Question 1

What is ODK?

Accepted Answer

Open Data Kit is a toolkit that allows for data collection. We use it primarily for surveys, assessments, and mapping out assets of the United Methodist Church. The main thing our communicators will probably find useful is ODK Collect, one of the ODK tools that can be downloaded to an Android phone. This enables an Android phone to be able to download forms from the internet, then go off to places outside of internet connectivity to capture information, and when the user is back in an area with connectivity, it will upload that information to the server to be used. The application allows us to capture more rich data, like photos, video, and geo-coordinates, utilizing the phone for these features. You can download the app from the Play Store here.

ODK Collect Image from the Google Play Store

Question 2

Helpful Links

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There are a bunch of resources related to UMConnect that you may find helpful. You will be see references to the same UMConnect platform using the name TextIt or Rapidpro.

Technical Knowledgebase from Nyaruka - https://help.nyaruka.com/

Question 3

Adding a single new contact

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You can add contacts in a few different ways.

Adding a single contact

Select "Contacts" icon from the upper right icons
On the left navigation panel, select "Add Contact".

Important: When you input the phone number, make sure it is in the international standard form and not in a local format, which means making sure the country code is included.
For full name, you have the choice to include a title, for example: Rev. John Wesley

Question 4

Introduction to Flows

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A flow is a visual representation of conditional branch logic that's applied to your contacts once they enter it. Once a contact has entered a flow, they interact directly with its steps. Steps are composed of ActionSets and RuleSets, and determine the length of a flow, which can be as short as a single step or as long as you want.

To create a flow, navigate to the "flows" tab and click the "Create Flow" button:

**The "Create Flow" dialogue will appear, where you can: **

give the flow a name
assign it keyword triggers
specify how long inactive contacts will remain in the flow before being removed
select the type of flow you'd like to create
set the language in which you'll edit it

Once you've assigned your flow the proper attributes click the "Create" button to enter the flow editor.

Note that when building a flow, we recommend prioritizing vertical movement over horizontal movement. The flow editor is designed to support horizontal movement to a point, but will support vertical movement indefinitely.

Question 5

Messages Stuck in Outbox

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It's possible to sometimes get a message stuck in the "Outbox" folder the channel is not properly sending messages, and if there's a case where these messages are outdated and no longer need to be sent, you may want to force those messages to be cleared from the Outbox folder.

To do this, you first need to remove the channel that it is intending to use. If you're using an Android phone for example, please disconnect the Channel by going to your account profile and then selecting the channel that the message was going to go through (for example, the Android phone). Screenshot of UMConnect

Then select the gear icon and select "Remove" and follow the dialog to complete the removal process.

Removing a channel

After the channel is removed, check to see if the Outbox has been cleared. If it has, please proceed by re-adding the channel to your account. If it doesn't solve the problem, please contact us through chat or e-mail!

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