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Setting up a review

• How to create a review
• How to oversee a review and setup who does what
• How to create and manage study tags
• How to create and manage keyword and phrase highlights
• How to create and manage inclusion criteria
• How to remove a team member from a review
• How to switch from dual to single reviewer mode
• How to get an overview of progress in your review
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Inviting users

• How to invite a team member to a review
• How to accept an invitation to join a review
• How to accept an invitation to join an organization account
• FAQ: Can I invite a team member from outside my organisation to join my review?

Importing references

• How to import references
• How to import Open Access references
• How to bulk import PDFs
• How to undo an import
• How to manage duplicates
• How to tag studies not reporting on RCTs
• How to track databases, registers, and other sources
• FAQ: Why are the abstracts missing from my imported studies?
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Screening studies

• How to screen by title and abstract
• How to screen by full text
• How to create and manage full text exclusion reasons
• How to undo a screening vote
• How to resolve screening conflicts
• How to filter studies during screening
• FAQ: What does a 'Maybe' vote do?
• FAQ: Can I allocate a set of studies to a specific reviewer for screening?
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Exporting data

• How to export study lists to your reference manager
• How to export inter-rater reliability data
• How to export extracted data to Excel using Extraction 1
• How to export and interpret PRISMA
• How to export extracted data to Excel using Extraction 2
• How to export studies to RevMan using Extraction 1
• How to upload your data to RevMan Web
• FAQ: What does the process of importing data into RevMan Web look like?
• View all articles in “Exporting data”

Extraction 1

• How to set up extraction tables for outcomes
• How to get started with data extraction
• How to do comparison and consensus
• FAQ: Why is Covidence telling me I need to talk to my co-author to customise the data extraction form?
• How to add custom text fields
• How to add a custom study design

Extraction 2

• FAQ: Can I link references together where they refer to the same trial?
• FAQ: What features are available in Data Extraction 2?
• How to create and publish a data extraction template
• How to create and publish a quality assessment template
• How to extract data and assess quality
• How to configure settings
• How to do comparison and consensus
• How to create tables
• View all articles in “Extraction 2”

Quality assessment

• How to setup a Quality Assessment 1.0 form
• How to start an assessment in Quality Assessment 1.0
• How to customise the Risk of Bias domains in Quality Assessment 1.0
• How to annotate the PDF in Quality Assessment 1.0
• How to compare reviewer assessments in Quality Assessment 1.0
• How to finish your assessment in Quality Assessment 1.0
• How to view other assessments in Quality Assessment 1.0

Cochrane reviews

• How to run a Covidence training session for Cochrane reviews
• How to log in to Covidence via your Cochrane Account
• How to create a Cochrane review
• How to work on a Cochrane review
• How to update a Cochrane review

Guideline discussions

• How to use discussions in Covidence
• How to use evidence base
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• How to join the waitlist for discussions

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About Covidence and systematic reviews

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Administrators

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