Building a Project
To learn how to build and modify data collection instruments, click on the film icon to view a short video.
(Video credits: Project REDCap; Table design: University of Chicago)
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Description |
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Introduction to Instrument Development |
An introduction to the Online Designer and Data Dictionary methods of instrument development. |
Intro to Instrument Development--video 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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Project Type |
Description |
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Applications Overview |
A brief exploration of the most popular built-in tools. |
5 minutes |
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The Calendar |
This tool organizes your study by tracking upcoming milestones and events. |
7 minutes |
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Scheduling Module |
This is an optional feature in longitudinal projects. The tool generates record-specific schedules based on a series of events or timepoints. Used with the calendar module, this tool greatly streamlines longitudinal data entry. |
7 minutes |
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Data Access Groups |
The Data Access Groups feature assigns users to groups. Any user in a Data Access Group may only access their group's records. Each group is blinded to all other data/records. Users not in a group can access all data across all groups. This feature is especially useful for multi-site projects because each data collection site must usually be restricted from viewing other sites' records. |
7 minutes |