Banner 9 Upgrade Advice – Email #4

Posted on September 29, 2018

This is the fourth email in a series to prepare you for the Banner 9 upgrade. If you miss or delete an email, a PDF of all of the email communications are on the Office of Student Systems Services website (osss.uic.edu) on the Banner 9 tab.

What are we doing to help with this transition?

What are we doing to help with this transition?

  1. The OSSS website (osss.uic.edu) has been updated to include Banner 9 information. All of the documents have been updated for Banner 9.  There are documents for the various college and department processes.
  2. A reminder that training will be conducted for the following areas:
    1. Schedule Planners: Beginning in October there will be training for all of the schedule planners. To register for training please log into the portal https://my.uic.edu .  At the bottom of the Welcome page, click on OSSS applications.  Click on OSSS Training to sign up for training
    2. SZACURU: College staff who make curriculum changes will have a training/overview session(s) after the October 14th go live.  Sign up will be in early October through the portal (my.uic.edu).
    3. Graduation Processing: College staff who process graduation applications for students will be offered training/overview sessions in November.  An email to sign up through the portal (my.uic.edu) will be sent in October.

What do you need to do this week to prepare for Banner 9?

  1. This week log into the Banner 9 playground that AITS has set up.  The URL is https://www.aits.uillinois.edu/cms/One.aspx?portalId=558&pageId=941949
    1. You need to select a page that you can update records.
    2. Try to bring up a record on that page without referring to a training manual.
    3. Update the record and save.
    4. If you are unable to bring up a record or save changes, refer to the OSSS website and click on the Banner 9 tab for detailed instructions.
  2. This week’s tips: How do I change between Compact and Expanded layout in Banner 9 Admin pages?Banner 9 gives you the option of viewing the Banner 9 pages in an Expanded or Compact view. The Compact view reduces the amount of white space on a page, allowing for the visibility of more fields on a page. You can toggle between the two views in the Page Layout section of the Tools menu.How do I search for someone by name in the key block of a page since there doesn’t appear to be a name field like there is in Banner 8? Banner 9 pages that include an ID field also have a hidden name field that can be used to search by name, just like you could in Banner 8. In order to access the hidden field simply tab out of the ID field to access the name field.

OSSS will be sending email each week with advice to help you prepare for Banner 9.  You should spend at least an hour per week learning about Banner to prepare for the October 14 go live date.

Please let me know if there are any questions.

Thanks!

Mike Kamowski
Executive Director
Office of Student Systems Services
mikek@uic.edu

Modified on October 05, 2018