Page Comparison

The 3 ways to design a project are:

A. "Online Designer"    Online Designer

B. "Data Dictionary"    Data Dictionary

C. "Shared Library"    Shared Library

A. Online Designer

1. Go to "Project Setup"
   
   
2. Click on "Online Designer"  (circled in Red below)
   
   
   
   
3. Here you can add and edit questions and forms to your project

B.  Data Dictionary

1. Go to "Project Setup"
   
   
2. Click on "Download the current Data Dictionary"  (Circle in Red below)
   
   
   
   
   
3. Form will now download onto excel and look similar to the picture shown below.  Here you can format and add questions.  Once completed and saved as a CSV file, go back to the REDCap Project Setup page.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Now click on "Upload Data Dictionary" (Circled in Red below)
   
   
   
   
   
5. Click "Browse" and select the document you saved your data dictionary.  Then click "Upload File" (Box circled in red below)
   
   
   
   
6. Now click on "Commit Changes" (circled in red below)  and the changes will be made to your project.
   

C. Shared Library

1. Go to "Project Setup"
   
   
2. Click on "Online Designer"  (circled in Red below)
      
   
   
   
3. Next click on "Download" tab (circled in red below)
         
   
   
   
4. You'll now be on the REDCap Shared Library page, where you can select and import an already existing form.  It looks similar to this:
          
   
   
   
   
5. Click on the form you would like to use, and select "Import into my REDCap project"  (circled in Red below)
         
   
   
   
   
6. You now will need to agree with things listed in an agreement, once that is done a box similar to the one below will show up.  Here you can change the name of the form and add it to your project.