April 2006

Banner 7, Oracle 10

Banner 7.x will be rolled out in June 2006. Banner 7.x has a new look to it, allowing much more information to be displayed on a single screen. There is new technology incorporated into Banner 7.x. It uses the new Oracle Forms product, which turns Banner into a completely web-based application. The Banner 7 testing environment can be access from the its/services page.

After Banner 7 is up and running, we will be looking at the next step of our migration, which is Oracle 10.

Judicial Module

A new Judicial module is being added to the CBORD system. This will allow Student Affairs to better process and track various incidents on campus. This will be available for Fall 2006.

Mailing Lists

Many of our major e-mail lists and aliases, such as students, faculty-official, staff-official, etc. and too susceptible to attack by “spam” and the lists are too big or anyone to maintain by hand. The automation of the major e-mail lists and aliases requires special software. The software is really used behind the scenes and unaware to most users. So to make more of the community aware, ITS will begin migrating from the use of the software called Majordomo to software called Mailman (http://www.list.org).

We'll be moving you over to the new lists soon, and you will have improved list archives on the web and easier access to your subscription options.

Watch us grow: http://home.eckerd.edu/mailman/listinfo

Phone Switch

The core phone switch of the main campus is currently being replaced and the project will be completed by mid-summer. The existing phone switch is over 22-years old and was technically labeled “end of life” over a year ago. The new phone switch includes a new voicemail system and most of the campus will receive new phones with the caller ID display.