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Kiosk stations should be used when setting up controlled computer environments for parents to use to create online applications. A good example would be reserving a set of computers at a school on school orientation night to allow parents to quickly and easily complete a Free and Reduced application online at the school. When in kiosk mode, a computer/browser will be pre-configured to use the District's current settings and skip the "Select A District" step during the online application process. The application will also be tagged with the kiosk identifier in order to make it easier to run statistical reports at a later time. |
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We highly discourage the use of Internet Explorer 6.x or 7.x for usage of this website, but even more so when using Kiosk mode since these browsers does not support a private browsing mode. This means all personal data will be captured in browser history, cookies, etc. Please strongly consider using one of the browsers listed above when utilizing kiosk mode at your District. |
From the MySchoolApps homepage, click on Manage District or click District at the top of the site window.
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A kiosk station is an identifier attached to one or more computers (actually browsers*) in order to categorize applications submitted. To create a new Kiosk station, a user with District Administrator role privileges should login to the system and create all the kiosk stations as noted below.
Step 1: Click Add Kiosk Station from the Kiosk Station window.
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You may wish to create all kiosks at the District level and then attach selected kiosks at the location. |
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When you attach a computer to a kiosk station, you are actually attaching the web browser to the station. ApplyForLunch MySchoolApps uses cookie technology to track and identify kiosk stations. This technology is implemented at the browser level; therefore, when attaching a "computer" you are actually only attaching that particular browser. Please make note of this if your computers have multiple browsers installed on them. |
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You may wish to create all kiosks at the District level and then attach selected kiosks at the location. |
- Click Add New from the Manage Kiosk window.
- Establish new kiosk station.
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- Then, click Add Kiosk.
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Attaching a Browser
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When attaching a kiosk to a web browser on a computer, a cookie called KioskModeGUID assigned to the domain "www.applyforlunchmyschoolapps.com" will be created on the computer. The content of the cookie will contain a string with the GUID of the kiosk station the browser is attached to. You can access this cookie (and delete it manually if needed) by viewing the cookies in your web browser. |
Once kiosk stations have been created, you can attach one or more web browsers to the kiosk station to activate them for kiosk mode.
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You can only attach a web browser to one station at any one time. If an attempt is made to attach a second browser to the same workstation, the original browser will detach and the newly selected browser will be attached. |
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- Select the kiosk browser you wish to attach to the computer and click Attach Now.
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- Confirm you wish to attach the selected browser by clicking
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- Attach. If the browser is incorrect, click
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- No.
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Detaching a Browser
Detaching a browser is simple.
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- Select the browser and
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- click Detach Now.
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- Confirm you wish to detach the selected browser by clicking
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- Detach. If you do not wish to detach the browser, click
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- No.
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Attachment Confirmation
Attachment can be confirmed by referencing the This Web Browser? column.
Attached Detached Attachment can be confirmed by accessing the AFL public site for your District.
Note The attached station and District name will show up in the footer and the District step will be preselected and skipped during the application process.
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- Select the appropriate station description and click Delete.
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- Confirm you wish to delete the selected browser by clicking Delete
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- . If you do not wish to delete the browser,
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- click No.
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