Comprehensive Course on Mobile Based Data Collection using SurveyCTO - Kenya

COURSE PROFILE
Course Name: Comprehensive Training Course on Mobile Based Data Collection using SurveyCTO   
Date: 13/04/2020 - 17/04/2020
Duration: 5 Days
Venue: Vital Extra Learning Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.
Cost: $850
How to register: Click here   

Course Description

Data collection has always been an integral part of development work. In the past, these tasks were performed with paper and pen, which made them prone to error, difficult to conduct on a large scale, and high in transaction costs. ICT tools such as mobile devices and software that allows users to create surveys, collect, manage and upload data to storage facilities in real-time, have reduced the conventional challenges associated with remote data collection. If you have always wanted to learn how to collect, manage and analyze project data using mobile devices, this training course is for you. This training course also comes with an additional GIS module to help participants put the skills acquired into perspective. The GIS module will help participants work with spatial data.

SurveyCTO is a set of tools that are used for field data collection either online and offline using android devices (phones and tablets) or web browsers and allows data submission to an online cloud server. SurveyCTO is part of a large collection of mobile data collection tools that were inspired by the ODK Open Rosa Consortium.  This course will train learners how to author surveys, manage field mobile data collection applications, and submit data to an online SurveyCTO server.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course the participants will be able to:

•    Learn and apply best practices in mobile data collection setup and administration

•    Get familiar with the SurveyCTO platform

•    Author/Digitize surveys using SurveyCTO

•    Setup, manage and administer mobile data collection system in SurveyCTO

•    Collect data on Mobile devices using the SurveyCTO Collect

•    Collect data using surveyCTO using a web browser

•    Conduct case management using surveyCTO

•    Manage enumerators

•    Collect Geo data and develop maps using QGIS

•    Manage, visualize and analyze data on the SurveyCTO platform

•    Extract/export data from SurveyCTO server into useful formats for analysis

•    Learn about other similar mobile data collection tools and technologies

Who should enroll?

The course is useful for professionals who use data as part of their work and who need to make decisions from data analysis. This course does not assume prior knowledge of SurveyCTO or any other data collection platform.