[Athen] SungardHE Banner Evaluation Question

[Greg Kraus]

I've been working with our developers on making our PeopleSoft
implementation more accessible. What I've learned about PeopleSoft
accessibility so far is it's a multifaceted issue.

1. There are modules you purchase from Oracle to do certain tasks (HR,
payroll, etc.)
2. There is the development environment, PeopleTools, that allows you
to customize the modules you buy from Oracle and also allows you to
write your own modules.
3. PeopleSoft also allows you to write apps using standard scripting
languages like PHP and Perl

Any of the three points introduces potential accessibility issues.

When I first started to deal with this issue I thought the problem was
solely Oracle's. I've talked with Oracle and learned what they mean by
accessibility and how they implement it. (There is a whole
conversation around this topic, but I'm going to leave it for now.)
After really starting to learn how this whole ecosystem operates I
think there is responsibility on both Oracle and the local developers,
especially depending on how your institution is deploying the
PeopleSoft products.

I am going to be working more closely with our developers over the
Summer and Fall as we prepare a major upgrade to our PeopleSoft
implementation, so some time in the next few months I'll be able to
share with you all of my experiences of how to make PeopleSoft more
accessible. From what I've learned so far, could Oracle do a better
job?. Definitely. Could our local developers do more to make it more
accessible? Yes.

If what I am starting to do now constitutes an interest group, then
I'm quite interested. :) I am not ready to engage Oracle at this point
because I'm still trying to wrap my head around the whole issue.

Greg

--
Greg Kraus
University IT Accessibility Coordinator
Office of Information Technology
North Carolina State University
919.513.4087



On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Teresa Haven <Teresa.Haven at asu.edu> wrote:

> PeopleSoft's last release went from inaccessible to marginally accessible -- screen-reader, screen-magnifier, and keyboard-only users can now at least get access to the product, although it's still far from user-friendly.  For our campus, where there are a number of access technology users among both students and faculty/staff, it was a fairly major leap forward.  That's not saying that a comprehensive review and feedback to them wouldn't be helpful, though.  The good news is that their people have been relatively open to feedback, at least from our campus, so I think they would welcome the input.

>

> Teresa

>

> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

> Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D.

> Supervisor, Alternative Format Services

> Disability Resource Center

> Arizona State University

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>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart

> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 9:27 PM

> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'

> Subject: RE: [Athen] SungardHE Banner Evaluation Question

>

> I did evaluation work about Banner for a number of years even after Sungard

> had purchased them.  They have been approached multiple times in multiple

> ways but for the most part seem to be happy with what they are doing/  They

> pretty much ignored all the input the got as far as I am aware, but it

> really has some issues and if folks are interested why not.  We could add

> PeopleSoft to the mix as well, since it is not much better from an

> accessibility perspective as far as I am aware.

>

> Ron Stewart

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu

> [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chris

> Doucet

> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:37 PM

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

> Subject: [Athen] SungardHE Banner Evaluation Question

>

> Hello all,

> The Google Apps Evaluation discussion has brought a similar question to mind

> regarding SungardHE Banner.  Has anyone using SungardHE Banner ever

> conducted an evaluation on this platform?  Has anyone ever approached

> Sungard on the topic?  We have begun to do so at Teachers College Columbia

> University, but on a small scale at the moment.  If you would prefer, please

> feel free to reply offline.

>

> Thank you,

> Chris

>

> Chris Doucet

> Academic Computing Analyst

> Teachers College, Columbia

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