# Live Monitoring

Live Monitoring is an advanced feature available exclusively with the Team Plan subscription on Cognition. This feature empowers researchers and teams to conduct real-time monitoring of participants during cognitive tasks, enhancing collaboration and data collection efficiency.

**Key Features:**

1. **Real-time Participant Screen Viewing:**
   * With Live Monitoring, researchers can observe participants' screens in real time as they interact with the cognitive task. This provides valuable insights into participant behavior and task engagement.
2. **Bidirectional Communication:**
   * Live Monitoring facilitates bidirectional communication between researchers and participants using a microphone. Researchers can provide instructions, ask questions, or offer assistance in real time, fostering a more interactive research environment.
3. **Real-time Data Collection Insights:**
   * Researchers have access to real-time data collection insights during Live Monitoring sessions. This allows for immediate analysis of participant responses and performance, enabling researchers to make informed decisions on the fly.

**Enabling Live Monitoring:**

* To enable Live Monitoring for a specific task, simply enable the "Requires monitoring" option during the creation of the task. Once the task is created, this property cannot be changed, ensuring consistency throughout the monitoring process.

**Important Considerations:**

* **Team Plan Requirement:** Live Monitoring is only available with the Team Plan subscription on Cognition. Each registered user receives 5 monitoring sessions for free.
* **Experimental Feature:** Please note that Live Monitoring is an experimental feature and may undergo further development and refinement. Feedback from users is highly encouraged to help improve the feature.
* **Not Available on Mobile Phones:** Live Monitoring is not currently available on mobile phones. It is recommended to use a desktop or laptop computer for conducting monitoring sessions.

**Contact Us:**

* If you encounter any issues or have feedback regarding Live Monitoring, please don't hesitate to contact our support team. We are committed to providing the best possible experience for our users and welcome your input.


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