• A great review of Mobile Data Collection systems by the curator of the mHealth fusion table:
http://craigappl.github.io/Decisions-Decisions/
Why use MDC?
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Let’s build some forms!
Requisites
1. Laptop with Excel
2. Internet connection
3. ODK reference spreadsheet
4. Sample hand washing Survey
Step 1: Set up your Excel Sheets
• Two sheets, one named “survey”, the other “choices”
• Be comfortable with:
• Entering different types of variables into the form
• Working with selection lists (multiple / single)
• Creating question lists
• Contraints
• Relevancy
• You can use the sample Hand Washing form or one of your own
Step 3: Convert and Validate
• Go to: http://opendatakit.org/xiframe/
• Upload and convert your excel form, remember it should be titled “form”
• Validate your form. You can download the ODK Validate application
here: https://opendatakit.org/use/validate
• Or you can validate your form against the CommCare Standard online
here: https://www.commcarehq.org/formtranslate/
Future Sessions
• 3/18 : ODK programming (part 2) and Treatment Algorithms
• 4/1 : Google Maps API and real time data visualization (guest speaker)