About Administrative Computing
What is Administrative Computing?
The department of Administrative Computing supports
Belmont's mission by implementing, managing and maintaining
software related to the business of higher education. The
software we support falls into three categories -
Banner® Software
,
Belmont-Tailored Software
and
Third Party Software
.
BANNER®
SOFTWARE
Sungard Higher Education Banner® is
Belmont's primary Administrative Data System. It
is the system of record for the university. Banner is an
integrated, relational database that runs on
Oracle. It is
used to manage data related to Belmont's core business
processes and is accessed by users in potentially three different
ways: 1) Forms, 2) Self Service (i.e., BannerWeb) 3)
Xtender Solutions (i.e., Imaging). Potential Banner
users can
learn how to request Banner
access. Approved Banner users can
view Banner documentation
online.
Banner®
Forms
Banner Forms
is the primary point of contact for data entry in the
system. Most employees who access the system will use the
forms to do their daily work. Access
is available to employees upon request.
Learn more about Banner Forms
(including how to request access, how to use Banner forms and what
version we are currently running).
Banner®
Self Service
Banner Self
Service is also commonly referred to as BannerWeb and
is available to both internal and external customers via
BIC (i.e., Belmont Intranet
Connection). The menus available in self service vary
depending upon the user's affiliation with the
university. The following menus are available to
appropriate users in Banner Self Service: Student Services and
Financial Aid, Faculty Services, Employee Services, Financial
Services, Alumni Services, Advancement Officer.
Learn more about Banner Self
Service (including how users gain access to Banner Self Service,
how to access Banner self service and what version we are currently
running).
Banner®
Xtender Solutions
Banner Xtender
Solutions is Belmont's Imaging system and
it is available to employees upon
request. It is integrated with Banner and is accessed
either through Web Xtender, Application Xtender or Scan
Xtender. Xtender Solutions is an electronic
“file cabinet” or document repository
consisting of a variety of scanned “images” or
electronic documents related to Belmont University departments.
The documents available in Xtender Solutions vary
depending upon the user's access level or
department.
Learn more about Banner
Xtender Solutions (including how to request access, how to
use Banner Xtender Solutions and what version we are currently
running).
BELMONT-TAILORED
SOFTWARE
These systems were either written by Belmont staff
members or created through a contract with a
programmer(s). Each one mets a specific need that is
unique to Belmont University and each is driven by Banner data.
Convocation Tracking Software
Convocation Tracking was written especially to support
Belmont's unique convocation program. Students
can
view their
convocation units via BIC and faculty/advisors can
view their advisee's
convocation units via the BannerWeb Faculty Services
Menu. The
student
affairs office maintains the data used by the
Convocation Tracking System.
Online Student Evaluation Software
Online Student Evaluations were written especially to
support Belmont's desire to move from paper-based
evaluations to web-based evaluations. BIC enables both
student participation in evaluations and faculty queries of
evaluations. Using the Online Student
Evaluations software is easy.
Downloadable
instructions are available here.
General Education Tracking Software
General Education Tracking enables access for students, faculty
and/or advisors to
THIRD
PARTY SOFTWARE
The following software is obtained through contracts with third
party vendors. All of the software listed is driven by
Banner data. Many of the vendors listed below are
partners with
Sungard Higher
Education Banner®.
Learn more about
Sungard's Partner Program or peruse the list of partner
vendors at the
Sungard Higher
Education Collaborative Catalog.
Adirondack
Adirondack is a
collaborative
member with
Sungard Higher
Education®. Adirondack is Belmont's
housing and judicial Banner-integrated maintenance
program. Staff members of
Student
Affairs and the
Office of Residence
Life use Adirondack to manage on-campus housing, dining plans,
and judicial events. Belmont students are able to monitor
their current room assignments, as well as make future room
assignments using the Adirondack web interface.
Astra
Astra is a
collaborative
member with
Sungard Higher
Education®. Astra is Belmont's
scheduling system. It is used by designated staff members
to efficiently manage our space for classes, meetings and special
groups that may come to campus. The
provost's
office coordinates the data used by Astra.
Business Objects
Business
Objects is a
collaborative
advanced member with
Sungard Higher
Education®. Business Objects is
Belmont's reporting system. It is used by various
staff across the campus to provide standard reports. All
data contained in these reports is pulled from
Banner. The
provost's
office maintains many of the reports that are used by Business
Objects.
DARS (Degree Audit Reporting System)
DARS
is a
collaborative
member with
Sungard Higher
Education®. DARS is Belmont's Degree
Audit Reporting System. Degree audit reports are designed
to compare the courses that are required for any given degree
program with the courses that a student has completed.
The resulting report shows what degree requirements have been met
and what, if any, are remaining to be completed. It will
show how the courses you've taken will count toward your
chosen degree, major and minor.
Advisors/Faculty
and/or
students
can run a degree audit report via BIC's
BannerWeb menus. The
registrar's
office maintains the data used by DARS.
Evisions
Evisions is
a
collaborative
advanced member with
Sungard Higher
Education®. The Evisions
"IntelleCheck" secure payment solution creates
laser checks, e-mails direct deposit statements, and uploads bank
reconciliation data into Banner. The Finance office
maintains the data used by Evisions.
People Admin
People
Admin is a
collaborative
member with
Sungard Higher
Education®. People Admin is applicant
tracking software that provides web-based systems to automate the
employment application and job requisition process. The
HR office maintains the
data used by PeopleAdmin.
RTS
RTS specializes in
remote Oracle database administration for colleges and universities
running
Sungard Higher
Education's Banner® products.
Belmont currently uses RTS to enable the receipt of credit cards
for student bill payment. Future plans include using RTS
to enable the receipt of credit cards for application fees
associated with our new online application. The
student financial services
office maintains the data used by RTS's bill page and
the
admissions
office maintains the data used by RTS's application fee
page.
TouchNET
TouchNET is
a
collaborative
advanced member with
Sungard Higher
Education®. TouchNET solutions streamline
student billing and disbursements, enable tuition payment plans,
enhance cashiering operations, and promote the development of
campus e-commerce websites. Touchnet is scheduled for
implementation during April/May of 2007. The
student financial services
office will maintain the data used by TouchNET.
