Mastodawn

Dear hivemind,

I'm looking for some survey form system that allows me to take a tablet somewhere without internet access, fill the form, and then the system syncs the answers to the backend when the tablet regains Internet access.

I know Redcap does it, but I was thinking of something more open?

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#epidemiology #survey #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #SelfHosting

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Noam Ross Feb 5

@lffontenelle Open Data Kit: https://getodk.org/ . Originally designed for field data collection in humanitarian response settings. Hosted version supports the OS development. Can be fairly complex to manage.

ODK - Collect data anywhere

Powerful forms to collect the data you need wherever it is. Join the researchers, field teams, and other professionals using ODK to collect data that matters.

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Noam Ross

@lffontenelle We used it for a number of field projects but really needed a sysadmin to manage our own server, so it may be worth paying. That said, there's so many tools for offline apps in the browser these days, there might be a simpler solution if you want something very basic.