Advanced Servers for ODK (Local and Cloud Installation)
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Impact Evaluation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Academic Research, Market Research, Field Research, Agriculture, Health, Education, WASH, Handicapped, Human rights, Emergencies/disasters, Advocacy, Education, Environment, Small business development, Community development, Rural development, Women, Youth, Population, Rehabilitation, Culture, Capacity Building, Appropriate technology, Income, generation, Private sector, Refugees/displaced.
IntroductionODK Aggregate can be deployed on Google's App Engine, enabling users to quickly run surveys without facing the complexities of setting up their own web service. ODK Aggregate can also be deployed locally on a Tomcat backed with a MySQL or PostgreSQL database server.
This course is for advanced ODK users. The course will focus on the various options available for setting up ODK Aggregate based survey data hosting platforms.
Participants are expected to have prior knowledge in ODK Collect and Survey authoring using xlsforms or to have attended our course on Mobile Based Data Collection Using ODK.
Participants are expected to have prior knowledge in ODK Collect and Survey authoring using xlsforms or to have attended our course on Mobile Based Data Collection Using ODK.
5 Days
The course will focus on the various options available for setting up ODK Aggregate based survey data hosting platforms.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Host survey data using ODK Briefcase as a server.
- Setup ODK Aggregate locally on Tomcat for Linux.
- Setup ODK Aggregate locally on Tomcat for Windows.
- Setup ODK Aggregate on Google’s App Engine.
- Extract and publish data to external applications.
- ODK refresher.
- How to use ODK Briefcase as a server without having to install ODK Aggregate.
- Setup and Installation of ODK Aggregate on App Engine (cloud).
- ODK Aggregate Local server setup.
- Installing on Tomcat for Linux.
- Installing on Tomcat for Windows.
- Publishing data to maps, Google Spreadsheets, Fusion Tables and external applications.
- Extracting/Exporting data from ODK Aggregate.
- Billing for App Engine installation.
- Configurations for Network Access.
- Server firewall configuration.
- Making server visible on the internet (optional).
- Establishing a DNS name for the server.
- Server Security.
This instructor led training course is delivered using a blended learning approach and comprises of presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields.
All facilitation and course materials will be offered in English. The participants should be reasonably proficient in English.
Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with acertificate of participation.
The training is residential and will be held at theT4D Training Center in Westlands Nairobi, Kenya. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.
All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.
What we do
1. Mobile Data Collection training and implementation in the following tools and technologies:
ODK - ODK 1 Tools, ODK 2 Tools, ODK Aggregate (Cloud and local server setup) KoBoToolbox Advanced ODK Servers CSPro for Mobile SurveyCTO Epi Info Open HDS Open MRS Recap ENA Mwater Ona.io Magpi and Bespoke mobile apps for data collection ...