BANNER-2000 program now being used for student registration

(March 18, 2002)--All UTSA students who will be taking classes at the university this summer or fall will register online using the new automated student access program (ASAP) BANNER-2000. Summer school registration begins today, Monday, March 18, and registration for the fall 2002 semester begins April 8.

Following a successful trial run of the system by students during spring break and barring any unanticipated delays, the registration portion of ASAP/BANNER will be "live" beginning with these registration events, according to Jeffrey Noyes, chief information officer and associate vice president for information technology.

"The feedback from our student test group was overall very good," according to Noyes. He said students were most pleased to be able to enter all of their classes at one time with ASAP/BANNER rather than having to enter them individually, as with ASAP/NATISIS, the program used at UTSA for several years.

Students also had favorable comments about the on-screen appearance and format of the BANNER program, Noyes added. "The system represents a major investment by the university, and we are pleased to be able to offer new online services for our students and faculty. "Over time, BANNER-2000 will provide a foundation for re-tooling our processes to further enhance service and operational efficiencies."

With the implementation of ASAP/BANNER, UTSA will discontinue using social security numbers as the student ID number. BANNER assigns a new, unique ID number for each student. These new student ID numbers begin with an "@" sign and will be used as the ASAP/Banner log-in ID number.

A two-year project, implementation of BANNER has been incremental by service area/function over the last six months or so, beginning last October with admissions for new and transfer students who are enrolling for summer 2002 semesters and beyond. Course catalog and scheduling and financial aid services are also using BANNER.

There will be overlap between ASAP/NATISIS and ASAP/BANNER during the spring semester, as grade processing and other end-of-spring term activities take place on NATISIS, and registration and other summer and fall-term activities take place on BANNER. Degree auditing and advising services are scheduled to come online with BANNER later this year. Training has been conducted for each group of users by service area/function and will continue on a priority basis, based on the implementation schedule.

"We are very pleased to be able to offer this new system for our students, staff, and faculty to use," said Rosalie Ambrosino, vice president for student affairs, "and we are excited about the opportunities it presents for better service for students. We've had a team of about 40 UTSA staff working on the implementation of BANNER for over a year, with an additional hundred or so involved in the implementation at various phases along the way. We're especially appreciative of everyone's efforts to go the extra mile to put this new system in place."

For more information about ASAP/BANNER-2000, contact Jeff Noyes at (210) 458-4555.

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Instructions and helpful tips for students on using ASAP/BANNER

Rowdy Roadrunner

Rowdy says: "Here are some easy steps
to help you register, using the new
version of ASAP."

Prompts on ASAP will tell you to follow these easy steps:

Step 1: Select the "Summer 2002 & After" button from the initial ASAP web page.

Step 2: Select the link that says "Login to ASAP."

Step 3: Enter your 9-digit Student ID number (for most students, this will be your SSN) or your new UTSA ID number that begins with an "@" sign (i.e., @00014329) and your 6-digit Date of Birth PIN(personal identification number) in MMDDYY format (do NOT use your old PIN!). You will then be prompted to change your PIN to something else.

Step 4: Enter your Verification Security Question & Answer.

Step 5: Select "Student Services & Financial Aid."

Step 6: Select "Registration."

Step 7: Select "Register for Classes, add/drop classes."

Step 8: Select the "Select Term" button, enter the List Box and click the term you wish to register and click "Submit Term."

Step 9: Scroll down to the "Add Class" table and enter your 5-digit Call numbers (also referred to as your CRN) for those courses you want to take and then click "Submit Changes."

Step 10: Examine your class schedule to determine any possible errors. To drop any classes, select the "Drop Web" item in the Action List Box and then click "Submit Changes."

Step 11: To search for any Open Sections, just click the "Class Search" link at the bottom of the page, and select any combination of the several search options now available to you.

Step 12: To view your schedule, just navigate back to the Registration menu and click the "Student Detail Schedule" link or the "Student Schedule by Day & Time" link. If you are connected to a printer, click the printer icon available on your browser.

Step 13: Click the "Exit" icon or link to logoff the system -- this is IMPORTANT to secure your records data! If you do not exit, your records could be accessed.

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