Accudemia: How do I remove a Sign-in Station to login to the system?

Introduction

In Accudemia, all "Sign-in Stations"(Kiosks) are entry and exit gateways for staff and students to sign in and out of their center activities and their classes. The computers that are set as Sign-in Stations usually fulfill this purpose to track attendance; however, sometimes it might be necessary for an administrator to remove the Sign-in Station screen to actually log in to Accudemia to do some work. In this article, we describe how the process works.

Step-By-Step

There are two main ways to remove the Sign-in Station from a web browser:

Option 1: There is a “Login” button in the Sign-in Station/Kiosk screen:

1. Click the Login button at the bottom of the kiosk:

2. Enter your administrative credentials to log in and navigate to the Administrator > Campus Setup > Sign-in Station > Computers section OR the Quick > Sign-in Station option:

3. Click the Uninstall Kiosk link as shown in the top-right:

Option 2: There is no “Login” button in the Sign-in Station/Kiosk

In Accudemia, administrators can remove the login option from the Sign-in Station screen. If this is the case, we need to remove the web browser “cookies” for our Accudemia system.

A “Cookie” is a small piece of data stored on the user's computer(in this case the Sign-in Station computer) used by the web browser to store information relevant to the user preferences and similar, so while you browse some websites (such as Accudemia) the web browser uses those "cookies" to store the Sign-in Station information, which is why we need to clear all cookies related to our Accudemia, so to make the web browser forget that this is a Sign-in Station and allow us to proceed to the Accudemia regular sign-in address.

Firstly, make sure to delete ONLY the cookies related to your Accudemia system; you should not delete ALL cookies, as Accudemia's database information will not be affected. This is only to delete the temporary “preferences” information saved by the web browser. If you do not feel comfortable doing this, contact your I.T staff for help.

The process to clear cookies varies depending on the web browser you are using. Please search how to do it for your web browser. This example is with Google Chrome:

1. Go to the browser's Settings.

2. Search for “cookies” in the settings (Google Chrome displayed):

3. Click where it says View cookies and site data:

4. Search/locate your Accudemia website and click the delete button:

Note:  You can also log in from another computer or using the same computer but replacing the "Kiosk" in the URL with "Login" to get to the login page (example: https://mycollege.accudemia.net/login, but also replacing the "mycollege" part with your school's domain).  Once logged in, navigate to the Administration > Control Panel> General settings (selecting the center) and then place a check in the SIGNIN STATION OPTIONS to "Allow Homepage/Login Access." Be sure to click the Save Changes button at the top of the page to complete this setting update. Now that the Login button will appear on all the kiosks.

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