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Details on services currently integrated or that can be integrated with REDCap and the availability on the ASU REDCap systems. These are listed in alphabetical order. Application Programming Interface (API) What it is APIs provide a mechanism for interac

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What is REDCap? Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap https://www.project-redcap.org/) is a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. The software is developed, updated, and distributed by Vanderbilt University Medi

An instrument must be enabled as a survey prior to setting up an Automated Survey Invitation image-20231213-205411.png The ASI for that survey can be set up singularly or to be administered at multiple time points, depending on the data collection approac

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Fields, variables, or items can be added to the project from the Online Designer, the Data Dictionary, or imported from the REDCap Instrument Library image-20231213-204050.png

Previously curated Data Dictionary template that can be downloaded and used to create new fields in your projects. This is a great time-saving feature for mapping fields and instruments in new projects. Includes numeric coding (1, Alabama) and abbreviatio

Deleting record/participants from your project Deleting fields from your projects Fields (defined here https://asurc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ASUREDCAP/pages/1883701260/Terminology#Field)… Deleting choices from the field options

In the Project Setup tab, enable the use of surveys in the Main project settings. image-20231213-205126.png Instruments, by default, are implemented as forms. Enable the instrument as a survey in the Online Designer to allow for participant direct entry.

Please also note the training videos within the REDCap system, found here: Enterprise system → Training Videos https://redcap.asu.edu/index.php?action=training HIPAA system → Training Videos https://esr.asu.edu/index.php?action=training ASU REDCap Communi

Provided is a list of frequently asked questions from the Arizona State University REDCap users. Solutions to these questions are also available on the help_redcap Slack channel. This section has been moved to Best Practices . The Record Status Dashboard

Survey Settings https://youtu.be/F6Xii7HWAVI https://youtu.be/F6Xii7HWAVI Getting Started with REDCap and Learning Resources https://youtu.be/O7mehxkwzIM https://youtu.be/O7mehxkwzIM Sending Surveys https://youtu.be/2Rst3KUh9w8 https://youtu.be/2Rst3KUh9w

The Information Security and HIPAA trainings have been moved to Workday, the Human Capital Management system that ASU migrated to in January 2025. To gain access to these trainings, users must have some employment relationship with ASU. This includes non-

Building an Instrument Understanding Events Defining events is one approach to allow data collection on a single instrument multiple times. When should events be used? instruments will be used to collect data multiple times at specific intervals a long da

All quick tips are posted to the help_redcap https://asu-community.slack.com/archives/CMR0KM6P2 Slack channel, which is available to all ASU faculty, staff, and students via the ASU Community workspace https://asu-community.slack.com/. Survey Distribution

SYSTEM LEVEL PROJECT LEVEL 1 System Administrator REDCap Administrator Project Owner / Administrator User Rights Manager 2 Responsibility 3 Documentation covering validation of REDCap Audit Trail functionality, including signature retention 4 Policies on

Removing a person/account from a project If a user should no longer have access to the project and any data within it, they can be removed from the project using the User Rights module. From the User Rights module page, click on the username you want remo

Instrument Save Status Icons (in development) This section will include best practices for saving instruments. Should they be saved as ‘forms’ or ‘surveys’ depending on how the data was collected?

Assistance with: Basic functionality, such as how to create a survey Guidance on accomplishing a goal with a module or function image-20241125-212808.png Solution Check the REDCap Help & FAQ section, found at the top of the My Projects page. redcap_faq.pn

Sending Invitations Immediately The Automated Survey Invitations (ASIs) https://asurc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ASUREDCAP/pages/1883701260/Terminology#Automated-Survey-Invitations-(ASIs) allow users to define conditions for sending survey invitations that

Survey flow is dependent on your data collection approach and desired dataset structure, which will dictate your project design. Below are graphics showing basic examples of how a survey flow might be implemented using the defined purpose of each module a

A survey’s basic information, such as instructions, color theme, termination options, and other customizations can be edited by entering the Survey Settings for that instrument. If the Survey Settings are not available, please see Enabling Surveys image-2

Overview This document contains the configurations relating to the hosting and administration of the two REDCap versions offered by Arizona State University. Guidance for Funded Projects Language If not required by the funding agency, most funding proposa

Action Tags Action tags are special terms that begin with the '@' sign that can be placed inside a field's Field Annotation when adding or editing a field. Each action tag has a corresponding action that is performed for the field when displayed on data e

Overview of User Rights User rights https://asurc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ASUREDCAP/pages/1883701260/Terminology#User-rights define the level of access and capabilities users have within a project and the data within that project. image-20250514-180835.