Wave 2 Metadata Collection

Since 2020, INTERACT has moved to using the Polygon Dashboard to streamline and automate the data collection. The dashboard contains all

• new users having completed an eligibility survey
• all returning participants, i.e. participants who joined INTERACT at a previous wave of data collection The dashboard reduces human error in linking participant ID (i.e. between different data sources) and the time needed to manage data collection campaigns.

The research coordinator kept track of all SenseDocs delivery updates in a local excel sheet. Once the SenseDoc data was uploaded to the local university servers, a copy of the PDF participant report was sent to the participants. SD data was then uploaded to Compute Canada and safely deleted from the local server.

Using the Polygon Dashboard during the data collection period, coordinators enter the SD device number and wear dates into a participant's profile on the dashboard. These fields are editable. At the end of data collection, the SD fields are selected, data is harmonized (i.e. use the 3-digit SD ID everywhere) by the national coordinator and exported to Compute Canada for ingest by the developer.

''Describe how user data was collected and tracked during Wave 2, who input the data, into what kind of system, and how that data is updated/maintained.'' ($zoe)