Unfortunately this doesn't help when we need to collect audit data - screen time and performance for data collectors. It needs to go through an app instead of a website link
Totally agree with you!!! That is one downside. And it doesn't collect all the metadata. We discussed these challenges with the software developers a couple weeks ago, and I've got all my fingers and toes crossed that we'll have a solution in the future that will solve this!!
Many thanks for your sharing. In my point of view, the link is easier than the App (in both Android and IOS). So why don't we use a link instead of an app (need some steps to download)?
Great question! One thing the app does is register the user - so when you get the data through, you know where the data has come from, what user has submitted it, that kind of thing. The app isn't useful if you're doing web collection, that kind of thing, but is super useful if you have registered data collectors, and want to track responses coming in from a team of people who are each submitting multiple form submissions. Whereas the browser link is more useful for online data collection where end-users are submitting their data directly. What do you think? How else do you think each could be useful?
Thank you so much. I have been worried with this for a while since I don't have an Android phone until I stumbled into your tutorial. Please can the Kobo toolbox pinned in the home screen used for any other survey or I’ll repeat the process when conducting a fresh survey?
I am managing forms for mailing lists in Outlook I have two forms, one for subscription and the other for unsubscription where emails are among the data collected. I want to automate this process how can I simply do it? so each time I want to send an email I get an updated mailing list
Hi, so in this instance, you have two KoboToolbox forms, one for subscribing, one for unsubscribing. When you send an email, do you want to go to a KoboToolbox form and download a list of 'current' mailing subscribers, so a list that has had 'unsubscribed' emails removed from the 'subscribed' list? If I've understood you correctly, it's most likely not possible to do this using only KoboToolbox, you most likely need a second software for post-processing, like a database or spreadsheet of some kind. Do you use another software in tandem with your KoboToolbox forms?
When you collect data with the Enketo link, it doesn't collect certain metadata like username. So using this link means you don't need to be logged in to fill out the form. This can be both a downside and a positive, depending on your needs.
Good question - and the answer is....'it depends'. When you use the android app, the person submitting data would normally need to have a login/account with Kobo. This would be the typical setup when using data collectors/interviewers. However, you can collect data through the browser/webform without someone necessarily having an account, which would be a typical setup for data collection on the internet, or directly from your audience/users. Does that distinction help?
