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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!
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Wading through the mods and forms
Over the past 18 years, we have generated lots of ways to make Banner give us the information we want in the format we want. Some of those have been created via Banner mods (modifications – see Glossary) and some via Oracle forms. Because Banner 9 is so different, we need to be sure any…
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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…
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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”…