Collecting Data Using Smartphones

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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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Settings sheet

In the Settings sheet, you can have the following headers:

form_title – this is how the name of your form will appear in your form list.
form_id – ODK creates an ID for each of the forms that you create. Make sure that your form_id is unique.
default_language – this determines what the default language will be used for the form. If you have translated your survey sheet into another language, you can create another default_language column with your second language preference. Your user will then be prompted to choose which language they want to use in answering the form.

Once you are done with your survey form, make surge you save it in this format: name of file.xls. You can include underscores (_) if you want. Download: ODK Form Sample Once you are done with the Excel form, you can now proceed to the next module which is about uploading and testing the forms in Kobo Toolbox.

Choices sheet

Collecting Data Using Smartphones

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Settings sheet

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