Item: Ellucian Banner
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Before COVID we were having multiple systems for student registartions to account creation. As always it was pre pandemic so if anything is required we have the students coming into the relevant offices and getting their issues sorted. However, we were moving towards the digitization project for which we wanted to have a One Stop Solution for all our students, faculty staffs, services staff and alumni.
Banner was the solution which satified all the above requirement.

Pros and Cons

Student Registration
Student Portal
Faculty Portal
Automated Student Admission

Defenelty the user interface needs to be enhanced alot to be more appealing
Application upgrades needs to be managed easily
Students would like to see more notifications regarding there progress and courses
More communications methods to be intergreated like SMS, whatsapp

Most Important Features

Automation
Consolidation
Reporting

Return on Investment

There is positive ROI on the product overall. It had reduced or allowed us to focus our staff members on something which is very use and it does the job in the background.
The application has supported in a lot of ways in saving resources and utilizing them in very productive & efficient manner

Alternatives Considered

Infinite Campus

We did not have much time on evaluting a lot of proucts however in the UAE and in the GCC we have had a lot of Higher Education organization having BANNER application for themselves which was a good reference.

Hence in case if we require to intergreate education systems in the UAE then this would be the ideal prodcut, hence we went ahead with this.

Key Insights

Do you think Ellucian Banner delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Ellucian Banner's feature set?

Yes

Did Ellucian Banner live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Ellucian Banner go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Ellucian Banner again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell Avamar, SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)

Likelihood to Recommend

It is very well suited for higher education organization. This applicatio helps us in a lot ways to keep track of Alumni records etc which is very much handy.
The whole admission process can be easily automated from application to acount creation which helps the helpdesk save a lot of time.

The application is less suited for organization such as high school as I am in doubt weather it is wise to implement such an expensive solution for schools. The application can have a cutom tuned one for schools which would see a great impact.

Excellent Review for Ellucian Banner

Overall Satisfaction with Ellucian Banner