ODK@LSHTM

opendatakit.lshtm.ac.uk

WhatisODK@LSHTM

•  ODKisasuiteoftoolstoenableelectronicdatacollec?onfromanywhereintheworld

•  @LSHTMwehavesetupasecureencrypted

serverforresearchersandstudents

•  LaunchedinSeptember2015

Overview

ILIKEPAPERFORMS–WHYDOINEEDODK?

Problemswithpaperforms

•  Hardtoread

•  Don’thavetobefullycompleted

•  Allowincorrectdataentry

•  Needtobecopiedovertoacomputer

•  Getlost/wet/ripped

Advantagesofelectronicdatacapture

•  ImproveDataAccuracy

•  ImproveDataCompleteness

•  ImproveSpeedofAnalysis

•  Promptsuserateverystagewhattodonext

HowtouseODK@LSHTM

Requestan

account

Install

ODKCollect

BuildData

“Forms”

Uploadformstodevice

Startcollec?ng

data

ODK@LSHTMServerRequest

•  CompleteServerRequestForm

•  Availableatopendatakit.lshtm.ac.uk

•  Email:ODK@lshtm.ac.uk

•  Servernormallysetupin<1week

ODK@LSHTMDevicePool

•  Wehaveasmallbutgrowingcentralpoolof

devices

•  Thesecanberequestedbyusersfortheirprojects

•  TheDeviceRequestformisavailableat

opendatakit.lshtm.ac.uk

•  Email:ODK@lshtm.ac.uk

HowtouseODK@LSHTM

Requestan

account

Install

ODKCollect

BuildData

“Forms”

Uploadformstodevice

Startcollec?ng

data

InstallODKCollect

HowtouseODK@LSHTM

Requestan

account

Install

ODKCollect

BuildData

“Forms”

Uploadformstodevice

Startcollec?ng

data

Buildadatacollec?on‘form’

Op5on1:XLSFormDesign

Recommended

Buildadatacollec?on‘form’

Op?on2:ODKBuild

NotRecommended

Buildadatacollec?on‘form’

Op?on3:XMLEdi?ng

NotRecommended

HowtouseODK@LSHTM

Requestan

account

Install

ODKCollect

BuildData

“Forms”

Uploadformstodevice

Startcollec?ng

data

/odk/forms

Uploadformstodevice

HowtouseODK@LSHTM

Requestan

account

Install

ODKCollect

BuildData

“Forms”

Uploadformstodevice

Startcollec?ng

data

Metadata

Whatkindsofdatacanbecollected?

Constraint&Relevancy

Constraint*

Relevance

*IncludesRegularexpressions!!!

Calcula?on,Grouping,Skipping

Calcula?on

Grouping&Skipping

Repeats

Mul?pleLanguageSupport

OpenLocaliza?onproject:HelptranslateODK

AnnotateMaps

•  OpenMapKitplug-

in

•  Allowsyoutoannotatemapsin

thefield

•  ExportdatatoaGISpackageof

yourchoice

•  Datafromsensors

–  (wifi/bluetooth)•  E-consent•  Barcodescanningviacamera

•  Callsto3rdpartyapps•  Filldatafrom3rdpartyapps

Outinthefield:Collec?ng

•  Don’tneed•  mobilesignal

•  datasignal• WIFI

•  Doneed•  Power•  Armour

•  Sparebaieries

Outinthefield:Uploading

•  Wifi/MobileDataconnec?on•  Uploadcanbedoneattheendofeachday/week/trip

•  Singleclickupload•  AllyourdatagetssenttoODK@LSHTM

•  Security•  ODK@LSHTMisafullyencrypted(SSL)

serverwithadirectdatalinktoyour

phone

Gejngyourdataback

•  DatacanbeexportedfromODK@LSHTMin

textfileformats(CSV,TDT,TXT)orXML

•  Mediaexportedwithfilenamelinkstoforms

•  Compa?blewithR,STATA,MATLAB,EXCEL

etc.

WhencanIgetaccess?

NOW!

HowcanIuseODK

•  Completetherequestform:

– hip://opendatakit.lshtm.ac.uk/contact-us/

– EmailODK@lshtm.ac.uk

– Wewillsetupapassword-protectedsecureserver

justforyourproject

•  WewillruntutorialsonhowtocreateODK

ques?onnaires