Introduction
This course in Mobile Data Collection Using Open Data Kit (ODK) will equip you with the skills and knowledge to collect, manage, and analyze data efficiently using ODK.
Whether you’re a researcher, an M&E specialist, a field team member, or a professional looking to streamline your data collection process, this course is for you.
Duration
5 Days
What you will learn
- Form Building: Create powerful forms that include ODK Entities, photos, GPS locations, skip logic, calculations, external datasets, multiple languages, and more.
- Offline & Online Data Collection: Collect data anywhere using ODK Collect on mobile phones and the web using Enketo, even without an Internet connection. Sync your forms and submissions seamlessly when you’re back online.
- Data Hosting: Host ODK Central server and data in the ODK Cloud and on a Digital Ocean cloud server
- Data Analysis: Learn to download your data as a CSV or link ODK to tools like Excel, Power BI, Tableau Python, or R to create live-updating dashboards for real-time insights.
What can you do with ODK?
- Build/digitize a data collection form/questionnaire/survey using Excel or Google Sheets using the XLSForm syntax
- Collect data offline on a mobile device and send it to a cloud server.
- Collect longitudinal data
- Collect case management data
- Collect data online using web forms
- Stream data to analysis and dashboard applications like Excel, Power BI, Tableau, R or Python
- Manage users, including data collectors and managers
Who should take this course?
Researchers, project officers, M&E specialists, field team members, or professionals looking to streamline their data collection process.
Course Requirements
- A laptop
- Intermediate computing skills
- A mobile device running the Android OS
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets
- Access to the internet
- Proficiency in English
Topics to be covered
- ODK Collect
- Enketo
- XLSForm Syntax
- ODK Central
- Hosting ODK Central on the ODK Cloud
- Hosting ODK Central on Digital Ocean
- ODK Central with Power BI
- ODK Central with Tableau
- ODK Central with Excel
- ODK Central with Python
- ODK Central with R
- ODK Validate
- ODK Briefcase
Register and get started today -> https://tinyurl.com/jck52xef
