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Request For Two Half Days Training Course on Mastering Form Design in Kobo Toolbox
Mastering Form Design in
Kobo Toolbox
Second Round
Jan 20, 2024 To Jan 21, 2024
8:30- A.M – 12:00 P.M (Two Half Days)
Kabul, Afghanistan
About the Consultancy:
Vivid Astro Business Consulting Services (VAC) offers demand-driven and specialized business consulting services to its clients with the highest level of professionalism and efficiency. Since its founding, VAC has provided cutting-edge, and timely Management Information System (MIS) and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEL) services. By combining robust, data-driven research and deep engagement, we help make aid and development more effective, efficient, inclusive, and sustainable. Our evidence-based and impact-focused approach helps aid agencies to design and deliver need-based and efficient services that transform vulnerable communities. To ensure timely and quality service delivery, the firm employs a diverse team of national and international experts bringing decades of experience to draw upon. VAC strengthens MIS and MEAL capacities through specialized training and monitoring.
About the Training:
VAC intends to conduct a series of practical training sessions on the use of KoBoToolbox – a digital data collection tool for quantitative surveys – to help organizations and their partners build capacity in the use of digital data collection. KoBoToolbox is a suite of tools for data collection for use by researchers and humanitarian agencies. It is a free and open-source cloud-based user-friendly application. This platform is especially helpful in data collection in humanitarian emergencies and other challenging environments to address urgent data collection needs. It is a one-stop solution for collecting, analysing, and managing data acquired from the field.
Objective:
The training aims to enhance the capacity of participants to use KoBoToolbox – a digital data collection tool.
Importance of Kobo Application:
Organizations need to have access to timely, accurate, reliable, and complete data for certain evidence-based decisions, therefore, it’s handy for the organizations to have the systems, capacity, and technology to enable them to do so and obtain the competitive advantage. Kobo Collect is a free cloud-based application that supports organizations to transform from typical paper-based data collection to digital and real-time data solutions by offering the following added values throughout the data life cycle;
- Timeliness: Kobo removes the data entry process which is mostly costly and time-consuming, it enables the users to have access to quality real-time data.
- Data quality: By adding validations and relevance to the questions, Kobo supports the data quality.
- Data security: Paper-based data collection is always risky and hard to manage, by Kobo, organizations can ensure data security, not only there will not be any hard copy of the data, but also, the authentications can further restrict the access of unauthorized individuals.
- Data processing: Kobo also offers data processing services (data analysis including geographic information services).
Therefore, this course allows INGOs and NGOs to offer consistent and comprehensive training to their staff and partners on developing digital KoboToolbox forms.
Who Uses the Kobo Toolbox?
KoboToolbox was designed for humanitarian aid professionals, but is adaptable to suit the data collection needs of other organizations. It is used by a variety of organizations, including governmental organizations, emergency response teams, UN agencies, large and small non-governmental organizations, business consultancies, accounting firms, and individuals. It can be used both personally and professionally by anyone.
Who is this Training Programme for?
Individuals in the humanitarian, development or private sector who:
- No longer use paper-based data collection methods, but rather collect data digitally
- Need a fix for low-quality data being collected through their programmes
- Need an effective way to upskill a diverse team.
- Are trying to standardise data collection methods
- Are looking for capacity-building programmes in data literacy.
Specific roles of people who will get the most benefit:
- Programme Managers who have just used KoBoToolbox for a couple of quick surveys and can see its enormous potential for widescale use.
- M&E, Information Management, or Sector Officers who have just joined a team that uses KoboToolbox and need to get up to speed quickly.
- Local partner staff that want to excel at professional data management for better service delivery to beneficiaries and accountability to donors.
- Students and researchers who plan to rely on digital data collection at some point
Training Course Outline:
In this Kobo Toolbox course, you will learn how to develop survey data collection forms, deploy them on mobile devices, and collect and manage survey data. Kobo Toolbox provides the ability to collect data for needs assessments, baselines, midlines, endlines, and other assessments. To help you get started and master the Kobo Toolbox, we have included everything you need to know.
Participants Will Learn:
By the end of this course, the participants will be able to:
- Digitize paper-based forms on Kobo through Kobo interface and XLS Form
- Add relevant to the questions (skip logic)
- Identify required or optional questions
- Add single and multiple-choice questions
- How to analyze data using the Kobo interface
- How to geographically illustrate data on Kobo-based maps
- Adding constraints to the questions
Why Should Participants Take the Course?
This course is designed to improve foundational data collection skills through an overview of core KoboToolbox features and an introduction to advanced topics. With easy-to-follow modules, you'll learn how to leverage KoboToolbox to collect and manage data more effectively. The course includes video instruction, practical exercises, and quizzes, with real-time results to help you solidify your learning.
Training Schedule Plan
|
Date |
Days |
Time |
Training Topics |
Training Methodology |
Training Requirement |
|
Jan 20, 2024 |
Saturday |
8:30- A.M to 12:00 P.M
|
Introduction to Kobo Toolbox, setup and architecture, course project questionnaire, overview of Kobo Toolbox home interface, overview creating first project and data types, introduction to the Kobo Toolbox form builder – getting started with simple questions, Single-select questions, multiple-select questions, group questions, rich and multimedia data (calculate, GPS, photo, audio, video, decimal), advanced survey authoring (skip pattern, specify other, required, referencing, note), advanced survey authoring cont' (repeat, validation, validation message, skip pattern, specify, groups). |
Theoretical/Practical |
Participants bring their own laptops |
|
Jan 21, 2024 |
Sunday |
8:30- A.M to 12:00 P.M
|
Installing Kobo Collect, downloading and installing Kobo Collecting on mobile devices, deploying forms for data collection, collecting data on mobile devices, collecting data and sending to the server, A preview of the collected data (a view of our data in the server), Editing a deployed project – cloning a project, reviewing tools and deploying for data collection (edit and deploy), editing and exporting data (reports, tables, maps, media files, export data, approve submissions), post-test, distribution of training certificates. |
Theoretical/Practical |
Participants bring their own laptops |
Training Language:
English & National Languages of Afghanistan (Dari and Pashto)
Total Training Duration: 7 hours spread across two half days
Participants will receive:
- Completion certificates
- Training package (slides and handouts)
Training Fee: 8,000 AFN
This fee will cover the cost of:
- Training
- Training materials
- Refreshment
Note: Special discount will be given to organizations introducing multiple trainees or group trainees.
Training Venue:
Kabul, Afghanistan
Registration of participants:
Registration Link: https://ee-eu.kobotoolbox.org/x/POTcd3Dr
Contact Details:
Email: info@vividastro.com
Phone: 0704747497