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New Unified Campus Portal

New Portal. Same Login. New Layout.

The new HCU campus portal is now live! You can sign in with your HCU One login at my.HC.edu.

If the old portal was bookmarked, you will need to delete the bookmark. Any links to the old portal will result in an offline error, because the new portal is now in service.

This new portal is a unified experience for students, staff, and faculty. It is one site for everyone, with cards tailored to your campus experience. The left Main Menu also shows additional links. Use the Search function to use keywords and find a card quickly.

Student Information

Announcement: When entering time on the Banner SaaS timesheet, we are currently using the Task ID of Initial Configuration & Testing.

Staff Information

The latest announcements, news, and events for staff involved in the Banner SaaS project.

Announcements

  • When entering time on the Banner SaaS timesheet, we are currently using the Task ID of Initial Configuration & Testing.

News & Updates

  • Insights Reporting Engagement
    • Currently in flight in the Assessment Phase. The Report Inventory Workbook has been shared with the Insights Implementation team. Emails will be sent if additional meetings need to be scheduled.

Upcoming Events

  • July 30, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. CST | Summer SaaS Small Win Party

Faculty FAQ’s

Feedback

Do you have ideas for enhancing Project Elevate, or suggestions for other ways to get involved? We’d love to hear from you! Use the buttons below to complete a survey and elevate your voice.

Focus Groups

The project will include various focus groups to gather feedback on different topics. We’ll keep you informed about upcoming opportunities through email and our News & Updates section.

Workshops

The project will include various workshops to gather feedback on different topics. We’ll keep you informed about upcoming opportunities through email and our News & Updates section.

Small Win Updates

We want to celebrate your successes with the entire HCU Project Elevate team! Take note of your knowledge and achievements as we learn Banner functionality, SaaS tools, or new processes. Use the button below to share small and large wins for yourself, a coworker, or your team. We want to celebrate each milestone and task we accomplish!

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More Information & FAQ's

Banner SaaS (Software as a Service) is a project to move our Banner On-Premise system to the cloud. The project is working in tandem with one track of technical updates and a second track of modernization updates.

The technical team is preparing the Banner SaaS cloud environment. The modernization team is working to identify improvements or create business processes. The goal is to create a scalable software experience that is student focused.

Modernization means identifying gaps or pain points in current processes; or creating new business processes where none exist. This is achieved by learning Banner baseline functionality and implementing baseline solutions to meet our end goals.

Moving Banner to the cloud means that custom scripts and processes will need to be evaluated to find Banner baseline solutions that will be supported by Ellucian. We are moving away from custom-built data solutions to industry best practices and standards. By streamlining processes, our goal is to enhance the student experience, improve reporting accuracy, and drive measurable outcomes.

The distinction between functional and enablement consulting sessions are their focus and objectives within the project. While both roles often overlap and complement each other, functional consulting is more system- and process-oriented, whereas enablement consulting is more people- and adoption-focused. Together, they contribute to successful implementations and operations.

Functional Sessions: Functionality of a specific processes, alignment business procedures to utilize maximum available system functionality.

  • Sessions will typically have topics related to the specific processes and functionality being discussed.
  • Functional consultants often engage in requirements gathering, process analysis, system configuration and testing. They work closely with the project team and Enablement consultants to ensure the system effectively supports business operations.

Enablement Sessions: Empowering teams, stakeholders, or users to maximize the value of tools, systems, or processes through training, change adoption, and operational support.

  • Sessions will be largely user driven and based on discoveries made in Functional consulting sessions, and especially on the impact of change on current or future operational procedures.
  • Enablement consultants emphasize deeper understanding of the system and tools, driving user adoption, skill-building, and aligning technology with organizational goals. They often do ad-hoc training, conduct deep dive discovery sessions, and create resources to help users effectively utilize tools, adapt to changes and recognize value.

The Ellucian Customer Center is your one-stop shop for help, information and more. Once signed-in, you can access personalized support resources, including case management, training, software downloads, and documentation.

If you currently have access to the Customer Center, please do not sign up again.

Step by Step Sign Up:

  • Navigate to the Customer Center Link
  • Click ‘Sign up for an Account’ if you do not have login credentials.
  • Use your WORK EMAIL ADDRESS to submit the form
  • Click Submit