Metadata: control what is collected and how​

User Rights: control who has access and at what level​

Data Access Groups: Control who has access to what records and/or instruments​

Application Program Interface (API): communicatewith the REDCap server with programming; eliminates dozens of manual tasks (reports)​

Log: see everything that has ever happened to the data (data lineage)​

Other: send notifications, EMR integration with help from IT; multi-language, file repository, record locking​

Structure: classic vs longitiudinal (with events), repeating instruments

REDCap Users Categories

1. 1. 1. Beginner - Point and click. Can be painful at scale.

      2. Intermediate – reports, data import/export tools​

      3. Advanced – API, scripts, CDIS​