REDCap

REDCap is a secure web platform for building and managing online databases and surveys. REDCap's streamlined process for rapidly creating and designing projects offers a vast array of tools that can be tailored to virtually any data collection strategy.

• Overview
• Compliance
• Licensing
• REDCap Accounts
• Logging In 
• Training and Learning Resources
• Getting Help
• More Information

Overview

The Center for Clinical and Translational Research, VCU Technology Services, and VCU Health Systems have collaborated to make REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) available to the VCU community.  REDCap is easy to use, a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases.  REDCap is ideal for collecting and storing data for projects ranging from simple online surveys to longitudinal event-driven research studies.  For a complete description, please visit the Project REDCap web site.

Two videos provide an overview of using the REDCap system:

• Brief Overview of REDCap (4 min)
• Detailed Overview of REDCap (14 min)

Off-campus access to REDCap requires using the RamsVPN.

Compliance

It is the user's responsibility to comply with all VCU policies and guidelines.  If you are collecting data for human subjects research, review and approval of the project are required by your Institutional Review Board.

• VCU Institutional Review Board Policies and Guidance
• VCU Technology Policies, Guidelines & Standards
  • Security Standard for Electronic Confidential Information and Privacy
  • Data Classification Standards
  • Research Data Ownership, Retention, Access, and Security

Licensing

REDCap software is licensed through the REDCap Consortium.  VCU is a member of the REDCap Consortium.  The REDCap Consortium is composed of institutional partners representing Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA) institutions,  Clinical Research Centers,  Research Center in Minority Institutions (RCMI), among other research-oriented facilities around the world. REDCap software is available at no charge to Consortium Partners. 

REDCap software hosted at VCU may only be used for University or VCUHS research or operational support.

REDCap Accounts

All current faculty, staff, students and affiliates can login to REDCap, using their VCU eID and password.  The first time you login to REDCap, an account is established for you in the REDCap system.

Note:

If someone has never (yet) logged in to REDCap, they cannot be granted access to a REDCap project, since they are not yet known to the REDCap system.

Logging In:

• On-Campus Login: 
• Login to REDCap using your VCU eID 
• Off-Campus Login:
• Establish a RamsVPN session

• NOTE: If Zscaler has been rolled out to your VCU-managed computer, then you only need to sign into Zscaler, not to the Cisco VPN.

• Login to REDCap using your VCU eID

NOTICE: If you are collecting data for the purposes of human subjects research, review and approval of the project is required by your Institutional Review Board.

Training and Learning Resources

The VCU REDCap Team and the REDCap Consortium have developed a host of learning resources available through REDCap’s Help and FAQ section.

• VCU REDCap FAQs for Surveys      
• VCU REDCap Community
• VCU REDCap YouTube Channel         
• REDCapU How-To

Getting Help

Several means are available for obtaining assistance with accessing and using REDCap:

• VCU REDCap Community
• Email: redcap@vcu.edu
• TS Help Desk: (804) 828-2227
• IT Support Center ticket