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Angela Oduor@angienicoleod
angela@ushahidi.com
The Crowdsourcing Story
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Disaster Response
March 2011 - 4,000+ reports, 144,974 viewsMonitor fallout of tsunami and nuclear crisis
January 2010 - 3,584 reports, 500,000 viewsAllowed Haitians to report location and
needs
sinsai.info/ushahidi haiti.ushahidi.com
Election Monitoring
Crowdsourcing, documenting and sharing violations of electoral law in Ukraine
August 2010 - 1525 reports, 20,000 viewsMonitor Kenya referendum election
http://maidanua.org/vybory2012/ uchaguzi.co.ke
Citizen Journalism
May 2010 - 3397 reports, 406,715 viewsDocument human and ecological impact of
the oil spill
December 2010 - 319 reports, 156,859 views
Help bring awareness to sexual harassment in Egypt
harassmap.com oillspill.labucketbrigade.org
Civic Participation
Identifying and solving public problems in Chisinau, Romania.
http://spilno.org.ua/karta/ http://alerte.md
Public monitoring of problems and solutions with the participation of communities and
companies in the city of Rivne.
Ushahidi Metrics
Platform
Collect reports via SMS, social media, smart phone applications and other
sources.Moderate and visualize reports on a map
and timeline.
CrowdmapCrowdmap allows you to set up your own deployment of Ushahidi ‘in the cloud’ without having to install it on your own web server.
crowdmap.com
MobileSMS, iPhone, Android, J2ME, Windows Mobile
Technology is only 10% of the story – let’s discuss the
other 90% that makes for a successful
deployment
The common denominator for successful deployments that get the crowd involved, where communities are engaged and using the platform for both sending and receiving information, is that they’re run or endorsed by people or organizations that people trust.
Whatare we
trying to achieve?
Ensuring that others don’t have to start
from scratch, like we did.
Questions?
How to Use Crowdsourcing
1.Create your account2.Create your deployment address (URL)3.Enter your deployment details4.Accept Terms of Use5.Click on Finish & Create Deployment
Your deployment is now up and running!!
You are ready to manage your Ushahidi platform.
To start customization, click on Admin Dashboard.
Log In
Site SettingsInsert your site settings Then SAVE!
Map SettingsChoose the location your deployment will span over
Choose your base mapConfigure the zoom level of your map
SMS SettingsSelect an SMS Provider(Clickatell, SMSSync, FrontlineSMS),
if setting up SMS for your deployment.
Email SettingsSet up to receive reports via your email address
AddonsPLUGINS Themes
CategoriesModify the default categories by adding new ones that fit
your deployment
CategoriesInsert category information. Use the scroll down menu to
decide if that category is a top level category or a sub-category.
PagesYou can create additional pages to your
deployment e.g an About us/ Volunteer page .
Custom FormsCreating a custom form Creating custom form fields
News FeedsChoose the RSS feeds that you want to have displayed on the
home page of your deployment.
Scheduler
Public ListingManage how your public listing on
http://community.ushahidi.com/deployments will look like
Getting our Hands Dirty
Processing the incoming information
DashboardQuick summary of your deployment’s activity
ReportsTo approve or delete or verify a report just click on the
corresponding word. If the word is green than it means that that action has been already taken.
Messages
Messages: SMSReceives all incoming SMS. From here you can respond to the sender, asking for more information, delete the message or
create a report out of it.
Messages: EmailReceive all incoming E-Mails. From here you can delete the e-
mail or create a report out of it.
Messages: TwitterReceive all incoming tweets and create a report out of it
Create a reportBy clicking on create report you will be sent to a Create Report page where you need to insert all the information relative to
that message. This process is the same for E-Mail, Twitter Messages and Voice Mail.
Report FormCreate Report page is where you will add a title, description,
category, location.
Report FormChoose A category. Each main category pulls down into sub-categories. Click the “+” next to the main category to access sub-
categories. You can choose also more than one category.
Report FormIf the report contains location information, you will need to find that location on
the map either manually (scroll and zoom) or using the “Find Location” search function. If there isn’t enough information to map the report skip the report. You
cannot save a report unless it has a location.
Report FormDate and Time
Check the time and date, and make sure they correspond to the time and date of the event you are reporting. If you need to, change it.
Approve & VerifyTo approve the report, go to the “Information Evaluation” box in the lower left corner.
Where it says “Approve this Report?” choose “Yes.”Where it says “Verify this Report?” leave it as “No.” Only if you have the assurance
that the information reported is 100% true you should mark report as verified.
Questions?