Configuring Turnstile Kiosk User Logons

Overview

Turnstile requires two users:

• The "Turnstile Administration User" who can setup Events and monitor Turnstile usage and link the "Turnstile User" logins to work for the right Turnstile Events.
• The "Turnstile User" login itself. This login simply provides access to the "Student Scanning" screen so students can check in and out of a single pre-configured Event.
  
  

The "Turnstile Administration User" is simply a regular user (e.g. an office admin) who has the added permissions necessary to configure Turnstile Events and link these Events to "Turnstile users".

A Kiosk "Turnstile User" is a login completely dedicated to using Turnstile – to simply checking students into and out of Events.

In the procedure below you will create two users: the first user is the actual "Kiosk" Turnstile user.

The second is the "Configure/Administer Turnstile" user.

The purpose of the second user is to link the "Events" to the "kiosk users" created in the procedure below.

A single "Turnstile Administration" user can configure all of the possibly many dedicated Turnstile "kiosk users".

What is a "Kiosk Role" and a "Kiosk User"?

A "kiosk", in this context, is a computer dedicated to a single use.  In this case, a Turnstile "Kiosk Role" is a Role that only allows the use of the Turnstile>Scanning check-in/check-out screen.

A "Kiosk User" is a Genesis User Login that is configured with only a single "Kiosk" Role and which, when logged in, can only be used to check students or staff members into or out of Events.

Procedure to Create a Turnstile "Kiosk" User Login

A "kiosk" user is a login which can only be used to check students or staff into or out of Events.

1. Go to the Setup>Security>Users screen.
2. Locate the "Add User" button.
3. Enter the new user id. 'Check-In user ids' should indicate the location/use they are being created to enable. E.g. "librarycheckin":
   
4. Select a password.
5. If you have previously created a Kiosk User, you can copy roles from that user.
6. Click the "Add User" button to create the user. This brings up the "Modify User" screen.
   The "Modify User" screen:
   
7. Locate the "Add" button in the "Roles" area at the bottom left of the screen:
   
8. Select your School from the "School" drop down at the very bottom of the Roles list
9. Select the Turnstile USER Role you previously created (Configuring Turnstile Roles):
   
10. Click the "Add" button to add the Turnstile User Role to this user:
    
11. Continue configuring the Check-In User with the information in the upper section of the screen:
    1. Enter a First and Last Name (E.g. "Library" "Check-In")
    2. Check the "Enabled" checkbox to enable this user.
    3. Provide a description (E.g. "HS Library Check-In Kiosk User")
    4. Select the "Home School" for the user (E.g. Genesis High School)
    5. Select the "Home Location". This should be the Turnstile>Student Scanning location, turnstile.studentscan.
    6. Click to store the user's configuration. You are now ready to test the check-in user and to do the remainder of their configuration. See Procedure below. Now repeat the "Create User" steps to create a "Turnstile Administration" User.

Procedure to Create a "Turnstile Administration" User Login

1. Navigate to the Setup>Security>Users screen; Locate the "New User" fields at the bottom of this screen, and enter the new user id. This login will be used to configure all of the "Events" and "locations" and should be named accordingly. E.g. "cnfgchkn" ('configure checkiin'):
2. Select a password.
3. Click the button to create the user. This brings up the "Modify User" screen.
4. Locate the "Add" button in the "Roles" area at the bottom left of the screen:
   
5. Select your School from the "School" drop down at the very bottom of the Roles list.
6. Select the "Turnstile Administrator" Role you created:
   
7. Click the "Add" button to add the Check-In Role to this user:
   
8. Continue configuring the Turnstile User with the information in the upper section of the screen. 
   1. Enter a First and Last Name (E.g. "Turnstile" "Administrator")
   2. Check the "Enabled" checkbox to enable this user.
   3. Provide a description (E.g. "Turnstile Administration User")
   4. Select the "Home School" for the user (E.g. Genesis High School)
   5. Select the "Home Location". (This can be the Turnstile>Setup location. It can also be a more general location, such as Student Data>Student List
   6. Click to store the user's configuration. You are now ready to test the Turnstile users and to do the remainder of their configuration.

Additional Turnstile Articles:

Getting Started with Turnstile 

Using Turnstile 

Configuring Turnstile Roles 

Configuring Turnstile Events 

Linking Users to Events and Configuring Check-In Actions 

Configuring Reason Codes for Turnstile Check-In

Turnstile Events Advanced Features and Linkages Overview 

Logging In as a Turnstile User and Checking-In Students 

Attaching Turnstile to Nurse Check In 

Turnstile Event Tracking Screen