Self-Service Banner: Faculty and Adviser Guide

 


How to Grant Registration Overrides

From Self-Service Banner, faculty may grant permission to override course requirements and restrictions, such as capacity, instructor permission, major/minor, pre/co-requisite(s), and time conflicts.

Important notes:

  • A student may need multiple overrides to register if several requirements are not met (i.e. prerequisite + class year, or major + capacity.) In those cases, you must enter multiple overrides.
  • You may need to add additional overrides, such as a ‘Capacity’ override to allow enrollment above the cap or a ‘Prerequisite’ override to allow enrollment without a prerequisite, etc.
  • Once the required override(s) are issued by a faculty member, the student must still register themselves for the course through Banner Self-Service to complete their enrollment.

How to Issue a Registration Override in Self-Service Banner 

  1. Login to Self-Service Banner using your Buffalo State username and password.
  2. From the landing page, select Grant Registration Overrides under Faculty Tools.

grant override

  1. Select a term, enter a student’s Banner ID or name, and click Submit.

    select term and enter student's banner ID or name
  1. Use the drop-down menu in the Override column to choose the type of override you are granting, and in the Course column to choose the course for which you are granting the override.
    • Only courses for which you are the assigned primary instructor will display.
    • A student may need multiple overrides to register for your class if they do not meet other requirements (i.e. capacity, prerequisite, or class year). In those cases, you must enter multiple overrides by clicking + Add Override.

Once all relevant overrides have been entered, click Submit.

select relevant override

  1. You can view entered registration overrides under Current Student Overrides. Students can view entered registration overrides on their Prepare for Registration page.

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How to View Alternate Pin

Important note: currently, the only way to look up alternate PINs (for advisement) is to login to Navigate360. See Navigate: Where to View Advising PINs for further instructions. 

Multiplie institutions have submitted requests to Ellucian to add this functionality Self-Service Banner. There is no information on when this feature will be implemented.

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How to Upload Syllabus and Update Office Hours

  1. Login to Self-Service Banner using your Buffalo State username and password.
  2. From the landing page, select Faculty Assignments under Faculty Tools.

upload syllabus

  1. The Active Assignments tab contains your assigned course for the current term. Pick a course and click on Add under Syllabus.

    syllabus
     
  2. On the following page, scroll down to Syllabus Data and add your syllabus information. All fields are optional. Click Submit.

    add syllabus info
     
  3. To add your office hours, go back to the Assignments tab, select a course, and click on Add under Office Hours.

office hours

  1. Click on Add New Row.

    add row
     
  2. Add your office hours schedule and location. Click Submit.

    enter date, time days of week

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How to View Class List

  1. Login to Self-Service Banner using your Buffalo State username and password.
  2. From the landing page, select Class List under Faculty Tools.
  3. Select a course by clicking on the subject label.

    class list
     
  4. Next page should display a Summary View of your class list. To include student information, click on Detail View. Hover over a student name to display a Student Info Card and view student profile.

    detail view

 

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How to Take Attendance

  1. Login to Self-Service Banner using your Buffalo State username and password.
  2. From the landing page, select Attendance Tracking under Faculty Tools.

    attendance tracking

 

  1. Click Take Roll next to the course you want to take attendance for.

    take roll
     
  2. Make sure you are on the date that you want to submit attendance for. To mark a student present, click once on a bubble to add a green check mark (e.g. see 'Student 2' below). To mark a student absent, click twice until you see a red minus sign (e.g. see 'Student 1' below). Click a third time to clear the box and start over. Your selections will automatically be saved.

   take attendance 

  1. Once you enter your attendance, click on Course List to return to your roster of classes to enter attendance for additional course(s). 

 

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How to Enter Grades

Important notes: We do not recommend using a mobile device to access Faculty Grade Entry because the column headers from the grading roster may display incorrectly.
  1. Login to Self-Service Banner using your Buffalo State username and password.
  2. From the landing page, select Grade Entry under Faculty Tools.

grade entry

  1. Select the Midterm Grades or Final Grades tab. Select a course from the My Courses list of by clicking in the row. This will only show gradable sections.

select midterm or final grades tab

  1. After selecting a course, the list of students that require grades will display below the course list. Clicking on any column header will sort the list in ascending or descending order. 
  2. Grades can be assigned to an individual student by using the drop-down box or by typing in the respective letter grade. Only applicable grades can be entered or selected in this field. Be sure to click Save at the bottom of the class list to submit the final grades that have been entered.

Grades Import/Export Feature

There are two ways to import a grading roster into Banner:

  1. You can export a grading roster out of Banner prior to adding grades. Using the roster template significantly simplifies your future grading roster import. This is a recommended approach.
  2. If you already have your own grading roster template, you can import it into Banner after completing a field mapping process.

To Export/Import a Grading Roster:

  1. Click on the gear icon in the top-right side of the page then click on Export Template from the drop-down menu that appears.


     
  2. From “Export files as” click the radio button next to the Excel file type you prefer (.xls or .xlsx). Select the Export button.


     
  3. Save the file to a secure location, as this is non-directory information about students. The exported spreadsheet will have the correct column titles needed for using the Import feature.
    Enter the grade for each student on the spreadsheet and save when complete. Do not change any values in the spreadsheet other than final grade, last date of attendance, or Hours Attended.


     
  4. Once you have grades saved to a spreadsheet, click on the gear icon in the top-right side of the page, then click on Import from the drop-down menu that appears.
  5. Click inside the Browse field to open your file manager. Select the graded file. Click the Upload button.


     
  6. Once the blue ribbon no longer says “Preparing,” click Continue. You will then be shown a preview of the spreadsheet you uploaded. If the file is ok, click Continue.
  7. If you made no changes to the column titles on the exported spreadsheet, the Map Columns will not need anything changed. Select Continue.

To Import Your Own Grading Roster:

  1. If you did not use the Export feature, then you need to map each column to the required data elements:
    • Term code
    • CRN
    • Student ID 
    • Midterm Grade or Final Grade
  2. When you have mapped your spreadsheet to the required data elements, those columns turn green. Click Continue.

  1. The next page will give you an overview of what will be imported and any errors that will cause a grade to not be imported. Once you’ve reviewed the import information, click Continue.
  2. Click Finish.

If there were no errors upon import, the Grading Status will show as Completed. If there were errors on import or a grade was purposely left blank, then the Grading Status will show as In Progress.

 

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How to Navigate to Other Banner Pages

  1. Login to Self-Service Banner using your Buffalo State username and password.
  2. You can navigate to other Banner pages using the four-square menu. Just click on the icon in the top left corner and select a page from the drop down.

    Navigate via four square

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How to View Course Information with Enrollment

  1. Login to Self-Service Banner using your Buffalo State username and password.
  2. From the landing page, select Browse Courses under Faculty Tools.
  3. Select a term.
  4. You can search by Subject, Course Number (i.e., CRN), or Keyword. You can use Advanced Search to add more parameters to search. Click Search.

    browse courses
  5. Click on View Sections.

    view selection
     
  6. Your list should display as shown below. You can modify the column view by clicking on the gear icon. Enrollment information is listed under Status.

    click gear to change columns
     

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