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How to Share ProtoGenie Protocols

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PG World is a worldwide network or "secure research environment" of researchers brought together by ProtoGenie online user forum to share software and information and to reduce dependence on software engineers and costly fixed applications. The Internet makes this rich research environment possible. This environment is designed to grow and evolve with universal access and open source tools. A central principle is the conservation of software effort through the recycling of protocols. In other words, ProtoGenie treats protocols as research CAPITAL to be exploited, not wasted. PG World makes the application of this principle possible.  

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Sharing Protocols
To make your protocol available to other ProtoGenie users"
1.  Log on to ProtoGenie.  
2.  In the Startup Page, select "Access Your Personal Library." 
3.  In your list of protocols, click on the title of the protocol you wish to share.  4.  In the User Action Menu, click on Users. 
5.  On the Permissions Page under Protocol Options, click on "Public." 

Remember that "public" does not mean that others can change your original protocol or get at your data or findings. It simply means that others can make a copy from which to shape their own protocol. 

6.  If you prefer to provide access to a protocol on a person-to-person basis with the option to specify the level of access, type in the person's email address under "Add a User to Your Protocol."   If this person is not already a registered user, you will get a form on which to add them and his/her name will appear under "Current Users Associated With This Protocol."  If he/she is already a registered user, then his/her name will appear under "Current Users Associated With This Protocol."

Remote Access for Demonstration and Online Applications
In certain situations, you may want to enable another researcher to execute a protocol to demonstrate some feature or to get expert feedback on the suitability of the process for certain population groups.  In these situations, you can "make" a special URL that can be run only in execution mode, which you can send to the intended user.  To make a special URL for execution mode, do the following:
1. Log into ProtoGenie, 
2. Click on the protocol in your Personal Library of Protocols that you wish to provide access to in demonstration mode. 
3. Click on the words "Get URL" in the top menu.
4. Under the dropdown menu labeled "Group," select the experimental group to which the demonstration run will apply.
5. Under the dropdown menu labeled "Log in?," select "Have the Subject Login to Existing ProtoGenie."
6. Click on "Generate URL."  A long URL beginning with http will appear in the window below the "Generate URL" button.
7. Highlight this URL and copy it using Ctrl/C or right mouse button and select "copy."
8. Paste this URL into a message to send to the person to whom you want to demonstrate the Run mode of the selected protocol.
9. Upon receipt of the URL, the intended viewer will paste it into the "Open" field of his/her browser and press "Go."  This will bring up the first page of the protocol run.