Banner Upgrade Improves Interface

Banner, the UC Davis information system that stores data such as student records, will be upgraded from version 5.0 to version 6.0 at the end of October, 2003. Banner users will not see a significant change to the system aside from an improved main menu, as shown below.

Banner 6.0 Features

New Banner 6.0 Menu (click for larger image)

  • Area at top for institutional graphic
  • Simplified toolbar with new icons
  • Search button to help Banner users find what they’re looking for
  • Product links line with SCT Banner products
  • Single pane design
  • Menu tree structure
  • Ability to expand and collapse menus as needed
  • Display limited to objects for which the user has security access
  • Site map
  • With user preference, ability to display or suppress 7-character object mnemonics
  • User preference for default startup menu
  • Personal menus now called "My Banner"

Old Banner 5.0 Menu (click for larger image)

Why the Upgrade?

Previous Issue
  • GUI Banner Goes Live
  • Protecting the Privacy of Student Records
  • Banner Upgrade will spell more GUI for users

  • Banner Help Desk
  • Banner’s implementation at UC Davis

    • SCT (the Banner software company) requires their customers to stay current with their software versions for full product support, a practice that prevails throughout the computer industry. Further, SCT has taken business logic out of the database, which means Banner developers only have to make a change to Banner forms in one place instead of several in previous Banner versions.  The new methodology will reduce the time required for modifications and (more importantly) upgrades. Finally, the upgrade is in preparation for Banner 7.0, which will move Banner users to from needing client software installed on individual computers to a more user-friendly and accessible Web-based version. The Banner 7.0 release is scheduled for December 2004.

    Questions?

    Because the upgrade does not affect how Banner users navigate the system or enter and retrieve data, no training sessions will be held. If you have questions about the Banner system, contact the Banner Help Desk at 530-757-8996  or via email at banner-help-desk@ucdavis.edu. You can also find information about Banner and its implementation at UC Davis at http://sysdev.ucdavis.edu/bsdu/banner/faq.cfm.



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