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This user manual has been developed to guide the NIMC super admin to set up their devices on the Enrolment Mobile Device Management System (EMDMS). The guide will be broken into 2 phasessections.

  1. Onboarding devices on the EMDMS.

  2. Enforcing compliance Managing devices on the EMDMS admin portal.

ONBOARDING DEVICES ON THE EMDMS

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  1. For a new new device,

    1. Turn on the device

    2. On the Get started page (the page where you’d be required to set up your language preference & email), don’t click on “start” rather tap on the page about 6 times consequitively to launch the QR scanner

  2. For a device already in use,

    1. Factory reset the device

    2. On the Get started page (the page where you’d be required to set up your language preference & email), don’t click on “start” rather tap on the page about 6 times consecutively to launch the QR scanner

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  • On the apps menu on the app, the user will be able to view the apps on the device including those installed & those pending installation

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MANAGING DEVICES ON THE EMDMS

The EMDMS Dashboard -

This module shows basic analytics of all the activities happening within the ecosystem. This is a dynamic module so the analytics displayed on this page is configurable. To access the dashboard, follow these steps;

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Upon successfully apply the geofence waiver to a device, the device shall become accessible to the user for the period of the geofence. as soon as the time elapses, the device will become locked again except;

  1. The user returns back to their initial geofence or

  2. Their geofence is whitelisted

  3. The “enforce geofence” policy is removed from the device. (in this case, whether the user is within or out of their geofence, the geofenec restrictions will not apply to them)

Applications Management

The applications management module enables the admin to be able to manage applications usage & transfer within the NIMC ecosystem. amongst other things, you’d be able to

  • Blacklist an unauthorized app

  • Uninstall an unauthorized app

  • Add a new app version and push the upgrade via OTA (Over-the-air) app upgrade

  • Monitor the app usage including - total data consumed, screentime spent on an app.

Add a new app

To add a new app, follow these steps;

  1. Navigate to the Applications Management module

  2. Click on the “Add new app” button

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Fig. 28: Add a new app

3. Fill out the form with the correct details

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Points to Note:

  1. The App ID is the unique identifier of the app. (If this is a private app not on he playstore, reach out to the app publisher to share the app ID with you)

  2. Ensure that you enter the correct app version

  3. Click on the upload app file option (tagged 1 on the screenshot fig.29 below) to upload the apk file of the app

  4. To automate OTA, you are required to select the group of devices you want this app to be mapped to. By default, when this group is selected, any app added that belonged to the group selected here will automatically get this app downloaded on them.

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Fig. 29. Add details of the new app

Add a new app version

This can be used to update an app version. To add a new version, follow the steps below;

  1. Navigate to the applications management module

  2. From the list of apps, select the app version to update

    1. Select action > add a new app version (see fig. 30) below

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Fig. 30: Add a new app version

3. fill out the new app version page

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Notice that the form fields are different from that of “add a new app version”. To add a new app version, the app version is an uneditable field. Also, you’re not required to select the groups whee you want this new app version to apply. The app roll out for new versions are handled manually to manage operational issues properly.

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Fig. 31: Fill out the form to add a new app version