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titleCommCare Fundamentals now available on Dimagi Academy

The material covered on CommCare Fundamentals is now available as a short course on Dimagi Academy.


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titlePrintable version of CommCare Fundamentals

You can download and print this pdf version of CommCare Fundamentals (Updated 18th March 2015)

 

Welcome to CommCare 101 Fundamentals- an overview to of what CommCare is and how it works!

In order to become receive any type of CommCare certification, you must demonstrate an understanding of the learning objectives in this section. If you are new to CommCare, this should also give you a good understanding of how CommCare worksis a great place to start.

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titleLearning Objectives

When you complete this section you should be understand and explain the following:

  • The purpose of CommCare
  • How data moves in CommCare
  • Types of data generated in CommCare
  • Case Management
  • Mobile and Web Users
  • CommCare behavior without network

What is CommCare?

You can get a good overview of what CommCare is by reading through the public CommCare site.

There are two pieces to CommCare:

  1. CommCareMobile is the mobile-device part of CommCare
  2. CommCareHQ is the website/portal 

How Does Data Move in CommCare?

 

Case Management

 

Mobile and Web Users

There are two types of users in CommCare:

  • Mobile Users - 
  • Web (CommCareHQ) Users -

Getting Started

Congratulations, you've completed CommCare Fundamentals! Now that you understand the core concepts of CommCare, it's time to Get Started.

CommCare Fundamentals Course Goal

CommCare Fundamentals will provide:

  • an introduction to the key terms associated with CommCare
  • a general overview of how the CommCare platform works
  • basic context which is relevant for anyone involved in a CommCare project.

 

The learning objectives covered in CommCare Fundamentals are recommended or required for everyone working on a CommCare project.

Topics

Review each of the following sections to learn more about the main features and principles of CommCare:

  1. CommCare Overview
  2. CommCare Structure
  3. Case Management
  4. Data in CommCare
  5. Mobile and Web Users
  6. Project Roles and Implementation

It is critical that you understand all of the material in these sections before going on to other CommCare tutorials.

GET STARTED!


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Next Steps

After completing CommCare Fundamentals we recommend you do the following:

CommCare Fundamentals Test: Visit this page to learn more about the CommCare Fundamentals test.

App Building: Once you've completed CommCare Fundamentals, you're ready to get started with CommCare app building!

 

CommCare Fundamentals - last revised 24 October 2014