Kiosk mode automatically signs people out of Blissbook on shared devices, so the next person who walks up is much less likely to use Blissbook as somebody else. It's built for front-desk tablets, break-room computers, warehouse stations, and any device your employees share to read and sign their handbook.
Turning on kiosk mode
Kiosk mode is available on request. Contact us and we'll enable it for your organization.
Once it's enabled, open Settings, go to the Tech Setup page, and find the Kiosk Mode section. Switch it on there, and it takes effect right away for everyone who signs in on a shared device.
How it works
With kiosk mode on, Blissbook prompts an audience member to sign out in two situations:
After they sign an acknowledgement form. When someone finishes signing, Blissbook prompts them to sign out so the next person starts fresh.
After five minutes of inactivity. If someone stops interacting with the page (a document or their audience member dashboard), they're prompted to stay signed in. This works even if someone closes the browser window or tab and comes back later, or if they use the computer in other ways outside of the Blissbook tab.
If the user doesn't respond to the prompt to stay signed in within 20 seconds, they are signed out automatically.
Kiosk mode applies to audience members: the employees reading and signing their handbook or other document. Admins and other team/document collaborators are not signed out automatically.
Kiosk mode and single sign-on
Kiosk mode signs people out of Blissbook. When your organization uses single sign-on, what happens when the next person signs back in depends on your provider.
For Microsoft (Azure), Okta, and other SAML providers, Blissbook requires re-authentication, so the next person has to fully sign in to SSO again before they can get back in to Blissbook.
Google does not allow Blissbook to force users to fully re-authenticate, so someone can sign back in to Blissbook without a password using a Google account that's still signed in to Google on that device. Here's what users will see:
You can close this gap from the Google Admin console by shortening how long people stay signed in to Google. See Google's guide on setting session length for Google services. Once someone's Google session expires, Google will ask for a password again.
Keeping shared devices secure
Kiosk mode is a straightforward way to protect handbooks on shared hardware without relying on people to remember to sign out. Switch it on, and everyone who uses that device starts with a clean session.
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