REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure, HIPAA-compliant web-based application designed for data collection for research studies. REDCap provides:
You may log in to REDCap or if you require an account, please complete the REDCap tutorial.
Need support? To submit a ticket or review educational articles written by our REDCap Administrators, please visit the UCD REDCap Help Center.
NOTE: REDCap will be unavailable between 8:30 am-10 am on the last Friday of every month for maintenance and upgrades.
REDCap at the University of Colorado is supported by CCTSI. If you are a member of CCTSI and your study has been approved by IRB (or you have a documented waiver of review from IRB), all REDCap-related costs are covered by CCTSI. School of Medicine provides additional funding for faculty/staff to use REDCap.
The TIC also underwrites access to REDCap for student projects provided that the course director:
There are two kinds of REDCap accounts, full accounts and basic accounts. Full accounts are required for people who will be doing project creation, project design/management, user management, or using APIs. Basic accounts are for people who will be doing simpler tasks in REDCap, such as data entry or working with survey participants. To receive a REDCap account of either type, you must complete the appropriate tutorial.
Please note: If you are using Internet Explorer and are having trouble viewing the videos in the online tutorial, please make sure you are using the most up-to-date version.
This is the account that you need if you are going to be doing basic tasks in REDCap, such as data entry or data exports. To get a Basic REDCap account, you first need to complete the Data Entry Tutorial. After you have done this, you will receive instructions for setting up your REDCap account. When you have set up your account, make sure to send your username to the project manager so they can add you to the project.
This is the account that you need if you are going to be doing project design, project management, or user rights management. There are two ways to get a full REDCap account.
After you complete your tutorial, you will receive instructions on setting up your REDCap account. If you are joining an existing project, make sure to send your username to the project manager so they can add you to the project. Only people who have full accounts should have project design or user management rights in a project.
You can still make changes to a project once it is in production mode. To make the changes, go to the Online Designer and choose to enter Draft Mode. After you do that, you will be able to make whatever changes you need to. These changes should only be made by people who have completed the full tutorial.
If there is no chance of your changes affecting your data, the changes will be approved automatically. If the changes might affect your data, REDCap will alert the administrators, who will review the proposed changes. If the changes will not affect your data, they will be approved. If they will affect your data, the REDCap administrator will verify that you are aware of the effects and you want them to take effect. If you respond yes, the project will be approved.
If you do not want the submitted changes, the REDCap administrator can either place your project back in Draft Mode so you can correct the changes, or they can reject all the changes so that your project returns to what it was before you entered draft mode.
When you are ready to publish your research, please include the citations below to acknowledge the role of REDCap and CCTSI in providing the REDCap service.
Please cite the REDCap project when publishing manuscript using the following language:
Study data were collected and managed using REDCap electronic data capture tools hosted at [YOUR INSTITUTION].1 REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure, web-based application designed to support data capture for research studies, providing: 1) an intuitive interface for validated data entry; 2) audit trails for tracking data manipulation and export procedures; 3) automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to common statistical packages; and 4) procedures for importing data from external sources.
1Paul A. Harris, Robert Taylor, Robert Thielke, Jonathon Payne, Nathaniel Gonzalez, Jose G. Conde, Research electronic data capture (REDCap) - A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support, J Biomed Inform. 2009 Apr;42(2):377-81.
Please acknowledge the support by CCTSI in any publications with the following text: This [publication, patent, project] was supported by NIH/NCATS Colorado CTSA Grant Number UL1 TR002535. Its contents are the authors’ sole responsibility and do not necessarily represent official NIH views.
There are two kinds of REDCap accounts, full accounts and basic accounts. Full accounts are required for people who will be doing project creation, project design/management, user management, or using APIs. Basic accounts are for people who will be doing simpler tasks in REDCap, such as data entry or working with survey participants. To receive a REDCap account of either type, you must complete the appropriate tutorial.
Please note: If you are using Internet Explorer and are having trouble viewing the videos in the online tutorial, please make sure you are using the most up-to-date version.
To get a basic account, you must complete the data entry tutorial. This online tutorial consists of four short videos and a quiz that will cover background information, data entry, creating reports, exporting data, contacting survey participants, and working in longitudinal projects. if you will be doing project management, user management, or using APIs you will need a full account. It takes about forty-five minutes and does not all have to be done in one session. To leave the tutorial and finish later, simply click the "Save and return later" button. After you have completed the tutorial you will receive instructions on creating your REDCap account. When you have your REDCap account, you will need to give your username to the project manager so that they can add you to the project.
To get a full account, you must complete the full account online tutorial. After you have completed the tutorial, you will receive instructions on creating your REDCap account. Once you have a REDCap account, you can create your own project database or survey. You will be provided with resources to help guide you through database creation. If you have already completed the tutorial and have a CCTSI/UCD account and need a CHCO account, please just contact us.
When you have finished creating your database or survey, you will submit a request to the REDCap Administrator to move the database to Production status to begin collecting data. At this point you will need to supply your study IRB approval number. The online tutorials consist of ten short videos and a quiz, after which you receive instructions on setting up your REDCap account. This tutorial takes about two hours and does not all have to be done in one session. To leave the tutorial and finish later, simply click the "Save and return later" button.
In-person tutorials for groups can be arranged upon request.
Please contact us if you plan to attend a scheduled tutorial or if you would like to schedule a tutorial.
We hold a REDCap user group meeting for our active users after every major upgrade, twice a year, to discuss the new features. You can watch the recordings of our previous group videos on Vimeo:
DISC provides hosting, maintenance, and backup services of the REDCap at University of Colorado. Development & Informatics Service Center (DISC) is a team of programmers, database modelers, and web designers with more than 20 years' experience developing software solutions for researchers at the University of Colorado Denver. The Center has experience with a broad range of technologies and with the particular needs of health sciences researchers. Whether you need a web-based educational module, a web site your secretary can update, a scheduling program, a system for tracking time and effort, an inventory management system, a health education CD or an online survey.