First Banner Technical Training
I attended my first Banner training last week. It ran three days straight, and if I understood correctly, that is how Banner training will take place for all departments. Business and Finance has already started this process, as they are the first department slated for migration to the new system. I wonder how they feel about their training thus far. I know that there are people who hate the "legacy" system --our good friend Waldo -- and those who can't part with it because they are used to the old and "faster" way of doing things.
My own impression is that Banner, as widely-used and as featured-filled as it is, will be difficult to learn for us old folks. New naming conventions, new processes, new tables to learn, new ways of data query and reporting. I was somewhat lost on the second day. I think it wouldn't be asking too much for the twenty-somethings, who already are tech-savvy and easily-adaptable, to lend a helping hand to the elderly while we cross this threshold. Banner will be better for the College in the long run but in the mean time, we can suffer together, as a team.