Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Summary of the Banner implementation project update
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Here is a summary of the Banner implementation project update provided by Steve Bridges, project coordinator, at the 2006 Spring Faculty and Administrative Meeting on January 3. • Undergraduate and graduate admissions, catalog, and general biographical and demographic information from the SIS system are live within Banner as of the Thanksgiving break. This is our first step in the student implementation. • The first Banner student registration will be a new student registration on March 30, 2006. • Fall 2006 registration for returning students will be April 3, 2006 through April 14, 2006 and Banner will be used for this. • Summer 2006 will be completed using the SIS system. Approximately 60 percent of the registrations for Summer 2006 are already completed since pre-registration for Summer 2006 was allowed in November 2005. • If a student asks a faculty member to enroll them in Summer I, II, or III, 2006 the SIS system must be used to accomplish this. • The SIS system will be unused after the Summer III semester and eliminated as of September 30, 2006. • Financial Assistance will go live February 7, 2006. This will complete four out of the five core Banner modules as Advancement, Finance, and Human Resources are already in operation. • Dr. Tim Schibik and Jennifer Briggs from the Registrar’s Office are co-chairing the Student Training Committee. • Two important items related to the implementation and training are that faculty will be able to register students using their own ID and password, and that the majority of users will be able to complete their work using Banner Self Service. Banner Self Service has a very similar look and feel to the SIS system you use now, so the learning curve should be reduced for Banner users. • Three training groups will be created for the student implementation. • Group One, which will meet the needs for 90 percent of the users, will be trained only on Banner Self Service. Sessions will be by college and will be no longer than one hour in length. Days of the week and times will be varied to avoid conflicts with teaching assignments. These sessions will begin the last week of February and also be held in the month of March. • Group Two will be called SMEs which is an acronym for “subject mater experts.” These individuals have already been identified by the deans as front line registration people. This group will be trained first so that they can assist in the training for the colleges and be a resource in their areas as registrations occur. They will be trained in Banner Self Service as Group One was but will also receive some base Banner training to assist them in completing some tasks. This group will be contacted the third week in January to assist us with a mock registration. Dates and times will be varied for the training to avoid potential schedule conflicts. This group will need to attend multiple training sessions whereas Group One will only need to attend one hour-long session. • Group Three will be department heads in the colleges. These individuals will receive Banner Self Service training as the first two groups did, but also will receive training in base Banner for specific functionality related to their jobs. This group will be trained in early February and will be asked to help with a mock registration in February. Training will be in one hour increments and the group will need to attend two sessions. • Detailed log in directions will be provided in the form of a packet, including some additional Banner help information to assist Banner users prior to the March and April registrations. Questions related to the Banner project can be directed to Bridges at sjbridge@usi.edu or extension 7048. |
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