<aside> 💡 Do you want to lock your sign in tablet on one screen, eg, your participant form Widget?

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on an iOS device eg. iPad, iPhone etc

Try it out by following the steps below:

• Select: Settings > General > Accessibility > Guided Access > On
• Set a passcode (tip: avoid choosing a combination like 1-2-3-4-5-6). A six-digit code that will be memorable, but not easily guessed works best.
• Next, press the home button to return to the home screen. Open up your chosen app (Your browser with the link open) and once loaded, triple click the home button so that the Guided Access screen appears. Press Start.
• Guided Access mode will begin, and your device will be locked down into one app.
• If you need to disable touch on certain areas of the screen (e.g. on a webpage to prevent users from typing a new URL into the address bar), access your Guided Access screen again by triple clicking the home button and entering your passcode.
• Ensure that: Touch Option > On. You will now be able to draw a shape around any part of the screen and adjust the position and size by pulling the corner circles. Press Resume (top right corner). This part of the screen will no longer react to touch.

To end Guided Access and regain full use of the iPad, triple click the home button again, enter your chosen passcode and select End (top left corner).

on an Android device eg. Google Tablet, Samsung Tablet etc

To activate screen pinning, follow these steps on your Android device.

• Locate the "Settings" app and open it. This may be in your app drawer (list).
• Use the search bar in your Settings app to find “pinning” and navigate to the feature directly.
• OR, locate the “Security” submenu in Settings (or similar, like Biometrics and security)
• Find “Advanced” or “Other security settings” or a similar submenu in the Security menu
• “App pinning” or “Pin windows” will appear in this list. You must turn on the feature to start screen pinning. Regardless of name, the feature will function identically on most Android devices.
• “Ask for PIN” allows you to optionally use your device's screen lock (which could be your fingerprint) before the pinned app is removed from the device.

Next, you’ll want to start actually pinning apps. To pin apps on your Android device’s screen, follow these steps.

• Open the app you want to pin.
• Open the “recent apps” view on your Android device.
• On devices Android 9 and later: Swipe from the bottom of the screen and hold, as though you were going to use the “home” gesture, but forgot to let go of the screen.
• On devices Android 8 and older or with 3-button navigation: Tap the square button in the navigation bar.
• Locate the app icon of the app you want to pin in the recent apps view — it will be near the top of the device’s screen. Tap the icon.
• Several options will appear in a drop-down menu, including “Pin this app,” which you can tap to immediately pin the app you’ve selected.

FAQs

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