Overview
The New School uses the Banner suite of software developed by Ellucian for the core administration of its information systems. Ellucian’s administrative and web-enabled products provide the primary technology that manages our institutional and educational data.
Banner is a robust and administratively complex information systems environment, that is ever changing to meet the demands placed upon the staff and administrative offices across campus. Before identifying additional enterprise systems that meet a need, it is always best to consider first if Banner can meet that need.
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Access
Access to Internet Native Banner (INB) can be granted to university employees charged to create and/or update information in the enterprise system. INB provides extensive access to all Banner data and INB access is available on campus during regular office hours. Other than when the Banner system is offline for backing up the database, or during upgrades, Banner is always available.
Location
Connection to Banner is made using a regular web browser. For security purposes, INB access is only available from computers that are on campus.
Use
The Ellucian suite of products is modular and is used to manage the data for all aspects of the university from Advancement; to Finance; to Financial Aid; to Human Resources and Payroll; and all aspects of student enrollment management.
Getting Started
To get started with INB requires an initial request to be made from the supervisor of any person who needs access. Approval from the Data Stewards for each Banner module that the person will access must be granted and the person must also attend a training session that familiarizes them with navigation in the Banner product. However, each departmental area is responsible for training their own staff on the daily use and best practices of using Banner.
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