# Webinar: Improving Data Collection for Agriculture

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/webinar-improving-data-collection-for-agriculture/31585>\
**Category:** Webinars\
**Created:** [December 8, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/webinar-improving-data-collection-for-agriculture/31585 "2020-12-08T17:56:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![yanokwa](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/yanokwa/32/1695_2.png) [@yanokwa](https://forum.getodk.org/u/yanokwa)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/webinar-improving-data-collection-for-agriculture/31585/1 "2020-12-08T17:56:50Z")

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I gave a webinar for CGIAR's Platform for Big Data in Agriculture where I talked about what ODK is, shared a little about the project’s impact, demoed the latest features in Collect and Central, and took a few questions from participants.

The webinar was recorded and I've linked to it below.

[![](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/4/d/4dba3b50b3e4377babd26e7f53a4c09e374312a9.jpeg "Webinar - Innovations in ODK: Improving Data Collection for #Ag & Scaling to the Global Community") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVb8voaN4Fg)

The demo is 15 minutes long and touches on a lot, including:

- [Scanning barcodes to configure devices](https://docs.getodk.org/collect-import-export/)
- [Audit logs with timestamps and geopoints of each action](https://docs.getodk.org/form-audit-log/)
- [Toggling languages in the form](https://docs.getodk.org/form-language/)
- [Navigating with swipes and Next/Back buttons](https://docs.getodk.org/collect-filling-forms/#navigating-the-form)
- [Using previous answers in question text](https://docs.getodk.org/form-logic/#variables)
- [Live-updating multiple questions per screen](https://docs.getodk.org/form-question-types/#grouping-multiple-widgets-on-the-same-screen)
- [Playing offline videos as part of the form](https://docs.getodk.org/form-question-types/#image-options)
- [Likert questions with custom images](https://docs.getodk.org/form-question-types/#likert-widget)
- [Collecting polygons by placing points manually or automatically](https://docs.getodk.org/form-question-types/#geoshape)
- [Calculating polygon area in the form](https://docs.getodk.org/form-question-types/#calculating-the-area-of-a-geoshape)
- [Formatting the color of question text](https://docs.getodk.org/form-styling/)
- [Built-in audio recording of the interview](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-collect-v1-29-beta-built-in-audio-recording-new-deviceid-value-automatic-storage-migration/31296)
- [Filtering a long list of selects with autocomplete](https://docs.getodk.org/form-question-types/#select-widget-with-autocomplete)
- [Composing a custom text message or email](https://docs.getodk.org/launch-apps-from-collect/#specifying-a-uri-as-intent-data)
- [Remembering previous answers with last-saved as a dynamic default](https://docs.getodk.org/form-logic/#values-from-the-last-saved-record)
- [Viewing previous submissions on a device map](https://docs.getodk.org/collect-form-map/)
- [Adding offline basemaps and layers on device](https://docs.getodk.org/collect-offline-maps/)
- [Automatic form updates and submission sending](https://docs.getodk.org/collect-settings/#form-management-settings)
- [Projects to group who can manage forms and view data](https://docs.getodk.org/central-projects/)
- [Form updates and changes with no restrictions](https://docs.getodk.org/central-forms/#updating-forms-to-a-new-version)
- [Filling out forms in a web browser](https://docs.getodk.org/central-submissions/#direct-web-browser-submissions)
- [Using public access web links for self-report](https://docs.getodk.org/central-submissions/#central-submissions-public-link)
- [Live dashboarding with PowerBI or R](https://docs.getodk.org/central-submissions/#connecting-to-submission-data-over-odata)

If webinars like these are useful, please ❤ this post. If we get a lot of hearts, I'll schedule another webinar early next year to demo more features and take questions from the community.