REDCap Software: What’s New & What’s Next Rob Taylor Lead Developer · REDCap Development Team Vanderbilt University Medical Center Download this presentation at http://tinyurl.com/RedcapRob2016

Before we take a look back…

Redesign of projectredcap.org

Redesign of projectredcap.org

Redesign of projectredcap.org

And a reminder…

Bugs and vulnerabilities are real Please keep your REDCap updated

What’s New in REDCap?

What’s New in REDCap? Let’s review the past year…

6.10 – Project Folders

6.10 – Survey Themes

6.11 – Lots of new API methods Arm import/delete Event import/delete Metadata import User rights import Create new project (via Super Token)

6.12 – CDISC ODM support Exporting data & metadata (including API) Export/import an entire project as single XML file (including API)

6.12 – Live Filters in Reports

6.13 – Responsive design for user interface

6.14 – Administrator To-Do List

6.15 – Enhanced radios and checkboxes for surveys

Lots of other goodies Delete Records API Vertical Slider Fields New Action Tags @USERNAME @APPUSERNAME-APP @HIDEBUTTON @DEFAULT @BARCODE-APP

What’s Next for REDCap? A taste of what’s to come…

New user type: “Account Manager”

New user type: “Account Manager” Can browse user accounts and edit user account settings Can add users to the User Whitelist Can send emails from Email Users page Can create new user accounts (Table-based authentication only) *Cannot* access other users’ projects or data

And of course…

Infinitely repeating forms and events (one-to-many data collection) Classic project Repeat a form N times Longitudinal project Repeat an event N times And/or repeat a form N times

Infinitely repeating forms and events

Infinitely repeating forms and events Classic projects Collect ad hoc longitudinal data Collect repeating data of different instruments (e.g. meds, family members, adverse events)

Infinitely repeating forms and events Longitudinal projects Repeat entire events of forms Repeat a form on a given event

Infinitely repeating forms and events “Truly one of the greatest features in REDCap history.” - No one [yet] And next…

Secure User Messaging

Secure User Messaging

Secure User Messaging

Secure User Messaging

Secure User Messaging

Secure User Messaging Secure method of communicating within REDCap User-to-user messaging as conversations Send files securely to other users Send one-way messages from administrators to users (announcements) Also used for making users aware of new features in REDCap

Lots coming in the next few months! Summary: Account Manager user type Infinitely repeating forms and events Secure user messaging

But what about in 2017?

But what about in 2017? Good question!

More than a decade of releasing new features, one after another. 400+ version releases!

Time to focus on the little things for a bit.

Improving overall user experience Tweaks to improve UI - Less text, more modern-looking Making existing functionality simpler, easier, and more efficient (less clicks, more straight-forward) For new features, more minor features and less major features.

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With so many options, REDCap can look like this.

Instructions can be helpful when building complex things.

Instructions can be helpful when building complex things. Streamline the process of building projects based on purpose Survey wizard

And there’s power users who can take… and create…

And then there are REDCap Master Builders

Not everyone is a Master Builder

In 2017, we’ll continue to improve REDCap piece by piece for everyone.

And when all these pieces fit together…