**ShowPlay Reference Manual, Chapter 1 (Introduction): Tutorial** 

==== ShowPlay Tutorial ====

ShowPlay provides an easy and comprehensive tool for creating parameter files for fMRI scans. This section will cover some of the basic set-up of ShowPlay as well as additional uses on CIGAL.

  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter1:ppf|How to create a paradigm parameter file (PPF) for stimulus presentation]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter1:physio|How to record physiological signals (cardiac, respiratory, GSR), eye-tracking signals, and scanner pulses]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter1:accuracy|How to add codes to determine the accuracy of button responses]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter1:schedfiles|How to add codes to automatically generate FSL-type schedule files for analysis]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter1:taskmenu|How to create a drop-down menu for your scan session]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter1:dualscreen|How to use the dual display feature for monitoring task behavior]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter1:images|How to manipulate how images are displayed]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:download|How to install CIGAL on your own computer]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter1:screenshots|How to create JPEG screenshots of your task]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter1:avi|How to create an AVI file of your task]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:background|How to use CIGAL to record physio while running other task software]]

Link to Powerpoint:\\
**http://hawking.biac.duke.edu/docs/cigal/CIGAL_WorkshopMay2015.pdf**

**See Also:**\\
[[jvs:cigal|CIGAL Home]], 
[[jvs:cigal:manual|CIGAL Manual]], 
[[jvs:cigal:showplay|ShowPlay Home]], 
[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual|ShowPlay Manual]], 
[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:help|Manual Help]]