1. Pennsylvania Banner Users Group 2008 Fall Conference
Banner 8.x

2. General Announcements:
Please turn off all cell phones/pagers
If you must leave the session early, please do so as discreetly as possible
Please avoid side conversations during the session
Questions will be answered during the session
Thank you for your cooperation

3. Banner 8.x Internationalization Catalog Incomplete grades Faculty Load
Manual Roll
Self-Service Graduation
Mass Entry Admissions
IPEDS Spring Reg Updates
Registration
Error messages
Restrictions
Overrides
Min/Max Reg Hrs
Mass Entry
Reserved Seats
Waitlist Automation
Fee Assessment

4. Internationalization
GORADID – Additional Identification Table
Store any number of extra IDs for a person
ID are assigned an ID type (GTVADID)
Expanded Fields:
Name Fields – 60 Characters
Legal Name – 500 Characters
Street Line fields – 75 Characters
New Street Line 4 added
City – 50 Characters
Zip Code – 30 Characters
Chapter 1 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

5. Internationalization
Expanded fields (cont.)
Phone Area code – 6 characters
Phone number – 12 characters
Phone Extension – 10 characters
Address – 128 characters
SSN – 15 characters
New fields
House Number – 10 characters
Street Line 4 – 75 characters
Country Code (use with phone numbers) – 4 characters
Surname Prefix – 10 characters
Chapter 1 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

6. Internationalization
Changes have only been made at the database level.
Display on forms, in self-service, and through channels may be accommodated in future releases.
Chapter 1 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

7. Catalog Extract and Load
Allows the exchange of necessary course catalog data for transfer articulation
Export Catalog Data
New Link in SSB Course Catalog package
Produces query results in XML
Save to a user’s desktop
Import External Catalog Data
Update Existing Catalog Data
SCRCATE - Course Catalog Data Extract Process
SHRTCIM – Transfer Catalog Data Import Process
Chapter 3 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

8. Incomplete Grades 3 components SHAINCG – Incomplete Grade Rules Form
Grade collection process and corresponding rules
Automated processing of unreconciled, incomplete grades
Display of the incomplete grades
SHAINCG – Incomplete Grade Rules Form
SHRCINC – Incomplete Grade Process
Changes the grade
from incomplete to default final grade on assigned date
SHRROLL – Grade Roll to Academic History
Modified to roll incomplete grade and extension date from class roster
Chapter 4 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

9. Incomplete Grades
SHAINCG – by level determine if the extension date can be shorter/longer than default
SHAGRDE – Identify Incomplete Grade and Default Final Grade
SOATERM – default extension date by POT
SFASLST – Enter Incomplete grade and extension date
Functionality not included in release
GradeBook integration
WebCT/BlackBoard integration
Chapter 4 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

10. Automated Faculty Load & Compensation
Allows Banner HR to calculate faculty load compensation based on faculty course load data from Banner Student
The new Faculty Load & Compensation module does not affect the Banner Student Faculty Load module and is not dependent on the Banner Student Faculty workload rules
Chapter 5 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

11. Automated Faculty Load & Compensation
NEW FORMS
SCACLBD – Course Labor Distribution Form
Build and maintain job labor distribution data at the catalog level
SCACLBD is optional & used to override the budget factors associated with funding specific positions
SSACLBD – Schedule Labor Distribution Form
Build and maintain job labor distribution data at the section level
SSACLBD is optional & used to override the budget factors associated with funding specific positions
Chapter 5 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

12. Manual Roll
Allows and institution to select a single student’s curriculum and create a degree record and an outcome curriculum record.
Process can be run at any point in time during the semester.
Degree record creation no longer needs to rely on the rolling of grades for entire class.
SHRROUT – Roll Learner to Outcome Report
Section on considerations of using the process in conjunction with the graduation application functionality.
Chapter 7 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

13. Self-Service Graduation
Provides self-service graduation application functionality for eligible students.
Eligibility based on:
existing learner and/or outcome curriculum records
User defined rules.
Submitted applications can be controlled to create outcome and degree records.
Used in conjunction with the Manual Roll Process.
Step by step tasks in 8.0 Release Guide
Chapter 8 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

14. Self-Service Graduation
NEW FORMS
STVGAST – Graduation Application Status Validation form
STVGADR – Graduation Application Display Rules Code Validation Form
SHAGADR – Self-Service Graduation Application Display Rules Form
SHAGADS – Graduation Application Display Rules Selection Form
SHAGELR – Graduation Application Eligibility Rules Form
SHAGAPP – Graduation Application Form
Chapter 8 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

15. Mass Entry Now includes mass entry capability to:
Admissions
General Student
Graduation
Updates can be processed immediately or held for later batch processing.
Mass entry forms retain audit information:
User ID Date
Timestamp search criteria
Update criteria students processed
Chapter 15 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

16. Mass Entry NEW FORMS STVMECL – Mass Entry Column Validation Form
SAAMAPP – Admissions Mass Entry Form
SGAMSTU – General Student Mass Entry Form
SFAMREG – Registration Mass Entry Form
SOAMAUD – Mass Entry Audit Form
Chapter 15 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

17. Mass Entry NEW REPORTS/PROCESSES SORMEBP – Process Mass Entry Report
SOPMAUD – Purge Mass Entry Audit Process
Chapter 15 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

18. IPEDS 2008 Spring Regulatory Updates
SHRIETH – now includes transfer-in student counts
SHRIACT – now is run for the fall and spring data collection
SHRICIP & SHRIGRS - Unused report sections have been removed
Report output for IPEDS reports have been redesigned to improve sort order and streamline paper use.
Chapter 16 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

19. Registration – error messages
Error messages now reside in a rules table that can be modified.
SFARMSG – Registration Error Messages Form
Messages limited to no more than 200 characters
Chapter 2 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

20. Registration - Restrictions
Changes to accommodate Concurrent Curriculum
Restrictions can be based on all curriculum elements and others.
Field of study type
Department
Student attribute
Cohorts
Chapter 9 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

21. Registration - Overrides
Allows overrides by:
Field of study
Department
Student attribute
cohorts
Chapter 11 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

22. Registration – Min/Max Registration Hours
Min and Max registration hours rules can be built
Campus College
Degree Program
Field of Study Type Field of Study Code
Department Curricula
Admissions Type Minimum Hours
Student Type Student Attributes
Cohort Residence
Sport Visa
Classification
Chapter 12 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

23. Registration – Mass Entry
Add courses
Drop courses
Add and Drop courses
Block registration
NEW FORM
SFAMREG – Registration Mass Entry Form
Obsolete Form
SFAMASS – Registration Mass Drop Form
Chapter 14 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

24. Restrictions
Curriculum elements added to the reserve seating window plus other elements
Primary and Secondary curriculum elements
Admissions term
Matriculation term
Gradation Term
Overflow checking
If checked – student can take an unreserved available seat
Place student in the most restrictive rule
Left-most components are considered most restrictive
Chapter 10 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

25. Reserved Seating NEW FORMS SSIRESV – Reserved Seats Inquiry Form
Chapter 10 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

26. Waitlist Automation Automation from waitlist to registered
Based on institutional rules
Waitlist notification is term based
Prioritize waitlist beyond first-come, first-served
Not available for OLR courses
notification sent to:
Student
Primary instructor
Primary advisor
Registrar
Chapter 6 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

27. Waitlist Automation NEW FORMS
SOAWLTC – Automated Waitlist Term Control Form
SSAWLSC – Waitlist Automation Section Control Form
SFIWLNT – Waitlist Notification Query Form
SFAWLPR – Waitlist Priority Management Form
SFXWLP – Cross List waitlist Priority Management Form
SFARWLP – Reserved Seats Waitlist Priority Management Form
Chapter 6 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

28. Waitlist Automation NEW PROCESSES
SSRASTZ – Available Seat to Zero Process
SFRBWLP – Batch Waitlist Notification Process
SFPWLRO – Waitlist Priority Reorder Process
Chapter 6 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

29. Fee Assessment Rules based on: SFARGFE, SSADETL, SSADFEE
all curriculum elements
Primary and non-primary curriculum
SFARGFE, SSADETL, SSADFEE
All updated with new curriculum elements
Updated Reports/Processes
SFRFEES – Fee Assessment Report
SSPMFEE – Section Fee Population Process
SSRROLL - Term Roll Report
Chapter 13 – Banner Student 8.0 Release Guide

30. Open to the Floor
Questions
Comments
Banner 8
Release
Guide