26 Jun Customizing the REDCap survey link and URL
Have you ever wanted to customize where the survey link appears within your survey invitation text? With the latest REDCap update, you can now control where the link goes and what it looks like....
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REDCap Tip of the Month
17 May Using HTML in REDCap
Have you ever wanted to emphasize text in your survey to alert your study staff or highlight an important question? REDCap does not have this customization built into the online designer, but you can add HTML to customize your forms and surveys....
06 Apr REDCap Action Tag Spotlight: @RANDOMORDER
Have you ever heard the advice: “When in doubt, choose option B”? This is based on the idea that test creators have a tendency to make option B the “correct” answer on a significant amount of the questions. Using the @RANDOMORDER action tag scrambles the...
13 Feb REDCap API 101
The REDCap Application Programming Interface (or API) has been made more accessible for users with limited programming experience. An API is generally used to automate activities between two different systems. Review the details below to learn how you can use the API to improve your...
12 Dec Action Tag Spotlight: @NOW and @TODAY
Have you ever wondered how to include an automatic time stamp as part of your official REDCap data set? Consider using either the @NOW or the @TODAY action tags. ...
01 Dec REDCap external modules policy
External modules extend existing REDCap functionality in new and creative ways. These modules are not developed by the main REDCap development team at Vanderbilt, instead they are put forth by members of the REDCap consortium. ...
25 Oct Action Tag Spotlight: @NONEOFTHEABOVE
Surveys often ask participants to select multiple choices from a list of options. In some cases, one of those options is “none of the above.” With this new action tag, @NONEOFTHEABOVE, the “none of the above” option will actually limit participants from selecting any of...
25 Sep Action Tag Spotlight: @HIDECHOICE
People who run long term REDCap surveys will occasionally need to edit existing questions. In order to do this, you would have needed to retire an entire variable to update options in certain field types. Now, the new action tag @HIDECHOICE allows you to hide specific...
31 Aug Action Tag Spotlight: @HIDDEN
Action tags are a handy feature of REDCap in which a specific action can be applied to one or more variables on data entry forms and survey pages. For example, the @HIDDEN action tag allows you to hide a certain field in your data collection...
27 Jul How to Set a Time Limit for Survey Completion
For some studies, it may be beneficial to impose a limit on the amount of a time a survey participant has to complete a given survey. Survey time limits can be defined in days, hours, minutes, or a combination of all three units. ...