Installing Student Kiosk Access 1.2
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Introduction
Special Considerations
Files Included With This Release
Installing Student Kiosk Access
Creating an Icon for Student Kiosk Access
Configuring the HP 3000
Documentation
Contacting the SBCTC-ITD for Assistance
Introduction
This document describes how to install Student Kiosk Access, release 1.2. Student Kiosk
Access is a SBCTC-ITD Web-based application. It provides students with the ability to view a
variety of information related to their academic records. Student information is displayed in realtime using the World Wide Web. Although Student Kiosk Access has the same functionality as
Student Web Access, it can be run in a Web browser on a personal computer with a touch
screen.
Special Considerations
Student Kiosk Access is dependent on having the SBCTC-ITD Web Transaction Server
software installed.
Files Included With This Release
The following files are included with this release:
File
Description
help.html
Help page
home.html
Center frame definition
index.html
Frame definition
install.html *
These Installation Instructions
nav.html *
Navigation frame definition
title.html
Title frame definition
waci002.html
Unofficial Transcript Request
waci003.html
Student Schedule Request
waci004.html
Registration Appointment Request
waci005.html
Financial Aid Request
waci006.html
Class Schedule Request
waci007.html
Degree Audit Request
waci008.html
Pin Change
waci009.html *
Display Student's New SID parent frame
waci009a.html *
Display Student's New SID message frame
waci009b.html *
Display Student's New SID message frame
bg_main.gif
Top Line in main frame
bg_nav.gif
Top line in nav frame
bg_title.gif
Title (currently blank)
bt_audit.gif
Degree audit gif
bt_classsched.gif
Class schedule gif
bt_finaid.gif
Financial aid gif
bt_grade.gif
Grade gif
bt_hint.gif
Help/hint gif
bt_mainmenu.gif
Main menu gif
bt_newsid.gif *
Show Student's New SID gif
bt_pin.gif
Pin change gif
bt_regappt.gif
Registration appointment gif
bt_trans.gif
Transcript gif
bt_yoursched.gif
Student Schedule gif
hrule_sm.gif
Blank page
logo.gif *
Washington Online Logo gif
mm_bot.gif
Message at bottom of main frame
mm_img.jpg
Image on main frame
mm_top1.gif
Message at top of main frame
printanim.gif
Printer gif
tt_sos.gif
Title gif
StudentKiosk.cfg *
Installation Configuration Template
* Files noted with an asterisk are new or have changed since Student Kiosk Access, release 1.0
Installing Student Kiosk Access
This section provides instructions for how to obtain Student Kiosk Access from the SBCTC-ITD
and install it on your college's Web server.
1. Download the executable file StudentKioskAccess.exe from the SBCTC-ITD Web site
and save it on your PC.
2. Before you work with the executable file in the next step, you need to have the following
information. In step 3, you will be asked to provide either some or all of this information.
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The type of the server that you are installing install Student Kiosk Access on.
Options include:
o An NT Web server located at your college
o A Unix Web server located at your college
o The aurora.ctc.edu Web server located at the SBCTC-ITD
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The type of HTML file extensions you are using, either .htm or .html.
Your college code.
The domain name of the Web server where Student Kiosk Access is being
installed.
The URL and name of of the Web Transaction Server CGI script.
The URL to the directory where the Student Kiosk Access files are located
The Return URL that is associated with the Student Kiosk Access 'Back to
Main Menu' links.
Whether Student Kiosk Access is being installed on a secure server .
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3. In Windows Explorer, double-click the StudentKiosk.exe executable file to start the
installation program and respond to its questions about your college Web site.
The program expands the HTML, GIF and JPG files for Student Kiosk Access and
allows you to customize the files for you college.
4. Build a new directory on your Web server to store the HTML, GIF and JPG files.
The SBCTC-ITD recommends that you name the directory kiosk. If you currently have
the Student Web Access application installed, the best position for the /kiosk/ directory
is at that same level.
5. Make sure that the permissions on the /kiosk/ directory are correct.
At a minimum, the directory permissions should allow Read access for all viewers of the
Student Kiosk Access pages. To see an example, you can look at any other directory
that contains working HTML files.
6. Locate the Student Kiosk Access installation directory on your PC.
If you did not change the default installation directory step 3, this directory is named
C:/Program Files/CIS/Student Kiosk Access.
7. Copy the files from the Student Kiosk Access installation directory and place them in the
/kiosk/ directory on your Web server.
If you already have Student Kiosk Access installed at you college, you may chose to
either copy all of the files from the installation directory OR if you prefer, you can copy
only those files that are new or have been modified since the previous release.
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Copy the HTML files as ASCII
Copy the GIF and JPG files as Binary
You may use any software that allows you to copy files, for example, Windows Explorer
or FTP.
8. Make sure that the file permissions on the files you copied to the /kiosk/ directory are
correct.
At a minimum, the file permissions should allow Read access for all viewers of the
Student Kiosk Access pages. To see an example, you can look at any working HTML file
on your Web server.
Creating an Icon for Student Kiosk Access
To execute the browser in kiosk mode, create an icon with a target line similar to the following:
Netscape:
"C:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator\Program\netscape.exe" -k
http://YOUR.URL.GOES.HERE/index.html
Explorer:
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -k http:// YOUR.URL.GOES.HERE
/index.html
Configuring the HP 3000
If you currently provide the ability for students to access their student information through the
Web, you do not need to make additional configuration modifications on the HP3000.
Documentation
Information about Student Web Access and other Web-enabled applications is available on the
SBCTC-ITD web site. See the Web Transaction Server Manual on the Application General
Resources page.
Contacting the SBCTC-ITD for Assistance
If you have any questions or comments about Student Kiosk Access, please call SBCTC-ITD
Customer Support at (425) 803-9721 or send email to support@sbctc.edu.