Introduction to REDCap
REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a HIPAA-secure, web-based application for building and maintaining online surveys and databases. This video explains why REDCap may be beneficial, demonstrates how to navigate the site (including where to find answers to FAQs), and outlines terms used when creating databases.
REDCap: Creating and Disseminating Surveys
This video explains the importance of moving a finished REDCap project from development status to production status to initiate established data safeguards. Additionally, the video delves into which survey settings can be modified and the different ways to disseminate the survey.
REDCap: Adding Users and Entering Data
This video focuses on how REDCap allows the project creator to restrict data access to essential personnel and why data restriction is of utmost importance. It also demonstrates how to enter records into REDCap and track survey completion.
Creating Data Entry Forms in REDCap
Poor quality or incomplete data can negatively impact decisions made as it leads to inaccurate analysis, increased case investigation completion time, and a reduced ability to construct effective strategies. Integrated features within REDCap give assurance the data collected is high quality. This video explores creating a succinct yet polished and complete database that houses reliable data.
REDCap: Data Use, Data Exports, and Project Archiving
This video demonstrates how to export full and partial databases from REDCap. It also covers how REDCap can alert users automatically when specific fields are entered in a record and how to archive data collection.
REDCap: Tips and Tricks
This video provides tips and tricks to make using REDCap easier. It describes how to modify survey settings to make them more aesthetically pleasing and how REDCap checks for duplicate records.
REDCap: Application Programming Interface (API)
This video covers how REDCap uses Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to import, export, and update data into various software languages.