REDCap is a web-based application that should be used primarily for Research and Quality Improvement studies and is available to current faculty, students and staff. 

Access REDCap:

  1. Go to redcap.appstate.edu and log in using your ASU username (without the @appstate.edu) and password.
  2. This takes you to a screen to enter a few more pieces of information (first name, last name, and email address - please use appstate.edu email address). 
  3. To complete your setup you’ll need to verify the email sent. 

Resource for the REDCap Mobile Application: 

REDCap Definitions:

  • Project status: development, production, draft, inactive and archived. 
    • If a Project is in Production, then changes to the Project will require the REDCap Admins approval.  The REDCap admin approval step is in place for Production studies to avoid accidental deletion of data in Production project status.
    • If the REDCap study is kept in a Development or Draft project status, changes to the study do not require REDCap Admin approval.   
  • Arms: group events into 'arms‘; there may be one or more arms/groups per project. Each arm can have as many events as needed.
  • Branching logic: Branching Logic may be employed when fields/questions need to be hidden for data entry under certain conditions.
  • Calendar:  project calendar to help organize the participants’ scheduling and keep track of any upcoming events.
  • CRF: Case Report Form.
  • Data Dictionary: excel file, containing the list of fields of a given project and their associated attributes. 
  • Events: allow for the utilization of data collection forms multiple times for any given project record (often used when collecting longitudinal data). An 'event' may be a temporal event in the course of a project, such as a participant visit or a task to be performed.
  • Field or variable: unique items of data to be collected and analyzed.
  • File repository:  repository that stores and retrieves files and documents used for a project, and includes all data export files.
  • Instrument: survey page or data entry form.
  • Logging: module that lists all changes made to a REDCap project, including data exports, data changes, and the creation or deletion of users (audit trail).


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