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REDCap 101 eLearning Series
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REDCap Office Hours |
Purpose: User issues, external collaborator account question, redcap project questions. When: Every Thursdays Time: 10:00 - 11:00 CST Where: WebEx (https://rush.webex.com/rush-en/j.php?MTID=mac00b4d356a3824d007af74428504454) |
FAQ: To learn more about REDCap, you can access our FAQ at the following link REDCap FAQ
NEW USERS: All current Rush active employees or Rush students with a valid Rush LDAP account can log in to REDCap using their Rush username and password. If your username and password do not work, please contact Rush IS Help Desk at Help@rush.edu or call them at (312) 942-4357 to reset your password.
COLLABORATOR / EXTERNAL USERS: All external / collaborator users will need to request a PI at Rush to sponsor for his/her account. Please advise the PI to use the following link to request a new account REDCap User Account Request
REDCap API TOKEN REQUEST: REDCap API token is granted on a case-by-case basis. Please go to our FAQs to request a REDCap API token. Users will need to accept our "REDCap End User Agreement" before an API token is issued.
REDCap Users are encouraged to view the following Basic REDCap Training Videos.
REDCap Citations and Acknowledgement: Study investigators can cite and acknowledge Rush REDCap using the language below in their study manuscript.
Study data were collected and managed using REDCap electronic data capture tools hosted at the Rush University Medical Center (1,2). REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure, web-based application designed to support data capture for research studies, providing: 1) an intuitive interface for validated data entry; 2) audit trails for tracking data manipulation and export procedures; 3) automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to common statistical packages; and 4) procedures for importing data from external sources.
(1)Paul A. Harris, Robert Taylor, Robert Thielke, Jonathon Payne, Nathaniel Gonzalez, Jose G. Conde, Research electronic data capture (REDCap)-A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support, J Biomed Inform. 2009 Apr;42(2):377-81.
(2)PA Harris, R Taylor, BL Minor, V Elliott, M Fernandez, L O'Neal, L McLeod, G Delacqua, F Delacqua, J Kirby, SN Duda, REDCap Consortium, The REDCap consortium: Building an international community of software partners, J Biomed Inform. 2019 May 9 [doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2019.103208].
REDCap external/collaborator account suspension notice:
• There is an excessive number of REDCap external collaborator accounts without an expiration date. If you are an external collaborator REDCap user who is sponsored by a Rush Principal Investigator, please immediately work with your account sponsor to fill out the following link REDCap external collaborator account extension request form to extend your REDCap account. Expiration dates are required for all external collaborator accounts. If you do not do this, your account will be suspended on April 2024
• If you are sponsoring an external collaborator REDCap account, , please request to extend the sponsored external collaborator REDCap account using the link REDCap external collaborator account extension request form
• This notice only applies to studies that require collaboration with study staff from non-Rush institutions such as UIC, U of C, Northwestern University, etc. If you are a current Rush employee or Rush student then this notice does not apply to you or your study. If your study is conducted and managed by a current Rush employee and there is no collaboration with any other institutions, then this notice does not apply to you.
Notice: Due to current high volume and staffing limitations, most requests or questions for REDCap will be addressed within 2 business days.
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Just Getting Started?
Explore these overviews of fundamental concepts and features.
Building a Project
Learn how to build and modify data collection instruments.
Title | Description |
Watch Video |
Introduction to Instrument Development | An introduction to the Online Designer and Data Dictionary methods of instrument development. |
6 minutes
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Online Designer | This online tool is the quickest and most intuitive method for making instrument modifications. |
5 minutes
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Data Dictionary | The Data Dictionary is your project structure in a downloadable spreadsheet file. The spreadsheet can be modified and uploaded into REDCap to make instrument modifications. To see an example, download the Data Dictionary demonstration file. |
10 minutes
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Project Field Types | An illustration of some popular field types. |
4 minutes
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Basic Features & Modules
Types of REDCap Projects
There are several flavors of REDCap projects to choose from as you begin thinking about building your own project. Each type of project has its advantages and disadvantages, and may fit the specific needs better of one type of project over another. Please review the different types below, and you may even view a live example of each project type in action or view a short video about it.
Special Features within REDCap Projects
Every REDCap project is capable of utilizing special features, some of which can be enabled by normal users and some by REDCap administrators. Below is a listing of these features.