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From Zero to Hero in ODK and Kobo Toolbox for mobile data collection

What you will learn

Open and Setting up Kobo Toolbox Account

Create Mobile data collection Form using Kobo Toolbox

Using Mobile phone to collect data

Store collected data on a server and extract it in useful formats for analysis

Description

Mobile data collection is a method of compiling qualitative and quantitative information with the help of a mobile device (e.g. mobile phone, tablet, etc.).

This approach has been proven to increase the speed and accuracy of data collection, service delivery effectiveness, and program staff performance. Features of mobile data collection, such as decision support, form logic, and checklists, improve the quality of the data collected, while also ensuring adherence to data collection and care protocols.

This course is a hands-on, step by step guide that will teach learners how to setup, administer and manage a mobile based data collection platform using KoBoToolbox. What can you do with KoBoToolbox

· Build complex forms with skip logic and validation using KoBoToolbox Form Builder or XLSForm (XLSForm is recommended for larger forms)

· Collect data offline on a mobile device and send it to a cloud server

· Map data

· Visualize, manage and analyze data

· Store collected data on a server and extract it in useful formats for analysis

Learning Outcomes: At the end of the course, learners will be able to:


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· Setup an account in KoBoToolbox

· Digitize any complex questionnaire to a digital form that can be used for data collection on mobile devices and on browsers

· Visualize, manage and analyze data in KoBoToolbox

· Map data in KoBoToolbox

· Collect data on mobile devices and browsers

· Extract data from KoBoToolbox for analysis

Enroll and gain the required skills

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Content

Introduction
Creating Kobo toolbox Account
Quick Tour of Kobo Toolbox Interface
Creating a new Project in Kobo toolbox
Basics of XLSForm Authoring
Introduction to XLSForm Authorin
Minimum columns required for each sheet in XLSForm
Question types in Kobo toolbox XLSForm
Authoring first simple XLSForm
Deploying XLSForm in Kobo Toolbox system
Downloading Kobo Toolbox android application in mobile device
Connecting android kobo collect mobile application to online server
Delete Saved Forms in Kobo collect mobile application
Downloading submitted data from kobo toolbox online server
Detailed XLSForm Authoring
Question type -note
Question type-date
Question type-date with no-calendar appearance
Question type-time
Question type-date time
Question type-text
Question type-integer
Question type-decimal
Question type-calculate
Question type-select_one
Question type-select_multiple
Question type-audio, video and image
Question type image with signature and draw appearance
Question type-rank
Question type-range
Question type- range with rating appearance
Question type-geopoint
Hidden questions
Improving data quality with required