To get started, we’ll look at the manpower, equipment, tools, and skills needed to implement IDMS: • Android devices: Smart phones or tablets where the KoboCollect app will be installed. These must be made available to enumerators who will conduct the data collection in the barangay. • Enumerators: The people who are expected to do house-to-house data collection. Enumerators need to be properly trained before they go out for fieldwork. • Caretakers: Barangay and local government units must delegate officers who will create, monitor, manage, and analyze the data using both KoboToolbox and Microsoft Excel. • Laptop/Desktop: All offices, organizations, agencies involved in a data collection project in IDMS must have a computer with Microsoft Excel and internet connection. This is required in the storage, management, visualization, and analysis of IDMS data. • Planning templates and people’s participation: The issues, needs, and concerns that are reflected in the IDMS data must be addressed, included, and provided with budget in the plans that the barangay and LGUs are mandated to submit. Organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs), communitybased organizations (CBOs) or people’s organizations (POs) that are present in the barangay can help identify the problems that must be given priority and the measures that could be done to confront such problems.
Reminders on mobile devices for use in data collection KoboToobox is the main platform and tool that was used in the development and design of the IDMS. As such, its main data collection app, the KoboCollect, will be the focus of this guidebook. KoBoCollect is available on any android device, whether tablet or phone, as long as they run Android 2.1 or higher. Said version was released on January 2010. Web forms, however, will run on any device, including Apple iOS devices, PC, or Mac. Recommending devices for field data collection is difficult due to the large number of available devices, each with different features and advantages. When choosing a device you need to weigh the importance of: • • • •
Screen quality Durability Battery capacity Camera (Do you need front-facing, backfacing, or both?) • Internal storage and memory • Internal sensors (GPS, movement), connectivity options (WiFi, cellular, BlueTooth), • Accessibility features such as voice over, text-to-speech, dictation, etc. It is best if the mobile device has higher RAM (above 64mb) and memory storage (minimum of 32gb).
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