Collecting Data Using Smartphones

Curriculum

5 Sections
27 Lessons
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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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- 1.1
  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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Preparing your sheets

To start off, create your file with the following sheets named accordingly.

Survey – this sheet will include all the survey questions, type of questions, label and other instructions which ODK will interpret once the form has been uploaded.
Settings – this sheet will determine how your sheet will be viewed in your mobile device.
Choices – this sheet will include all the choices that will be used for single or multiple choice questions from your Survey sheet.

ODK lists down a few other sheets that you can use depending on the type of the form that you are trying to create. For purposes of this module, we can use the three sheets listed above.

Introduction

Collecting Data Using Smartphones

Curriculum

Preparing your sheets

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