Banner 7 Upgrade

General Training

2006

San Mateo Banner Facts…• SMCCD started with Banner 1 in 1995

• Introduced WebSMART in 2001

• Can support over 300 simultaneous Banner and 300 WebSMART users.

• Served as many as 5000 WebSMART users in one day!

• WebSMART/Banner available 22 hours a day

• Latest WebSMART additions:

- Official transcript request

- payment by eCheck

Upgrade Timeline

Conversion begins at midnight on Thursday, October 12, 2006

Banner (including WebSMART) will be unavailable through Sunday, October 15

We expect Banner to be available by 8:00 am Monday morning.

Major Changes

New User Interface Colors! Higher Screen Resolution (1024 x 768)

Enhanced User Preferences Personalized Links and Colors

Tabbed Forms to make navigation easier New Online Help

Major Changes

Toolbar has a new layout Better grouping of icons New icons added

Enhanced Security In January, everyone will be required to change

their Banner password. Passwords will expire every 180 days thereafter

Misc Items

New WebSMART! Updated presentation Tabs Updated Main Menu Hyperlinks from Main Menu

Banner payroll starts in January

Misc Items

Browser Plug-ins (Google Desktop, Pop-up blockers, Toolbars, etc.)

Banner 7 may take additional memory resources

Java Software is needed to run Banner 7

For assistance please contact the ITS Help Desk (ext. 6543).