{"id":928,"date":"2024-05-01T16:22:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/?page_id=928"},"modified":"2026-05-19T16:34:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:34:25","slug":"redcap_news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/services\/informatics-core\/redcap-home\/redcap\/redcap_news\/","title":{"rendered":"REDCap News You Can Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 12px\"><a href=\"\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/services\/informatics-core\/redcap\/\"><br \/>\nBack to REDCap Homepage<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"top\" class=\"redcap-news-guide\" style=\"max-width: 1100px;margin: 0 auto;line-height: 1.7;color: #1f2937\">\n<h2 id=\"top\" style=\"background: #329eb8;color: #ffffff;padding: 12px 16px;border-radius: 6px;margin-bottom: 16px;text-align: center\"><strong>REDCap News You Can Use<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This page contains quick-reference REDCap guidance documents, best practices, security reminders, project maintenance tips, and educational resources designed to help study teams build, manage, and maintain high-quality REDCap projects.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #eff6ff;border-left: 6px solid #2563eb;padding: 14px 16px;margin: 20px 0;border-radius: 4px\"><strong>Tip:<\/strong> These short guides are intended to supplement the REDCap Training Center and provide focused guidance on commonly overlooked topics, project risks, and best practices.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f0f9ff;border: 1px solid #bae6fd;padding: 16px 18px;margin: 24px 0;border-radius: 6px\">\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 1.2em\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0;padding-left: 20px\">\n<li><a href=\"#security\">Security &amp; Fraud Prevention<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#data-management\">Data Management &amp; Quality<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#project-development\">Project Development &amp; Testing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#user-management\">User Access &amp; Project Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#maintenance\">Project Maintenance &amp; Optimization<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"margin: 30px 0;border: 0;border-top: 1px solid #d1d5db\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"security\" style=\"background: #329EB8;color: #ffffff;padding: 12px 16px;border-radius: 6px;margin-bottom: 16px\">Security &amp; Fraud Prevention<\/h2>\n<p>These resources focus on protecting REDCap surveys, minimizing fraudulent responses, and improving survey security.<span style=\"background-color: #f8fafc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"gap: 16px\">\n<div style=\"background: #f8fafc;border: 1px solid #dbe4ee;padding: 18px 20px;border-radius: 6px\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 8px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/01\/CAPTCHA.pdf\">CAPTCHA: Protect your Surveys, Protect your Data<br \/>\n<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Learn how CAPTCHA can help reduce automated survey submissions and improve survey integrity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f8fafc;border: 1px solid #dbe4ee;padding: 18px 20px;border-radius: 6px\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 8px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/01\/BOTS-FRAUD.pdf\">BOTS &amp; FRAUD: Survey Security and Protection<br \/>\n<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Guidance for recognizing, preventing, and reducing fraudulent survey responses and automated bot activity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 14px\"><a href=\"#top\" style=\"background: #eef6f8;color: #1f2937;padding: 6px 12px;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 20px;font-size: 0.95em\">Back to top \u2191<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<hr style=\"margin: 30px 0;border: 0;border-top: 1px solid #d1d5db\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"data-management\" style=\"background: #329EB8;color: #ffffff;padding: 12px 16px;border-radius: 6px;margin-bottom: 16px\">Data Management &amp; Quality<\/h2>\n<p>These resources provide guidance for reviewing, maintaining, exporting, and securely managing study data.<span style=\"background-color: #f8fafc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"gap: 16px\">\n<div style=\"background: #f8fafc;border: 1px solid #dbe4ee;padding: 18px 20px;border-radius: 6px\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 8px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/01\/DATA-QUALITY.pdf\">Managing Your Data: Data Quality Review and Backups<br \/>\n<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Best practices for reviewing data quality, exporting study data, and maintaining secure study backups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f8fafc;border: 1px solid #dbe4ee;padding: 18px 20px;border-radius: 6px\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 8px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/01\/NIH-DATA-SHARING.pdf\">Data Sharing: REDCap and the NIH Data Archive (NDA)<br \/>\n<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Overview of REDCap considerations and workflows related to NIH data sharing and data archive submissions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f8fafc;border: 1px solid #dbe4ee;padding: 18px 20px;border-radius: 6px\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 8px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/01\/eCONSENT.pdf\">Using REDCap for e-Consenting: e-Consent Framework &amp; PDF Snapshot<br \/>\n<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Guidance for configuring and managing REDCap eConsent workflows and PDF consent snapshots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 14px\"><a href=\"#top\" style=\"background: #eef6f8;color: #1f2937;padding: 6px 12px;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 20px;font-size: 0.95em\">Back to top \u2191<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<hr style=\"margin: 30px 0;border: 0;border-top: 1px solid #d1d5db\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"project-development\" style=\"background: #329EB8;color: #ffffff;padding: 12px 16px;border-radius: 6px;margin-bottom: 16px\">Project Development &amp; Testing<\/h2>\n<p>These resources focus on project setup, development workflows, and testing strategies before moving projects into Production.<span style=\"background-color: #f8fafc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"gap: 16px\">\n<div style=\"background: #f8fafc;border: 1px solid #dbe4ee;padding: 18px 20px;border-radius: 6px\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 8px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/01\/PROJECT-DEVELOPMENT.pdf\">Development Project Testing: How-To Guide<br \/>\n<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Recommendations and testing strategies for validating project functionality before active data collection begins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f8fafc;border: 1px solid #dbe4ee;padding: 18px 20px;border-radius: 6px\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 8px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/10\/Draft-Preview-Mode.pdf\">Draft-Preview Mode: Test it, Tweak it, Trust it<br \/>\n<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Overview of Draft Preview Mode and how to safely review pending project changes before applying them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 14px\"><a href=\"#top\" style=\"background: #eef6f8;color: #1f2937;padding: 6px 12px;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 20px;font-size: 0.95em\">Back to top \u2191<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<hr style=\"margin: 30px 0;border: 0;border-top: 1px solid #d1d5db\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"user-management\" style=\"background: #329EB8;color: #ffffff;padding: 12px 16px;border-radius: 6px;margin-bottom: 16px\">User Access &amp; Project Management<\/h2>\n<p>These resources focus on user access oversight, sponsor responsibilities, and project user management workflows.<span style=\"background-color: #f8fafc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"gap: 16px\">\n<div style=\"background: #f8fafc;border: 1px solid #dbe4ee;padding: 18px 20px;border-radius: 6px\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 8px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/05\/Access-Sponsor-Dashboard-1.pdf\">Managing Project Users: Access &amp; Sponsor Dashboard<br \/>\n<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Guidance for reviewing user access, managing external collaborators, and using the REDCap Sponsor Dashboard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 14px\"><a href=\"#top\" style=\"background: #eef6f8;color: #1f2937;padding: 6px 12px;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 20px;font-size: 0.95em\">Back to top \u2191<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<hr style=\"margin: 30px 0;border: 0;border-top: 1px solid #d1d5db\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"maintenance\" style=\"background: #329EB8;color: #ffffff;padding: 12px 16px;border-radius: 6px;margin-bottom: 16px\">Project Maintenance &amp; 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