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• Upcoming webinars
• How to bulk import PDFs
• How to decide when to use Extraction 1 vs Extraction 2
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Account setup

• How to log in and out
• How to change my login and password?
• How to transfer your account to a new organization
• FAQ: Why am I unable to register with my email address?
• FAQ: Can I add my colleague's email address to my account?
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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 eligibility 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
• View all articles in “Setting up a review”

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 institutional 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?
• View all articles in “Importing references”

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?
• View all articles in “Screening studies”

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
• PRISMA flow diagram
• View all articles in “Exporting data”

Data Extraction

• How to decide when to use Extraction 1 vs Extraction 2

Extraction 1 - Data Extraction

• How to create a data extraction template
• How to update a data extraction template
• How to set up the identification section
• How to set up the methods section
• How to set up the population section
• How to set up the interventions section
• How to set up the outcomes section
• How to complete data extraction for a study
• View all articles in “Extraction 1 - Data Extraction”

Extraction 1 - Quality Assessment

• How to create a quality assessment template
• How to update a quality assessment template
• How to set up the outcome groups section
• How to customise the Risk of Bias domains
• How to set up the domains section
• How to compare reviewer assessments
• How to annotate the PDF
• How to finish your quality assessment

Extraction 2 - Data Extraction

• How to configure settings
• How to do single reviewer extraction in Extraction 2
• How to switch from dual- to single- and from single- to dual-reviewer mode in Extraction 2
• How to create and publish a data extraction template
• How to create tables
• How to use multi-select checkboxes
• How to extract data
• How to do comparison and consensus
• View all articles in “Extraction 2 - Data Extraction”

Extraction 2 - Quality Assessment

• How to create and publish a quality assessment template
• How to assess quality
• FAQ: ​​Is it possible to use multiple quality assessment tools?

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
• How to invite your team and accept an invitation
• How to provide feedback and get help
• How to join the waitlist for discussions

Payments and billing

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• FAQ: Why do I get an error message when I try to pay by credit card?

Training

• Upcoming webinars
• Data extraction webinar held in Feb 2022
• Video introducing Extraction 2
• Video of the main steps in Covidence
• Video to get you started with Covidence
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About Covidence and systematic reviews

• Who uses Covidence?
• What are the different types of review?
• How can I cite Covidence?
• How University of Ottawa use Covidence
• What is inter-rater reliability?

Institutional subscriber information

• Austin Health
• Brock University Library
• Cleveland Clinic
• Duke University
• Cornell University
• Dalhousie University Libraries
• Deakin University
• Emory University
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Administrators

• How to manage reviews for your organisation (for Admins)