1. The Electoral Roll This tutorial is for Administrators
and covers how to use the electoral roll to manage user accounts
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2. The Electoral Roll What is an electoral roll?
It is a text file containing a list of the users in your realm, and serves as a means for creating new accounts
How do I get one?
When you become the Administrator of your realm, you will be sent one
How do I use it?
You add the details of new users, and upload the file into your realm.

3. How to view the contents of the electoral roll
The contents of the electoral roll are best viewed in Excel.
Drag the electoral_roll icon into the Excel window

4. How to upload the electoral roll
To upload the electoral roll, first log in as the Administrator of your realm.
Click the Upload List link
On the page that appears, click the Browse button
Select the electoral_roll in the window that appears and click Open
Then click Upload

5. How to create new accounts
Once you have uploaded the list of users, click the Update Users link
On the page that appears, click Configure Users
Please note that it may take a few minutes to create the accounts

6. The different columns of the electoral roll
This column is used to assign each user a role. The roles currently available are: ADMINISTRATOR, ACADEMIC, SUPERVISOR, ASSESSOR and STUDENT
If a user changes his/her address, move the old address into this column and add the new one in the LIVE_ column to ensure that they will still be able to access their account.
User accounts are based on addresses. Enter the user’s address in this column.
In these columns you can add the names of the users. This is not required, but it helps the Administrator keep track of different users.
Set the status of users to ON

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