JupyterLab Experimental Control Extension for JupyterLab 4.x

02 Jun 2025 . Category . Comments #research #education-research #datawhys #data-science #machine-learning #programming #statistics

A JupyterLab extension that adds gives experimental control to the JupyterLab interface, now upgraded for JupyterLab 4.x!

The following lock behaviors are implemented:

• Left navbar collapsed (e.g. file explorer)
• Left navbar hidden
• Launcher and terminal tabs hidden
• Notebook tab close button disabled
• Bottom status bar hidden
• Auto renders markdown in case users accidentally double click

The following qualtrics behavior are implemented

• For WE/PS1, checks the expected number of code cells have been executed before giving password. This prevents experimental participants from moving forward without following direcitons to answer and execute each cell

Qualtrics integration how-to: Have a qualtrics question with a link to the notebook and a text entry box. Put a validator on the text entry box for the password returned by the extension. During the survey, the link out will take the participant to a JHub with the extension installed. When they complete a notebook, a link will appear giving them a password to enter on the Qualtrics side. Once they enter the password, Qualtrics will let them advance to the next question.