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Getting started

Set up a core, bring in your researchers, and run your first month of bookings and charges.

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For core managers

  1. Create your workspace. Choose Start free trial, sign in with a ConductScience account, and name your core.
  2. Add rooms and apparatus. In Equipment, add each resource people book, such as a testing room, a water maze, or a tracking workstation.
  3. Open them for booking. In Schedule, open Equipment & access and choose Set up for each resource. Set the shortest and longest session, the minimum notice, how far ahead people can book, and the hourly rates. Turn on training, approval, or protocol number requirements where you need them.
  4. Invite your researchers. In People, paste email addresses, or turn on a join link and share it. Choose each person's role and whether they pay the internal or external rate. Approve access requests as they arrive.
  5. Grant training access. In Equipment & access, pick the resource and the researcher, add an expiry date if your core requires retraining, and grant access.
  6. Handle requests. Bookings that need approval show as awaiting approval on the calendar. Open one to approve or decline it.
  7. Export charges. At the end of the month, open Usage & charges, review completed sessions, and export the CSV for your business office.

For researchers

  1. Join your core. Open the invite email or the join link from your core and sign in with ConductScience. For an invite, use the email address the invite was sent to. If you used a join link, a manager approves your request.
  2. Book. In Schedule, choose Book equipment. Pick the resource and time, enter your paying account (a lab, grant, chartstring, or PO), and describe the work. Use Repeat for a multi-day protocol. Enter your protocol number if the core asks for one.
  3. Check in and out. Open your booking when the session starts and choose Check in. Choose Check out when you finish.
  4. Keep it on your calendar. Open any booking and choose Download calendar event. You also get an email reminder about a day before.
  5. Change plans. Open the booking and cancel it with a short reason. For a repeat series, cancel one day or all remaining days.

Plans and billing

Every new workspace includes Core for 30 days. Booking, training, approvals, and check-in stay free after the trial. Hourly rates, charge reports, CSV exports, and usage corrections need Core.

To pay for Core, a manager opens Plan and requests an invoice. See pricing for details.

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