The long-anticipated Banner upgrade will begin at 6 p.m. on the evening of Thurs., March 18, and the system will remain offline until Thurs., March 25. During this time, the system will be upgraded and tested.
Banner, the university’s administrative computing system, is a collection of business applications that support university functions. Campus “power users” have completed extensive pre-upgrade testing and have developed a post-upgrade testing plan to ensure that the university’s mission-critical processes come back online successfully after the upgrade.
Critical Dates:
March 16, 4:30 p.m.: Requisitions must be complete and approved.
March 18, 6 p.m.: Banner offline
March 25, start of business day: Banner online
The upgrade will cause a major disruption in the campus’ ability to carry on the day to day business. In order to make this transition as seamless as possible UCA has opted to close the campus on Mon., March 22 and Tues., March 23 to allow for Information Technology to install the new software. This will be a one-time Spring Break closing.
Employees will use the George Washington’s Birthday & Daisy Gatson Bates Day, both observed the third Monday in February, and one leave day for this break. The George Washington’s Birthday & Daisy Gatson Bates Day is usually used to cover one of the days between Christmas and New Year’s that UCA is closed. Employees may also use comp time in lieu of the leave day.
Affected Services
The following services will not be available during the upgrade:
Self-Service Banner – Class Schedule, Registration, Online Fee Payment, Admissions Application, Budget Inquiry, Requisition Approvals, etc.
Internet Native Banner – Requisitions, Receiving, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Travel, Transcripts, Admissions, etc.
Please plan ahead to ensure that open requisitions are not in the approval queue when the system is taken down for the upgrade.
Services NOT Affected
The following services will remain available during the upgrade period:
myUCA (except the Self-Service tab and the MyBanner channel)
Faculty/Staff Email
Student Email
Blackboard
Network Logins
Wireless Access
Questions?
For more information, email Lee Stevens at lees@uca.edu.