DIF Workshop - Introduction to Covidence

This workshop is for: 

• Faculty
• General Public
• Graduate Students
• Undergraduate Students
• UVic Staff

This workshop is for a general audience; no previous knowledge of the platform is required. It is applicable to those supporting, participating, or conducting comprehensive literature reviews, including but not limited to systematic reviews, scoping reviews, meta-syntheses, and meta-narratives. Covidence is suitable for all sectors and disciplines that make use of comprehensive literature reviews, most notably the health sciences, social sciences, and education.

By the end of this workshop, students will be able to:

• Explain that Covidence bundles duplication detection, reference screening, and full text review into a single web-based platform 
• Classify Covidence as a multidisciplinary tool 
• Create a review and perform the following steps:
  • Adjust review & team settings
  • Import references
  • Screen title and abstracts
  • Import full text
  • Screen full text
• Recognize how Covidence improves collaboration and evidence synthesis
  

Introduction (10 minutes)

Activities (30 minutes)

Conclusion (10 minutes)

Complete this short, 2 minute anonymous pre-class survey.

Watch

• An Introduction to Covidence by Covidence (3 min)
• Covidence Demo, optional by Covidence (4 min)

Do Activity

• Set-up a Covidence account (5 min)

Introduction (10 minutes)

• Presentation slides

Activities (30 minutes) 

1. Create a Review & Add Co-reviewers
2. Adjust Review & Team Settings 
3. Import References 
4. Screen Title and Abstracts 
5. Import Full Text 
6. Screen Full Text 

Conclusion (10 minutes)

Complete this short, 2 minute anonymous post-class feedback survey.

Learn

• University of Victoria Covidence Research Guide 
• University of Victoria Systematic Review & Evidence Synthesis Research Guide 
• Covidence Knowledge Base
• Covidence Academy
• Covidence Resource Hub