The University of St. Thomas

Online Training Videos and Policies

Banner Online Training and Training Policies

Please follow these steps to assist a new employee with their access needs, or to request additional Banner access for yourself.  Please note, all online training videos and documentation are stored in BlackBoard.  See the last bullet point for more information.

  1. Everyone must take Banner Orientation.  Please click here and follow the 4 steps.
  2. If you are requesting any type of access from the Registrar's office and have not taken the ONLINE FERPA course and quiz, please contact Linda Dorn at ljdorn@stthomas.edu and she will enroll you in the online course and send instructions. 
  3. All maintenance access to catalog and schedule, registration and academic history requires hands on training with Linda Dorn.  Please contact her at ljdorn@stthomas.edu.  Maintenance access for SGASADD, faculty load, Internet Native Banner grading and time ticketing may be received after viewing the appropriate online training video AND a supervisor filling out an online security access form.
  4. All query access to simply view information for catalog and schedule, academic history, registration, faculty load, time ticketing, faculty load and INB grading may be received after viewing the appropriate online training video AND a supervisor filling out an online security access form.
  5. For access needs other than those listed above, please contact the IRT tech desk at 651-962-6230
  6. To view online training videos and documentation, enroll in the Banner Student Documentation community on BlackBoard.  To enroll:
    1. Log in to BlackBoard
    2. From the main page, click on the Community tab
    3. Under Organization Catalog, click on the training link
    4. Scroll until you see the title Banner Student Documentation -- do not click the link
    5. To the far right of the link, click on the "enroll" button
    6. Click okay and then submit
    7. When you log in to BlackBoard again, click on the community tab and you will see a Banner Student Documentation link.  Click on that link.