Collecting Data Using Smartphones

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Introduction to mobile data collection and ODK
An introduction to the challenges of mobile data collection and the tool that will be featured for this course: Open Data Kit
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  Introduction
Creating your ODK Data Collection Form
This module will introduce you to the initial setup of your spreadsheet for use with Open Data Kit
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Uploading and Testing your forms using Kobo Toolbox
This module will help you navigate the interface of Kobo Toolbox, a variation of Open Data Kit, to prepare forms before starting your survey.
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Setting up your Kobo Toolbox form on your Android device
Kobo Toolbox provides a good platform to collect data using two devices: your laptop and your mobile devices e.g. smartphones and tablets. On this module, we will talk about how to use your Kobo Collect forms on your devices.
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Managing your Kobo Toolbox database
With this last module about Kobo Toolbox and mobile data collection, we will talk about how to manage your Kobo Toolbox database using the online platform.
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Managing your project settings

When you click Project Settings on the main project page, you will be prompted to this page.

Under Form Settings, you will see:

Accept submissions – this gives you the option to allow users to submit their data using Kobo Collect or close it for submissions. You can select No if you have imposed a deadline and submission has ended.
Existing form files – when you create your form and you want to include images or media on it, you can simply include links on your Kobo form of images or media that have already been uploaded on your project settings page. Just make sure that you copied the correct image file link and file name on your Kobo form.
Delete project – as mentioned in Module 3, you can delete your project by clicking on this option. Just be sure that you have downloaded your dataset if there’s already some data on your project.

Adding data using a web browser