Upload an external interview session

If you complete interview sessions outside of the Dscout platform, you can still upload them for inclusion in your Dscout interview study. This lets you manage studies all in one place even if sessions themselves might be completed using different tools, including Zoom.

Transcripts are auto-generated for uploaded sessions as they would be for sessions conducted on the Dscout platform. Uploaded sessions can be assigned to participants invited to your study or participants you don’t want to invite to your study directly.

Upload a session for an invited participant

If you’ve invited a participant to your study but decide to conduct the interview session outside of Dscout, you can add the session recording to your study manually and link it to that participant for easy analysis.

To upload a session for an invited participant:

1. Navigate to the Manage tab of your study.
2. Click Upload session in the top right corner of the page. The session upload modal is displayed.
   
   

3. Select Invited participant. A list of all invited participants is displayed.

   Note: Only participants who have accepted their invitation to the study are displayed. If you don’t see the participant listed here, ask them to accept their invitation to the study. Or, you can upload their session as an external participant. For more information, see Upload a session for an external participant.
4. Select the participant from the Name drop-down.
   
   
5. Click Next.
6. Click Choose file and select the file you want to upload.
   
   
7. Click Upload.

Now, your session is uploaded. Depending on the file’s size, this may take a few minutes to process. When the process is complete, the Scheduled time column will show the duration for the uploaded video as well as the time of upload. You can view the uploaded session by clicking View Session in the participant’s row or by navigating to the Sessions tab of your study.

Upload a session for an external participant

If you’ve conducted an interview with a participant not invited to your study directly, you can upload their session for easy analysis alongside your other sessions.

To upload a session for an external participant:

1. Navigate to the Manage tab of your study.
2. Click Upload session in the top right corner of the page. The session upload modal is displayed.
   
   
3. Select External participant.
4. Enter the participant’s First name and Last name.
   
   
5. Click Next.
6. Click Choose file and select the file you want to upload.
   
   
7. Click Upload.

Now, your session is uploaded. Depending on the file’s size, this may take a few minutes to process. When the process is complete, the Scheduled time column will show the duration for the uploaded video as well as the time of upload. You can view the uploaded session by clicking View Session in the participant’s row or by navigating to the Sessions tab of your study.

Reassign speakers in an uploaded session

When uploading a session, Dscout automatically detects the moderator and participant and creates the session transcript accordingly. By default, the first person to speak in the uploaded session is labeled the moderator. However, you can update this manually if that is not correct.

To reassign speakers in an uploaded session:

1. Navigate to the Manage tab of your study.
2. Locate the participant whose session you want to update.
3. Click View session. The participant’s recording and transcript are displayed.
   
   
4. Click the Interview info icon in the top right corner of the transcript.
5. Select Reassign speakers. A modal is displayed.
   
   
6. Select the person who speaks first in the uploaded session (either the participant or the moderator).
   
   
7. Click Confirm.

Now, the transcript is refreshed with the speakers reassigned based on your selection.