Complete KoboToolbox Training Course

Learn how to get started with Kobo Toolbox: sign up, activate your account, choose between hosting options, and log in using a supported browser.

Learn how to configure KoboToolbox question options, including hints, settings, delete and duplicate actions, adding to library, skip logic, constraints, data column naming, guidance hints, and appearances.

Explore the select one response type in KoboToolbox, learn to create single-choice questions with options, manage option values (automatic vs custom), and preview and collapse decks for cleaner forms.

Learn how the time response type captures actual times using a time picker and am/pm, and how it differs from duration questions that yield numbers.

Explore the point response type to capture latitude and longitude for a discrete location using GPS, with browser and mobile accuracy up to five meters, address search, and manual entry.

Configure an other specify option for select one or select many questions, add a text field, and apply skip logic in KoboToolbox to show it only when others are selected.

Deploy your completed KoboToolbox form to start data collection; switch among draft, deployed, or archive, and enter data via web form or mobile devices, with Encanto waveforms next.

Explore data entry in KoboToolbox on mobile devices, including form navigation, offline saving, GPS point capture, and uploading completed forms for GIS export.

Explore how to customize the Kobo Collect interface through general settings, including theme, device language, text size, navigation options, and splash screen selection.

View, accept, edit, and delete data in the KoboToolbox table view, switch languages and validation status, and confirm deletions.

Explore how to view collected GPS points on a map, switch layers and overlays, toggle between points and heatmaps, and disaggregate spatial data by variables like gender to reveal patterns.

Export a KoboToolbox form to Excel and use three worksheets—form, choices, settings. Define variables with type, name, and label; apply constraints, skip logic, and calculations across the sheets.

Learn to add note and text questions in KoboToolbox by defining delta column names, labeling prompts, and using text with appearance options like multi-line and numbers to capture string data.

Learn to implement integer and decimal question types in KoboToolbox, including age as an integer, weight as a decimal with thousand separators, and income formatting, then group and preview form.

Explore configuring KoboToolbox form fields for date, time, and date-time responses, using appearance options such as month-year and year-only, and choosing spinners or no calendar methods for mobile preview.

Master select type questions in KoboToolbox by defining lists and variables for gender, income sources, marital status, and colors, with dropdown, minimal, and combo box appearances.

Learn to capture location in KoboToolbox using point GPS with latitude, longitude and accuracy; draw traces, areas, and bearing, and configure maps appearance and accuracy thresholds.

Learn to build calculator-based calculations in KoboToolbox by using calculate response type and the calculation column, performing arithmetic operations to compute total earnings from bags sold and price per bag.

Learn how to add hints to questions and use the guidance hint in KoboToolbox, display hints under labels, and provide notes to explain why a question is included for collaborators.