Survey Data Collection using REDCap

(Rapid Electronic Data capture)

REDCap is a web application for building and managing online surveys(data collection may be online or offline) and databases. This training course delineates many of the broader technical aspects of REDCap, such as the REDcap specific terms and vocabulary, infrastructure and third-party software required to host REDCap, details of its data storage model, user privileges, authentication options, logging and audit trails, data interoperability options with other systems, protective security measures, and best practices for hosting REDCap at your local institution.

REDcap is essentially a web application consisting of a set of tools that are used for field data collection either online or offline using web browsers or smartphone devices (android, iPad and iPhones) and allows data submission to an online cloud server. These tools include REDcap Server, Data dictionary, online designer and REDcap web based data collection tool for online data collection using a web browser, among others.

REDcap is part of a large collection of mobile data collection tools such as ODK, SurveyCTO, Ona.io and Magpi which have a free trial period and a premium version with added functionalities and unlimited survey data storage capacity and Kobo tool box which is free and open source.

Other commonly used mobile data collection tools include CSPro for android (CS Entry), Magpi (Regular data collection and also supports SMS data Collection), fulcrum, mobenzi, visitbasis, dimagi, zapier amongst many others.

This training course will teach learners how to author surveys, how to digitize survey data collection (including how to enhance data security), and how to submit data to an online REDcap server for storage, analysis and further usage. The other mobile data collection tools available will be mentioned as well.

If you have always wanted to learn how to collect, manage, visualize and analyze project field data using mobile phones and devices, this training course is for you.

Introduction

Data collection has always been an integral part of development work. In the past, these tasks were performed with paper and pen, which made them prone to error, difficult to conduct on a large scale, and high in transaction costs.

ICT tools such as mobile devices and software that allows users to create surveys, collect, manage and upload data to storage facilities in real-time, have reduced the conventional challenges associated with remote data collection.

If you have always wanted to learn how to collect, manage and analyze project data using mobile devices, this training course is for you.

Who should attend

This course is suitable for people who want to learn how to:

• Learn and apply best practices in survey data collection setup and administration
• Setup a REDcap account
• Familiarize with the REDcap platform
• Author/Digitize surveys using REDcap
• Setup, manage and administer mobile data collection using REDcap
• Collect data on Mobile devices using the REDcap mobile app
• Collect data via instruments (forms) using a web browser
• Conduct case management using REDcap
• Manage enumerators
• Manage, visualize and analyze data on the REDCap platform
• Extract/export data from REDCap server in useful formats such as xml, csv, Json and others for analysis
• Learn how to consume the REDCap API via external applications.
• Learn about other similar mobile data collection tools and technologies

Requirements

This training is designed for participants who are reasonably proficient in English and have an understanding of basic ICT concepts.

Duration

5 Days

Course objectives

This course will teach learners how to implement a mobile data collection survey using the REDCap platform.

At the end of the course, learners will be able to setup, implement, manage and administer mobile data collection using the REDCap platform. Additionally, learners will be exposed to other available mobile data collection platforms.

Course content

Module I

Introduction to the course

• ICT refresher
• Introduction to mobile data collection systems architecture, their benefits and challenges
• Introduction to common mobile based data collection tools, techniques and platform.
• Introduction to the REDCap terminologies
• REDCap Best Practices
• Development vs Production mode

REDCap infrastructure

Module II

Survey Authoring/Digitization (instrument development)

• Field types in REDCap
• Instrument development using the Online designer
• Adding fields
• Customizing instrument fields
• Moving questions to a different instrument
• Branching logic
• Instrument development using the Data dictionary
• Downloading the data dictionary (xls file)
• Modifying the dictionary
• Uploading the dictionary

Advanced Survey Authoring

• Testing the data entry process
• Grouping
• Repeating a group of questions
• Calculation fields
• Branching logic (skip logic)
• Enforcing constraints
• Select_one and select_multiple
• Matrix questions
• Preloading data into your survey forms
• Testing REDCap reports and exports

Hand-on Exercise

Module III

Types of REDCap projects

• Classical project
• Single-survey projects
• Longitudinal projects
• Longitudinal projects with scheduling

Case-management in REDCap (longitudinal projects)

• Assigning longitudinal arms
• Records in longitudinal study
• Instruments in longitudinal study
• Defining events in longitudinal projects
• Designating instruments for events in longitudinal projects
• Repeating instruments and events
• Instances
• Deleting particular instances

Hands-on Exercise

Module IV

REDCap Mobile App (online and offline data collection)

• Enabling data collection using the REDCap mobile app
• Installing and setting up the application
• App users
• User responsibilities
• Data entry
• Synchronization
• Preloading data

 Data Collection

• Data collection using REDCap mobile app (offline and online)
• Getting blank forms from REDCap server
• Editing saved forms
• Deleting saved forms
• Filling and submitting forms
• Data collection using web browser (online)
• Enabling web data collection
• Sharing the web form URL
• Sending invitations to enumerators via email

 Data Management and Monitoring

• Managing users and user roles
• Managing data
• Logging and audit trails
• Viewing and exporting project’s audit trail
• Filtering the audit according to activity
• Filtering the audit according to user
• Tracking data manipulation and user activity
• Case management in REDCap
• Automated quality checks
• Reviewing and correcting incoming data
• Configuring external authentication

Hands-on Exercise

Module V

Data export and de-identification

• Exporting data in various formats (eg xls, pdf, Stata…)
• Filtering fields for data export
• Using de-identification to prevent sensitive data from being exported
• Downloading survey data for further visualization and analysis with tools such as Stata

Advanced REDCap features

• Locking records and instruments
• Data resolution workflow
• The REDCap calendar
• Scheduling module
• Data access groups for multisite projects

Utilizing the REDCap API

Hands-on Exercise

Tailor-made courses 

This training course can also be tailored for your organization. This way, your organization will benefit by: 

• Using your own datasets and tools during the training.
• Being able to choose areas of interest you wish the trainer to put more emphasis on.
• Taking the course in-house or at a venue of choice.
• Cutting on the cost of transport and accommodation.

Training fee

The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.

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