a participant:

• The participant must have been received or enrolled. Only participant managers\ can receive and enroll participants. See Receiving a participant\ and Enrolling a volunteer participant\.
• You must know the participant's Participant ID or, if your assessment centre uses barcodes and you have access to a barcode scanner, you can scan the barcode used for the Participant ID. If you do not know the Participant ID, you can search for it, see Finding a participant\.

Procedure

1. If the Home page is not displayed, click the Home tab.
   The simplest way to start an interview is from the Home page

   

2. Enter the participant's Participant ID in the field on the Home page. Or, if your assessment centre uses barcodes, scan the participant's barcode—the number read by the scanner appears in the Participant ID field.Alternatively, if you know the participant's Enrollment ID, you may enter that instead.
3. Select the Go to Interview button. The Interview page is displayed—see this figure\. You are now ready to proceed with the interview—see Interviewing Participants\.
   The Interview page—ready to start the interview

   

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