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# Add panelists to a Dscout study from Private Panels
Private Panels is a Dscout add-on that lets you recruit, maintain, and organize your own private pool of participants in one convenient place. With Private Panels, you can create panelist groups based on demographics, participation history, and more. Then, you can use Private Panels to quickly populate usability tests and media surveys built in Dscout.
## Access Private Panels
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If you don’t have access to Private Panels and want to learn more, reach out to your Dscout Account Director.
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Once your account manager has enabled Private Panels, anyone working in your Dscout account can access your Private Panels organization directly from the Dscout sidebar navigation.
To access Private Panels, open the sidebar navigation and click **Private Panels**. You are then taken directly to your Private Panels organization where you can view and manage your panels and panelists.
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If you’re relatively new to Private Panels, you can find more information on what to do from here in [getting started with panel management](/private-panels/panel-management/get-started-with-panel-management.md).
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## Add participants from Private Panels to a usability test or media survey
When building a usability test or media survey, you have the option of inviting participants directly from Private Panels. These participants are considered your own, meaning they are not part of Dscout’s standard pool of Scouts, nor will they be added to our Scout pool by participating in your mission.
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You can only use one recruitment method per mission. So, you can’t use Private Panels to add participants to a mission where you’ve already used another recruitment method.
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When creating your mission, select **Invite from Dscout's Private Panels** as the recruitment approach.
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Click **Continue**.
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Select whether you want your participants to use a **Mobile** device or a **Desktop** to complete your mission.
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Click **Continue**.
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(Usability test only) For desktop missions, select whether you want to record participants' screens and cameras or only their screens. For mobile missions, select whether you are testing a prototype, a website, or an app. Then, click **Continue**.
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Enter a **Title** for your mission.
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Click **Create mission**.
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In the builder, click **Add from Private Panels** in the left sidebar. A page opens showing your Private Panels panelists.
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Select the participants you want to invite to your mission.
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Click **Add to mission** in the top-right corner. A modal appears confirming your participants have been added.
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Click **Return to mission**.
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Now, you’ll return to the mission builder in Dscout. Here, you’ll see a list of your selected participants. To add more participants from Private Panels, click **Add participants**. To remove a participant, click the Trash icon above their name.
When you launch your mission, your selected participants will automatically receive an email from Private Panels inviting them to start the mission. And if you’re adding participants to a mission that’s already been launched, your new participants will receive an email invitation immediately.
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