Insiders Call Summary: Collect & Web Forms updates 🚀

Thank you to everyone who joined the call this week! The fun hats and quirky mugs for @yanokwa’s birthday were a highlight. If you missed it, you should watch the “Guess the Vanity Metric” game to learn more about Yaw.

Highlights

  • :high_voltage: Lightning talk by @joybindroo: He shared how his team used ODK to digitize disease tracking for India’s black fever elimination program and is now scaling it at Piramal Swasthya for digital health assessments and public health reporting.

  • :rocket: Collect: @yanokwa covered updates from the latest Collect release, like barcode scanning, faster updates of forms with thousands of media files, and ideas for making failed downloads more actionable.

  • :round_pushpin:Web Forms: @JenniferQ walked us through updates on XForm logic now being complete, select one from map work coming soon, and a look at what’s next with markdown and more.

  • :repeat_button: Central: @ktuite shared exciting updates on maps in Central, including creating entities from a repeat which will set the foundation for making it possible for Collect.

:books: Resources


:alarm_clock: The next call will be on Nov 5th at 4pm UTC.

Our lightning talk speaker is @Langen_Mallya who uses ODK to conserve, protect, restore and manage the natural resources in Tanzania.

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