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Welcome to Research Data Management!
Course Overview
Learning Outcomes
Learning Journal
1. The Research Data Lifecycle
2. Benefits of Research Data Management
3. Video: The Importance of Having a Plan to Manage Research
4. Activity 1.1: Reflection
5. Principles of Research Data Management
6. The FAIR Principles
7. Indigenous Data Sovereignty
8. Video: Principles Related to Indigenous Data Sovereignty
9. Activity 1.2: Reflection
10. Navigating Policies and Requirements
11. Institutional Support and Policies
12. Activity 1.3: Reflection
13. Funder Policies
14. Publisher Policies
15. Activity 1.4: Scenario
16. Activity 1.5: Reflection
17. Quiz
18. Conclusion
19. What is Sensitive Data?
20. Handling Sensitive Data
21. Activity 2.1: Can I Share My Human Participant Data?
22. Activity 2.2: Reflection
23. Task and Roles
24. Contingency Planning
25. Community and Other Research Partners
26. Video: Reflecting on Ethics & Handling Sensitive Data
27. Activity 2.3: Reflection
28. Quiz
29. Conclusion
30. What is Data Documentation?
31. Metadata
32. Why document your data?
33. Video: Documenting Data
34. File Naming
35. Folder Organization
36. Version Control
37. Activity 3.1: Reflection
38. Common Types of Documentation
39. Readme Files
40. Activity 3.2: Reflection
41. Codebooks and Data Dictionaries
42. Lab and Electronic Notebooks
43. Video: Using Fieldnotes and Codebooks
44. Activity 3.3: Reflection
45. Quiz
46. Conclusion
47. Plan Your Storage
48. Safeguard Your Data
49. Physical Safeguards
50. Administrative Safeguards
51. Classification of Data
52. Establish Protocols
53. Video: Storing & Securing Data
54. Technical Safeguards
55. Using Strong Passwords and Encryption
56. Select Appropriate Storage Options
57. Select Appropriate Software and Computing Solutions
58. Back Up Your Data
59. Secure Data Transfer and File Permissions
60. Working Remotely
61. Destroy Data
62. Activity 4.1: Reflection
63. Quiz
64. Conclusion
65. What is Data Deposit?
66. What is Data Licensing?
67. What is a License?
68. What is Open Data?
69. What are Data Repositories?
70. Repository Types
71. Repository Features and Services to Look For
72. Video: Planning Reuse of Research Data
73. Activity 5.1: Reflection
74. Preparing Data for Deposit
75. Data Re-Use and Citation
76. Citing a Data Set
77. Video: Coming Full Circle With Data
78. Activity 5.2: Reflection
79. Quiz
80. Conclusion
81. Review the Research Data Lifecycle
82. Create a Data Management Plan
83. Video: Using DMP Assistant
84. Concluding Comments
References
Additional Resources
Acknowledgements
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Introduction to Research Data Management Copyright © by Susie Wilson and Robyn Stobbs is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.