How to use the KoboToolbox? Organizations, offices, LGUs or BLGUs are encouraged to collaborate together in IDMS in order to cover as many communities as possible. Each stakeholder must assign a caretaker who shall create and manage the organization’s KoboToolbox account. The Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer (LDRRMO) or Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) shall be
1 Create a web account KoboCollect is the app that is installed on the android device and used for actual data collection, while KoboToolbox is the database where you can deploy and organize forms, analyze data, generate reports, and download files. With a KoboToolbox account, you can easily share data collection projects to other organizations and offices. You can also modify or edit the questions in the IDMS Tool to best suit your organization’s needs and make organizing and validating your data faster.
the caretaker of the main KoboToolbox account. They will be in-charge of providing access to the various partner organizations, barangays or officials that are part of the data collection project. At the barangay level, the barangay secretary can be the caretaker. In CDP’s pilot implementation, the partner federation of persons with disabilities is included in the KoboToolbox data collection project and has their own KoboToolbox account.
Steps: 1. Go to https://kobo.
humanitarianresponse.info/ on your web browser.
2. Click SIGN UP from the menu tab. 3. Register an account by providing
the following information: • • • • • • • •
Name Organization name Username * E-mail * Sector Country Gender Password *
4. Once you have submitted these
information, you will receive an email confirmation to validate your account.
5. Take note and don’t forget your
username and password.
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