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REDCap 101.2: Accessing REDCap
- Sumon Chattopadhyay
- Alyssa Hill
- Shelby Murdock (Unlicensed)
The REDCap login page
The University of Utah REDCap web application can be accessed from here: http://redcap.ccts.utah.edu/
Please note that the above address is for the CTSI instance of REDCap at the University of Utah. There are other REDCap instances hosted by separate organizations within the University, but the BMIC only supports the CTSI instance of REDCap.
We have Announcements and Resources outlined in the login and home pages that you see before and after you login to REDCap. These links are your friend!
The BMIC team offers a lot of helpful resources, including REDCap Training Videos, Help & FAQs that have answers to many common questions, and our own knowledge base articles that covers lots of topics regarding REDCap projects. We also host individual project support sessions several days a month. All of these can be accessed from links placed here on your sign-in screen.
If none of these resources solve your issues, can also reach out to us through the REDCap Help Desk. You can contact the help desk through our online form. Please note that our ticketing system cannot take attached files or screenshots- if you attach anything the message will be put in our spam folder, and we will not be able to respond in a timely manner.
Logging into REDCap
More details on logging into REDCap for the first time can be found in our Becoming a REDCap user knowledge article, but we will also outline it here:
Go to: https://redcap.ccts.utah.edu
Sign in with your U of U ID (uNID) and your campus password. Make sure you replace the leading zero with a lower case “u”. e.g u1000002
Fill out and submit the form that comes up, use your primary email address associated with the U of U.
You will then be sent an email to confirm your REDCap account. Make sure to confirm your email!
Once you've confirmed your email, log in to REDCap using your uNID and campus password.
If you are a an Affiliate and require an Affiliate ID, please refer to the Becoming a REDCap user knowledge article for more information.
The REDCap home page
When you first log into REDCap, you will be taken to the home page.
You will again see the Announcements and Resources that were visible in the login page. Above that will be the navigation bar, containing links to certain parts of the REDCap application. Some of these will be hidden depending on the permissions given to your user account.
"My Projects" shows a list of projects that you have access to, either for data entry or project design and creation, or both.
You can request to create a new project by clicking on the "New Project" button and filling out all of the details. Make sure to include your CTSI ID in the title! (For example, "New Project-CTSI9999")Note: Dash with no spaces.
Be sure to complete the Project’s Purpose and fill out all associated fields. The purpose of “Other” should be rarely used. Most projects are Research, Operational Support, or Quality Improvement.
You can either create a completely blank project, or use a built-in template provided by REDCap.
As you build your project, remember you can get support in building your project through the REDCap FAQs from the "Help & FAQ" link. You can search for topics using keywords. Please utilize this in addition to our knowledge articles as a resource to learn how to use REDCap for your projects.
There are also introductory videos that walk you through the various features of REDCap within the "Training Videos" page.
Now that we know how to access REDCap and it’s various help features, let’s go ahead and starting creating a REDCap project.
Head over to the next section of REDCap 101, or head back to the table of contents.