Banner Module Teams

The Scope of the BLISS project involves the implementation of the Student and Financial Aid modules of BANNER. The Student System is further broken into


Admissions: The following modules are supported by the Admissions Team

· General Person supplies the means to identify both persons and non-persons(such as Institutions) in the system. Identification number, name, address, and, where applicable, biographic information are gathered and maintained. Emergency contact, medical, and international student information are also collected for use in other modules. This module is shared by Financial Aid.

· Recruiting maintains information about potential recruits such as: source, intended majors, test scores, high school and prior college information, and outside interests. It allows for creation of materials to be sent to prospects.

· Admissions establishes admission records and identifies items an applicant needs to provide to continue application processing. General Student records are automatically created once an applicant has accepted and plans to attend. Test scores, high school, and prior college information are maintained here, along with guardian information. The Admissions module also provides the means to allow quick entry for automatic registration eligibility. This is useful for the off-campus locations that process "walk in" students.

· Student System Management is used for tape load processing and rule creation, as well as for person and non-person system searches.


Registrar: The following modules are supported by the Reg Team

· Course Catalog enables courses to be entered into USD’s catalog. This involves compiling of data such as course title, department, credit hours, co- or pre-requisites, fee information, restrictions for the course, and text printed in the course bulletin.

· Class Schedule contains the data necessary to build and print a schedule of classes, including term attributes (dates for each session within a term), and establishing a Course Reference Number. In addition, instructors are assigned to classes, classes are scheduled into rooms depending on the attributes needed and available, and course sections with user-defined comments are established.

· General Student modifies current information for students such as changes to major, residency, and student type. It also provides a place for entering information on career choice, including advisor, activities, and veteran information.

· Registration allows for creation of enrollment information for a specific term. It defines rules determining student and course status and controlling actions to be taken at registration, such as amounts of allowable refunds. Tuition and fees policy is built in Registration, along with rules to be used for the fee assessment algorithm. Student schedules and bills are produced, and class rosters are maintained. It also allows for sections to be graded and rolled into academic history.

· Academic History builds grading policies and maintains grades. Grades are rolled to Academic History, and the system automatically checks for repeat courses. Academic standing is calculated using user-defined rules regarding probation and Dean's List policies. Grade mailers are produced in this module and term GPA information is maintained here. Degrees and honors associated with each student are entered in this module, along with information on majors, minors, and status. Transfer course work is recorded in the Academic History module. Virginia Tech has produced their own format for transcripts that are based upon much of the data from this module. Graduation information, including diploma, ceremony, ceremony attendance, and graduation dress, is maintained here. Virginia Tech has developed additional tables to further enhance the processing associated with graduation.


Student Accounts: The following modules are supported by the BSAR Team

· Accounts Receivable establishes accounts receivable controls: detail codes identifying charges or payments; default values, methods of payment, and how credits are handled; and messages to print on bills. The Accounts Receivable module displays term specific tuition, housing, meal plan, and fee charges, and calculates exemptions and contracts for eligible students.