Kobotoolbox for Forms
Users are managed by _super admins _in the administrative backend which is available at kobo.correlaid.org/admin.
Here, admins can create and delete users and manage other settings of the Kobo instance (but most of which should be just left alone).
Important: this is not where you give access to individual surveys etc. This is done in the User Interface at kobo.correlaid.org.
Click on "Add" next to "Users" and you can set a user name and password for the new user.
Important: User names should follow the {firstname}_{lastname} format. Using dots (".") in user names definetly causes some weird problems, so this should be avoided at all cost. The password should obviously follow good password principles.
Once you click on "Save", you'll be redirected to the settings page for this user. Leave the default settings and click "Save" again.
To share the password, you can use a Yopass link (make sure to change the expiration date to one week).
We have created the public CorrelAid collection which you can see when going to https://kobo.correlaid.org/#/library and selecting "Public collections" in the bar on the left. The collection provides template surveys and question blocks for questions that we ask. In order to use the questions and template surveys in this collection, you need to "subscribe" to it. Unfortunately, there is a bug in the frontend of Kobo - the "Subscribe" button does not work. However, there is a workaround:
- 2.In the dropdown at the bottom, select "CorrelAid" if it is not already selected.
- 3.Click "POST"
- 4.If you go back to https://kobo.correlaid.org/#/library, the CorrelAid collection should now be in your personal library and you can use the questions and/or the template surveys.
When creating a new project, you can use the template surveys by selecting "Use a template" in the "Create project" dialogue. This will copy the template survey into your project.
Kobo has an API you can use.
You can find the documentation here:
- version 2: https://kobo.correlaid.org/api/v2/ -> current version of the API - covers getting data, uploading forms etc.
- version 1: https://kc.correlaid.org/api/v1/ (should only rarely be used) -> upload data to existing forms
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