Banner Usage Procedures
Before You Login to Banner
Before logging into the Banner for the first time,
please read the following guidelines to avoid any connection problems.
The new
version of Banner is known as Internet Native Banner (INB) and is accessed via
the Internet (in this document, the terms Banner and INB are used
interchangeably). Also, references
are made throughout the document to contact your campus Help Desk in case of
questions.
Browser
The first time you login to Banner INB, make sure that
you use Internet Explorer (IE) version 6 or higher with Service Pack 2 for
Windows or Internet Explorer 5.2 for MAC OS.
You must use IE the first time you
login to Banner INB as a J-Initiator (a java file) must be established on your
system by the Banner client the first time you login. Please note that Internet Explorer is the only supported
browser for INB at this time. After the J-Initiator is installed on your system, you may use other web browsers in your next Banner session; however, the performance of these browsers may not be known and are not supported. For example, problems have been reported with some versions of Netscape:
4.x and
7.x.
Pop-Up Blocker
Since INB uses pop-up windows, you must turn off any pop-up
blocker software that you have installed on your system when logging in to
Banner. In IE, you may allow pop-ups by
following these directions:
·
Click on Tools
from the main menu at the top of the browser window. Then, select Pop-Up Blocker and Turn off Pop-Up Blocker.
Please note that if you use this browser to view other sites on the Internet,
pop-ups will be enabled and you could receive pop-up windows. To avoid pop-ups from other sites, turn the
Pop-Up Blocker back on once you exit out of Banner.
Site Toolbars with
Pop-Up Blockers
Some sites, such as Yahoo and Google, have
toolbars that usually sit under the main browser’s toolbar or main menu. These site toolbars may also include pop-up
blocker add-ons that will need to be disabled when you login to INB.
Spyware
Spyware may also cause unexpected results when you login to
Banner. Before logging in to Banner
for the first time, run a spyware check using an anti-spyware application.
Monitor Resolution
In order to best view INB on your computer, your
monitor resolution should be set to a minimum of 800 x 600. To revise your settings, go to the Control
Panel for your system, select the Display icon, and then select the Settings
tab. You should be able to change the screen resolution on this tab.
Login to Banner
URL for Banner
https://www5.unm.edu/servlet/f60servlet?config=banp is the generic URL for Banner.
To manually update your bookmarks in IE, select Favorites
from your main menu/toolbar at the top of the page. A list of any “favorite” web sites will be displayed in the
second block of the drop-down menu.
Right click on the particular web site, select Properties, and
then select the Web Document tab. You will then need to type in the
appropriate URL (i.e., https://www5.unm.edu/servlet/f60servlet?config=banp) in the URL field.
In Netscape, select Bookmarks from
the main menu/toolbar at the tope of the page and then select Manage Bookmarks.
Right click on the appropriate bookmark in the Bookmark Manager window
and click Properties. Type in the appropriate URL in the Location:
field and select OK.
Installing the J-Initiator
(note: Installation is not necessary if you are prompted for
username and password)
Once you click on the link above or enter the secure URL in your browser the first time, a Security
Alert window may open depending on whether or not J-Initiator has been
installed. Select OK. A second Security Alert window will
open asking if you want to proceed. Select Yes.
The following message bar should appear in
the toolbar under the Address (URL) field at the top of the page:
“This site might require the following
ActiveX control: ‘Oracle JInitiator’ from ‘Oracle Corporation’. Click here to
install....”
A
window will open asking if you want to install the J-Initiator software. Click on the Install button. An Oracle J-Initiator Setup window
will open. Select the Next button when the system asks where you want to
install the J-Initiator. An Installation
Complete window will open. Click on
the OK button. You will not need
to restart your computer.
A Logon window will be displayed in
the middle of the Oracle Developer Forms Window. Type your Banner
username and password. The database
field will be left blank unless you have been assigned a specific
database. Select Connect.
Drop-Down Menu Error
If the drop-down menus are not working in Banner, make
sure that pop-ups are not blocked in your browser and any site toolbars (i.e.,
Google, Yahoo, MSN).
Supported Web Browsers
-Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
-Netscape 7.01
-Netscape 7.2
-Mozilla 1.7
-Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2 for Macintosh OS X