The Data Integrity section of Study Settings provides a centralized location for tools that help researchers monitor the quality and integrity of participant contributions. By utilizing these tools, Administrators can streamline the detection of questionable submissions created by AI, easing the review process and ensuring that decision-making is based on authentic and high-quality data.
Block Pasting
The Block Pasting settings allows Admins to restrict participants from pasting external content on Task responses and Discussion contributions. It is always possible to override the default when configuring an individual Task or Discussion Topic.
📌 Note: When block pasting is enabled, participants cannot paste copied content within a text response template of any Task response or Discussion topic, reply or comment. Block pasting does not impact Administrators unless they are previewing an Activity, Task, or Discussion Topic. However, Admins will be given an additional option to bypass the block during preview.
Integrity Alerts
Analysts and Moderators can configure the AI media detection toggle to monitor the authenticity of participant contributions. When enabled, participant-uploaded photos and videos will be evaluated for any signals that suggest the media has been generated using AI.
📌 Note: Media submitted via File upload or Inline text images is not supported.
Media detection will be enabled by default, but can be disabled at both the study and task level. When enabled for the study, it will be enabled by default for Multimedia tasks, however it can still be turned off for individual tasks where the check is not required.
If a response is flagged as containing AI-generated content, a notification will be sent to the selected study Administrators. Selected recipients will receive immediate notification both in-app and via email.
Detection and notifications are configured independently, allowing flexibility in how you monitor alerts. Admins can leave AI Media Detection enabled while choosing not to notify anyone by deselecting all options, keeping flagged responses available for review without actively pushing each detection to the study team.
Reviewing Integrity Alerts
In addition to triggering a notification, flagged media responses will also display a warning message indicating that AI-generated content has been detected. This allows Admins to easily spot flagged responses and consider the submission in context before deciding whether any follow-up is necessary.
If the Admin reviews the response and determines that the signal is not meaningful or does not require further attention, they can click Accept to clear the alert. Once accepted, the Integrity Alert and all associated AI detection tags will be removed from the response.
If a response requires action, Admins may consider rejecting, editing, or deleting the response.
📌 Note: Recollective does not automatically remove flagged submissions or notify the participant that AI has been detected in their response. The purpose of the alert is only to help Study Administrators prioritize review while leaving the final judgment with the research team.
Task Configuration
When configuring a Task, the options to Block pasting of external content and Detect AI-generated photos and videos will appear under the Task’s Advanced settings. These checkboxes reflect the Task-level study default, but Admins can override the default for that specific Task.
📌 Note: The block pasting setting is applicable for all Task Types, whereas the option to detect AI-generated media will only be shown on Multimedia Tasks. AI detection must first be enabled at the study level in order to interact with this toggle in the task settings.
Discussion Topic Configuration
When configuring an individual Discussion Topic, Admins will also see a checkbox labeled Block pasting of external content beneath Topic Settings, which reflects the Discussion-level study default. As with Task responses, Admins can override this default for a specific Topic, if desired. The configuration will apply to all Replies and Comments within the Topic.
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