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  • Banner 9 Go Live Dashboard

  • Update: 7/17

    These Banner 9 modules have been created in Test General Advancement Student Banner Document Management System (resolving issues) Accounts Receivable (in progress) Production environment hardware installation should be complete today – 7/14. Software prep will begin next week.   Current activities: Advancement Installed Advancement, BDMS, General, Student (baseline) modules Testing/Training consultant starts on Monday, 7/17 Go…

  • Fun With Forms

    Last week we talked about fun with mods – this week the project core team is looking at Oracle standalone forms we use in Banner. 126 of these forms have been identified and Jeff Toaddy is playing Sherlock, sleuthing out all the relevant information needed to make decisions about the future of each form. Jeff has…

  • Fun with Mods

    At Miami we have 99 “mods” or modifications to Banner. In conversation with other Banner schools, we have learned that our mod count is really very modest. A number of schools we talked to have thousands of mods!

  • Banner 9 Update: 4/10/17

    Mods Business analysts and client subject matter experts are in the final stages of reviewing mods to determine the appropriate disposition: retire, rewrite, keep with no change. Preparing a presentation of the mods recommendations for the IT governance group, the CCIC (Continuous Improvement and Change Committee). This group owns the final decisions regarding the direction…

  • Mods vs. Modules

    During this adventure, you will hear reports about Banner “mods” and Banner “modules”. These are not the same thing. “Mods” is short for modifications. Many Miami-specific customizations have been written over the years. IT Services uses the term “mods” to refer to customizations that have been created by rewriting pieces of baseline Banner code. “Modules”…