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Offline Collection Station

Collect anonymous answers to any Doc Lobe assessment where the internet is slow, expensive or missing: rural communities, schools and prisons without internet, and partner sites around the world. Participants take the assessment on one shared computer or tablet, answers are saved on that device, and you send one small file to Doc Lobe whenever you reach a connection.

No internet neededOne shared deviceAnonymousResults for each participantOne file to send

Start a collection session

Choose the assessment for this session.

Answers are stored only in this browser on this device until you export them. Export at least once a day, and before you clear the browser or close a borrowed computer.

How it works

From a village classroom to the norming study

Get permission and a study code. Request permission on the Assessment Research page. Doc Lobe sends you a study code.
Copy Doc Lobe to the device. Copy the Doc Lobe folder from the flash drive onto a laptop, desktop or tablet, or open it straight from the flash drive. No installation or internet is needed.
Open collect.html and start a session. Choose the assessment, enter your study code and hand the device to the first participant.
Each participant takes it privately. They choose "For me and for Doc Lobe research," see and print their results, then tap "I am finished · next person." The screen is cleared for the next person.
Export the answers. Tap "Export answers" to save one small file (a few kilobytes for a whole class) to the flash drive.
Send the file when you can. From any connection, even a phone, upload it on the Assessment Research page or email it to doclobe23@gmail.com. The answers join the norming study with your study code.
On the live website

Weak connection? Answers wait

On doclobe.com, if the connection drops when someone finishes, their anonymous answers are kept on their device and sent automatically the next time they open Doc Lobe with internet. Visiting once also lets the assessments open later without a connection.

Privacy

Anonymous by design

The station stores only answers, optional background questions, the study code and your site label. No names, emails or device information. Do not type names into the site label. Clear the station after you export.

Ethics

Consent and protections

Every participant gives consent and confirms they are 18 or older. Research needs IRB or ethics approval. Incarcerated people are a specially protected group (45 CFR 46, Subpart C), and international sites may need local approval as well.

Low-cost devices

Built to be light

Each assessment page is small and works in any current browser on Windows, Mac, Chromebook, Android or iPad. A whole class's answers fit in a file smaller than one photo.