Liz Kenney (on the left in the picture) works in the Office of the General Counsel. This was the first training session for finance users in the new Banner system.
As with anything new and different I had my reservations about the Banner System. So when it was time to sign up for the training session for Banner, I chose the first session which was dedicated to Finance Training and included handling the budget for a department. The first pro of the new Banner system is that there will be no more black and green screen! Also, Banner has a lot more capabilities than Scan’s Scanware software package. Some of these capabilities are that you can do multiple line budget transfers, not exciting to most, but for those who need to transfer funds between more than one account, this is quite exciting. Another plus, you can save templates for vendors and save budget queries which is a nice feature because each department for the most part uses the same vendors more than once.
A few things that I did notice, are that it is user friendly and your password will be linked to your login password and will change automatically! One of the things that will help enhance functionality at the college, is that Banner will be used for many different purposes, but each department can utilize the system for their own purposes.
Since I was in the first training session, there were a lot of questions asked and it seemed like a lot of the kinks are being worked out through the questions. Each participant in the training session was able to actually log onto a training site for hands on training. During training, we did a good number of exercises which helped out both the employees and the trainers. The employees were able to get a feel for the new system. The trainers were able to fix some of the unforeseen questions and problems that the employees had during the training exercise.
After the training session I felt more at ease and realized as scary as change can be, that this process is necessary in order for the College to move forward with the times. The College has been using Scan since 1991! After a little time and practice it will be a very effective step for the College.
A few things that I did notice, are that it is user friendly and your password will be linked to your login password and will change automatically! One of the things that will help enhance functionality at the college, is that Banner will be used for many different purposes, but each department can utilize the system for their own purposes.
Since I was in the first training session, there were a lot of questions asked and it seemed like a lot of the kinks are being worked out through the questions. Each participant in the training session was able to actually log onto a training site for hands on training. During training, we did a good number of exercises which helped out both the employees and the trainers. The employees were able to get a feel for the new system. The trainers were able to fix some of the unforeseen questions and problems that the employees had during the training exercise.
After the training session I felt more at ease and realized as scary as change can be, that this process is necessary in order for the College to move forward with the times. The College has been using Scan since 1991! After a little time and practice it will be a very effective step for the College.
More pictures from that first day of training...
Trish Brown was a little apprehensive at the start of the training session...
Class working diligently ...
Regina Egan completes the class with a smile!
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