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    alt: "Open Data Kit"
    text: Technology that's about people.
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    text: Download ODK
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  content: A suite of free and open source tools to help organizations magnify human resources through mobile technology.

tagline: Amplifying capcity with mobile technology.
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  Open Data Kit (ODK) is a collection of free and open-source software tools that aspire to help people achive more, better and faster, through mobile technology.

  The widely adopted ODK1 Family helps organizations author, collect, and manage mobile data collection solutions. In addition to socio-economic and health surveys with GPS locations and images, ODK is being used to create decision support for clinicians and for building multimedia-rich nature mapping tools. ODK provides an out-of-the-box solution for many needs.

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      alt: 'Build Forms'
    title: Build data collection forms.
    description: Collect critical information from other people using forms , created using our easy-to-use, drag-and-drop design tools.
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      alt: 'Collect Data'
    title: Collect and upload data.
    description: Use our mobile applications on tablets or phones to easily collect responses like text, locations, photos, videos, audios, and even barcodes.
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      alt: 'Aggregate and Extract'
    title: Aggregate and extract your data.
    description: Our ODK Aggregate server & data repository is designed to manage, visualize, and export your data in meaningful ways.
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      alt: 'Tools that Scale with You'
    title: Use tools that grow with you.
    description: Our new ODK 2 Suite of information management tools are designed for powerful data collection and analysis needs. We work with advanced users to build the tools they need.
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<h2>How we do it</h2>

<p class="usa-font-lead">We welcome and encourage participation from our users around the world! ODK is supported by a growing community of developers, implementers, and users -- as well as various organizations. Core ODK development is supported by ongoing research at the University of Washington's Department of Computer Science & Engineering (UW-CSE), and through donations from users.</p>

<p class="usa-font-lead">ODK project governance is currently being transitioned from a UW-CSE project to a community supported and controlled project. More information can be found on this website.</p>

<a class="usa-button usa-button-big" href="/community/">Get Involved!</a>