College of Marin Enhanced Technology

Background

In March 2006, the College of Marin signed a purchase agreement with SunGard Higher Education for the Banner, Luminis and additional software products, along with implementation services and maintenance for these products. SunGard Higher Education Banner software will replace existing systems for Finance, Human Resources, Student Information and Financial Aid.

The new system will replace the existing mission-critical administrative systems to provide a more state-of-the-art technical infrastructure that will carry the College of Marin forward into the foreseeable future. The system will be designed to enhance the College’s services to students, faculty and staff in the areas of:

The following developments are included in the new system: World Wide Web access for admission application, student registration and enrollment verification, grade reporting, financial aid and account status, budget and requisition status; automated degree audit to support academic advising; and similar enhancements that affect virtually all of the student service areas.

The implementation of the SunGard Higher Education Banner and Luminis systems will take place over the period of 24 months and will involve the participation of staff, faculty, and students at different phases of the project.

• Improved services for students, faculty, and staff
• Administrative support for instruction
• Streamlined business processes
• Greater access to important resources
• Improved productivity through the use of web-enabled applications
• Responsiveness to state/federal/internal reporting requirements
• Efficient access to data, information, and transaction processing

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• Improved recruitment and retention of qualified students.
• Improved recruitment and retention of qualified faculty.
• Improved recruitment and retention of qualified staff.
• Improved graduation rates.
• Increased customer satisfaction.
• Streamlined business processes.
• Reduced paperwork.
• Increased efficiency and effectiveness.
• Improved understanding of College operations.
• Improved understanding of student needs.
• Improved access to common, timely information, as appropriate to facilitate decision-making.
• Improved institutional image.
• Improved timeliness and ease of regulatory compliance.
• Improved documentation of procedures.
• Improved functionality through periodic software system enhancements.
• Increase enrollment.

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Scope

The following SunGard Higher Education products are being implemented:

• Finance
• Human Resources
• Student
• Financial Aid
• Luminis
• Workflow
• Xtender Imaging

Other Application Software

• DegreeWorks
• ePrint Reports
• eVisions IntelleCheck
• eVisions FormFusion
• PeopleAdmin
• CollegeNet’s Resource25
• TouchNet Payment
• EDI Smart

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Milestones

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Organization

Community Banner Project (Implementation Strategy)

Banner Work Team Members

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Timeline

Project Initiation and Planning
Hardware Acquisition
Oracle and Banner Installation
Technical Training
Business Process Analysis
Data Conversion
Finance
Finance Self Service
HR/Payroll
Employee Self Service
Financial Aid
Student
Student Self Service
Faculty Self Service
WebCT e-Learning Integration
Xtender (Imaging)
EDI-Smart
E-Print (web-based reports)
Degree Works
Luminis
Workflow
Remote DBA Services
ODS (Operational Data Store)

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