Last date for submission of paper: unknown; Contact person: Lucas M; This 5-day Mobile data collection course is designed to introduce to participants the free and opensource ODK set of tools to enable them author, field, and manage mobile data collection solutions.Audience:This course is designed for researchers, statisticians, field engineers, data collection experts, and organizations that would like to digitize their data collection processes.Training ObjectivesThis course seeks to offer a practical understanding of the Open Data Kit (ODK), and how to use it to collect data using Android devices.At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: Create a questionnaire forms using three different applications Manage the aggregate central server in terms of users, rights, form uploads/downloads, filters and exports Read, modify and/or debug a form in its XML format Download, use and set the parameters of ODK and Kobo collect for optimal use Incorporate advanced form features such as picture questions, cascading, repeat groups, multilingualism, calculated variables, photo and sound variables, and graphic annotation Export and analyze responses using different platforms.