Welcome prospective Outreachy applicants! ODK-X is excited to be participating in Outreachy this spring! This program provides awesome opportunities for folx under-represented in open source and tech to complete paid internships.
About ODK-X
Data collection and management is a key component of social good efforts ranging from polio elimination to rainforest conservation to labor justice and the ODX-X project provides a tool suite which contains tools to meet those needs. ODK-X is a platform to build custom apps that enable users to manage and visualize their data just as well in the field as they do in the office. Users of the ODK-X suite include the World Mosquito Program, Mercy Corps, and St. Catherine University.
Communication
If you have any questions about internships in general, please ask in the comments for this post! Administrators may split some of the longer threads into their own topics if needed but please start all general internship forum conversations in this thread.
We prefer you use the forum for communication so all time zones can have a chance to respond. If you have a question that needs a real-time answer or just want to chat, you can find us on the internship Slack (Note that this invite link expires every so often, let us know below if it is not working). We also have channels for specific topics.
We aim to have all conversations in public to increase transparency and knowledge sharing. In this spirit, please refrain from messaging community members directly!
Projects
These high-level descriptions should serve as a starting point to understand the various projects:
- Create Android Tests for Services New User Interface
- Improving setup flow for sync-endpoint
- User interface uplift for mobile apps
Getting Started
- Read over this post and Outreachy’s guidance for contributing very carefully and ask below if you have any questions
- Look over the ODK-X website and ODK-X documentation to familiarize yourself with the project
- Find an issue in the Issue Queue tagged “easy win” or “good first issue” that you want to work on and comment to claim it. Try to find an issue related to the project you want to work on if possible, or at least in the same codebase. The project pages above link to the appropriate Github repositories.
- Join the internship Slack and talk to community members and mentors.
Applying to be an ODK-X intern
If you make and record a contribution you can then, at the end of the contribution period, submit your final application.
We recommend starting to discuss your project ideas as soon as you can! The earlier you start your contributions, the stronger your application will be.
