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Ad Astra Replaced

The Astra room scheduling software that the district had been using to manage room and events has now been desupported by ITS.  The functionality is being replaced by reports and custom additions to our Banner system.

Automated Packaging

This project was initiated at the request of the financial aid directors to help create efficiencies in the packaging process by eliminating or minimizing the manual review functions they do when packaging students. A review is being conducted of all these steps with the goal of having Banner automatically check for as many things as [...]

Automated Scholarship Application and Awarding

The current scholarship application process is very manual and time consuming. The goal of this project is to allow students to submit applications online and utilize Banner to match them to scholarships that they may potentially qualify for. Reports will be generated to support a more efficient awarding process.

CCC Trans

The request and fulfillment functionality of CCCTrans has been completed. This project will be to expand the functionality to potentially request and download transcripts from other institutions and as a gateway to EDI.

Degree audit and Academic Advising System

Based on feedback from the college community, DegreeWorks has been selected to replace the current Banner based degree audit system.  The implementation project started in the fall of 2010 with a pilot planned for summer 2011.  The project is being coordinating by the vice presidents from the 3 colleges with support from ITS.

Direct Lending Support

This project was initiated to configure Banner and help users with procedures to comply with the new Federal direct lending regulations.

Disaster Recovery Upgrade

ITS implemented a DR site at the Cañada College in conjunction of the Banner 8 upgrade. The site currently hosts backup servers for Banner, Exchange and other services. The project will continue to add server/services and will refine procedures.

Disk Storage – New Storage Array Network

This bond funded project was to replace aging disk storage for our Banner and email systems.  After a competitive review, an IBM N-Series array was selected and installed.  This unit is now in production.

New Procurement Card Load Program

The district is in the process of changing procurement card vendors to US Bank. In addition, the current loading process is considered technically obsolete and it will not fit the new business process. A new set of programs will be designed to download charge card information from the bank that will contain Banner account code [...]

Outsource Fin Aid Payments/Payment Card Processing

The district is interested in outsourcing the check printing for financial aid payments. An ERP has been issued and is currently being evaluated.

Payment Card Upgrade to be PCI Compliant

Sungard changed the credit card connection gateway to comply with new regulation issued by the credit card industry. Since Banner needs to be upgraded to use the new gateway, the district decided to look at potential new vendors in hopes of better service and pricing.

Provide Employee Paycheck pdf format in WebSMART

ITS is exploring using Intellecheck to create paychecks in .pdf format, load them into BDMS using the Index Image Import Wizard and use the new toolkit provided by Sungard to develop the ability to retrieve documents from WebSMART.

Single Sign On

This is one of the major current technology initiatives for ITS. The objective is to strengthen user authentication while providing for an easy way to connect users to their various systems such as WebSMART, Email, WebAccess, Sharepoint, Banner, etc.

Upgrade to Exchange 2010

Upgrade to SharePoint 2010

Web Tailor 8.3

WebTailor 8.3 will enhance WebSMART’s user interface to a Web 2.0 look and feel. ITS will test and determine if it would be a good enhancement for the students.