Data Collection and Management using CommCare

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About the Course

Data collection is a crucial component of any developmental project. In the past, it was primarily conducted using paper and pen, which often led to errors and posed challenges when managing large-scale efforts. CommCare is an open source cloud-based, mobile, and web platform for non-programmers that lets you make apps that you can deploy on Android devices, in the cloud and other cell phone devices.  Data collection is a vital part of any developmental work. This training on mobile data collection and data management using CommCare will equip the participants with skills to author, field, and manage data collection using CommCare..

Target Participants

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 CommCare or any other data collection platform.

What you will Learn

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

  • Convert paper forms/questionnaires into digital forms that can be used for mobile data collection and case management
  • Build basic mobile application, install and use on phone.
  • View, manage and export Data within CommCare
  • Mapping and visualization of CommCare data

Course duration

5 Days

Introduction

  • Benefits of Mobile Applications
  • Data and types of Data
  • Introduction to  common mobile based data collection platforms
  • Managing devices
  • Challenges of Data Collection
  • Data aggregation, storage and dissemination
  • Questionnaire Design
  • Question types

Introduction to CommCare and Benefits

  • Introduction and Key Concepts
  • Methodologies
  • Advantages
  • Disadvantages
  • Setting up your CommcareHQ
  • Navigating through ComCareHQ
  • Case study
  • Best practices 

Building a basic application

  • System design
  • Setting Up Your Project Space
  • Building your application
  • Designing forms using the form builder
  • Adding form logic
  • Creating a follow up form 

Refining Application for Case Management

  • Setting up cases
  • Loading case data
  • Update EDD
  • Testing your application
  • Closing cases 

Publishing and Installing Your Application & More

  • Managing Mobile Workers and Web Users
  • Managing Captured Data
  • Installing an Application on Android
  • Setting Up Multimedia in the Application
  • Common Logic and Calculations Additional
  • Information on Managing Cases
  • Presentation and review of participants course projects with the instructors.
Course Leader

Dr. Moses Gweyi.

LinkedIn: mgweyi
LinkedIn: mgweyi
Course Fee

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Course Schedule

Date

Fee

(Kenyans)

Fee

(Foreigners)

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17th - 21st

Feb, 2025

Kshs.

45,000

USD.

450

4th - 11th

Apr, 2025

Kshs.

45,000

USD.

450

9th - 13th

Jun, 2025

Kshs.

45,000

USD.

450

14th - 18th

Jul, 2025

Kshs.

45,000

USD.

450

22nd - 26th

Sep, 2025

Kshs.

45,000

USD.

450

17th - 21st

Nov, 2025

Kshs.

45,000

USD.

450

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