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Banner 7 Upgrade
General Training
2006
San Mateo Banner Facts…• SMCCD started with Banner 1 in 1995
• Introduced WebSMART in 2001
• Can support over 300 simultaneous Banner and 300 WebSMART users.
• Served as many as 5000 WebSMART users in one day!
• WebSMART/Banner available 22 hours a day
• Latest WebSMART additions:
- Official transcript request
- payment by eCheck
Upgrade Timeline
Conversion begins at midnight on Thursday, October 12, 2006
Banner (including WebSMART) will be unavailable through Sunday, October 15
We expect Banner to be available by 8:00 am Monday morning.
Major Changes
New User Interface Colors! Higher Screen Resolution (1024 x 768)
Enhanced User Preferences Personalized Links and Colors
Tabbed Forms to make navigation easier New Online Help
Major Changes
Toolbar has a new layout Better grouping of icons New icons added
Enhanced Security In January, everyone will be required to change
their Banner password. Passwords will expire every 180 days thereafter
Misc Items
New WebSMART! Updated presentation Tabs Updated Main Menu Hyperlinks from Main Menu
Banner payroll starts in January
Misc Items
Browser Plug-ins (Google Desktop, Pop-up blockers, Toolbars, etc.)
Banner 7 may take additional memory resources
Java Software is needed to run Banner 7
For assistance please contact the ITS Help Desk (ext. 6543).