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Sent: 2018-07-09
From: Information Technology Services
To: All Staff, All Faculty, Various Recipients
From: Information Technology Services
To: All Staff, All Faculty, Various Recipients
Subject: Banner 9
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dear EIU Faculty and Staff,</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">EIU is commencing the upgrade to Banner 9. This new release delivers a number of important enhancements, including a modern user interface, enhanced navigation and process management tools, and new functionality across the student, HR and finance functions. It will also give us greater flexibility as we’ll be able to run Banner on multiple browsers and tablets/mobile devices. </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">With any system upgrade, we know that people often grow concerned over what will change, and we have been working closely with our partner, Ellucian, to understand and anticipate those changes. To date, most of the feedback that other institutions have provided indicates that getting used to the new interface and navigation takes minimal effort. To date, hundreds of Banner customers have already upgraded or are in the process of upgrading, and we will be able to share experiences across the Banner community as we roll out Banner 9 here.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Our team plans to begin the move to Banner 9 by upgrading all of the various administrative modules. We have reached out to Functional users to coordinate system testing as we work to complete the overall project schedule. Because we are upgrading the administrative modules, there will be little to no impact on our students. </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We are targeting implementation for August 3-5, 2018. During this time, all Banner production applications will be unavailable. This includes Banner INB, PAWS, REPORTDB and ODS. Any third party applications that depend on these will also not be available. We will have our PPRD instance available as a READ only source to help users assist our students during this down time. </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">To see what’s coming check out these quick videos:</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Admin – Student </span></p>
<p style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal;"> </span>Admin – Financial Aid </span></p>
<p style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal;"> </span>Admin – Human Resources</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> Admin – Finance</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please refer to our website at </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">http://www.eiu.edu/banner/B9.php</span></span> for some additional resources to help you learn more about what’s coming in Banner 9 and to keep up to date on our progress.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We welcome your involvement as a part of this initiative. If you currently use the Banner INB system, please log on to the new Banner 9 Administrative Pages to test your processes at <span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">https://bannertest.eiu.edu:8443/applicationNavigator/</span></span> and follow the instructions on the Banner 9 User Testing page http://www.eiu.edu/banner/B9UserTesting.php to report any issues. </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">If you have questions or feedback, please feel free to email dba@eiu.edu. </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sincerely,</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rhonda E. Nichols, MBA, MST<br />Associate Director IT<br />海角社区<br />(217)581-7602<br />renichols@eiu.edu</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">EIU is commencing the upgrade to Banner 9. This new release delivers a number of important enhancements, including a modern user interface, enhanced navigation and process management tools, and new functionality across the student, HR and finance functions. It will also give us greater flexibility as we’ll be able to run Banner on multiple browsers and tablets/mobile devices. </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">With any system upgrade, we know that people often grow concerned over what will change, and we have been working closely with our partner, Ellucian, to understand and anticipate those changes. To date, most of the feedback that other institutions have provided indicates that getting used to the new interface and navigation takes minimal effort. To date, hundreds of Banner customers have already upgraded or are in the process of upgrading, and we will be able to share experiences across the Banner community as we roll out Banner 9 here.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Our team plans to begin the move to Banner 9 by upgrading all of the various administrative modules. We have reached out to Functional users to coordinate system testing as we work to complete the overall project schedule. Because we are upgrading the administrative modules, there will be little to no impact on our students. </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We are targeting implementation for August 3-5, 2018. During this time, all Banner production applications will be unavailable. This includes Banner INB, PAWS, REPORTDB and ODS. Any third party applications that depend on these will also not be available. We will have our PPRD instance available as a READ only source to help users assist our students during this down time. </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">To see what’s coming check out these quick videos:</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Admin – Student </span></p>
<p style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal;"> </span>Admin – Financial Aid </span></p>
<p style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal;"> </span>Admin – Human Resources</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> Admin – Finance</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please refer to our website at </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">http://www.eiu.edu/banner/B9.php</span></span> for some additional resources to help you learn more about what’s coming in Banner 9 and to keep up to date on our progress.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We welcome your involvement as a part of this initiative. If you currently use the Banner INB system, please log on to the new Banner 9 Administrative Pages to test your processes at <span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">https://bannertest.eiu.edu:8443/applicationNavigator/</span></span> and follow the instructions on the Banner 9 User Testing page http://www.eiu.edu/banner/B9UserTesting.php to report any issues. </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">If you have questions or feedback, please feel free to email dba@eiu.edu. </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sincerely,</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rhonda E. Nichols, MBA, MST<br />Associate Director IT<br />海角社区<br />(217)581-7602<br />renichols@eiu.edu</span></p>