Wrapping up

Congrats, you’re done with the Basic Tutorial!

Summary

You learned how to:

Create experiments and trials on the PCIbex Farm
Use multimedia and interactive elements
Manipulate elements with commands
Combine interactive elements
Change elements visually
Set trial-wide commands with default objects
Log experimental data

Click to see the final experiment script

// Type code below this line.

// Remove command prefix
PennController.ResetPrefix(null)

// Turn off debugger
DebugOff()

// Instructions
newTrial("instructions",
    defaultText
        .center()
        .print()
    ,
    newText("instructions-1", "Welcome!")
    ,
    newText("instructions-2", "<p>In this experiment, you will hear and read a sentence, and see two images.</p>")
    ,
    newText("instructions-3", "<b>Select the image that better matches the sentence:</b>")
    ,
    newText("instructions-4", "<p>Press the <b>F</b> key to select the image on the left.<br>Press the <b>J</b> key to select the image on the right.</p>")
    ,
    newButton("wait", "Click to start the experiment")
        .center()
        .print()
        .wait()
)

// Experimental trial
newTrial("experimental-trial",
    newAudio("fish-audio", "2fishRoundTank.mp3")
        .play()
    ,
    newText("fish-sentence", "The fish swim in a tank which is perfectly round.")
        .center()
        .unfold(2676)
    ,
    newImage("fish-plural", "2fishRoundTank.png")
        .size(200, 200)
    ,
    newImage("fish-singular", "1fishSquareTank.png")
        .size(200, 200)
    ,
    newCanvas("side-by-side", 450,200)
        .add(  0, 0, getImage("fish-plural"))
        .add(250, 0, getImage("fish-singular"))
        .center()
        .print()
        .log()
    ,
    newKey("keypress", "FJ")
        .log()
        .wait()
    ,
    getAudio("fish-audio")
        .wait("first")
)

Next steps

Now that you’ve learned the basics of PennController, we recommend reading the Advanced Tutorial, where you’ll learn how to do things like:

Create a trial template and use tables.
Implement a trial timeout and trial delay.
Manipulate content with CSS styles.
Randomize experimental item order.
Control group assignment.
Create obligatory checkboxes and global variables.
Examine PennController results files.

You can also jump right in and start creating your own experiments. If you have questions, visit the Troubleshooting page, check out our How-to guides, or post a question on our support forum.