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SIS migrationBanner to Innealla

Moving from Banner to Innealla.

Banner is the student record behind EduCampus for much of Irish public higher education. If you are a private or professional college still paying Ellucian and Oracle rates for that stack, Innealla is the smaller cloud SIS: one record from application to transcript, a fixed-price Banner migration, and engineers who answer the phone.

Live in under two monthsWritten rollback planIntegrations on day one

Other routes  SITS · Quercus · Colleague · Spreadsheets · TSM or Thesis · All SIS migration

What you get

Your Banner data, imported and reconciled, in a student information system built for Irish colleges.

One student record from application to transcript, a fixed-price migration that imports your Banner data, and a supplier you can actually talk to. Your current system stays the source of truth until cutover, and we prove the numbers before anyone switches off the old login.

What Innealla does →
Student 360 in Innealla: enrolment, results, attendance and fees for one student
Student 360 in Innealla: enrolment, results, attendance and fees in one record.
Why colleges look at a move

Why colleges look at a move.

Banner is the student record behind EduCampus for much of Irish public higher education. For a private or professional college, the Ellucian and Oracle cost of that stack is often what starts the conversation.

  • 01

    Platform transition

    A Banner re-implementation or Oracle upgrade on the horizon, with a cost that invites the question of whether to re-implement at all.

  • 02

    Fit

    Fee, instalment, sponsor and QQI or Ofqual processes handled in spreadsheets beside Banner.

  • 03

    Reporting

    Registry questions that need an Oracle export and a developer rather than an answer in plain English.

  • 04

    Integration

    Moodle, CRM and finance talking to Banner through brittle, one-off interfaces.

Is Innealla the right move?

Who it suits, and when it may not.

It is not the right move for every Banner estate, and we will say so at discovery.

It usually suits

Private and professional colleges that sit outside EduCampus but still carry a Banner-shaped licence cost.

Colleges that want a system built for how they work, rather than adapted to it, with Moodle and CRM connected from day one.

  • Private and professional colleges in Ireland and the UK facing a Banner renewal
  • Institutions whose fee, instalment and sponsor processes live in spreadsheets beside Banner
  • Colleges already on Moodle or Salesforce that want the student record connected properly
  • Groups with several schools or brands that want one platform with a separate instance for each
When it may not

We would rather tell you at discovery than at cutover.

It is not the right move for everyone, and we will say so at discovery. Complex multi-campus estates take longer than the usual two months, and discovery sets that date before you commit.

If your data cannot move cleanly, the grading shows it table by table, with a clear list of what will migrate cleanly and what needs a decision.

Talk to us →
How the move works

A known shape of project, not a leap into the dark.

Most Banner moves we run are live in under two months, including a parallel run against Oracle exports. The migration itself takes days; your intakes set the calendar.

12 weeks

Discovery

We take a full Banner export, grade every table from A to G, and give you a fixed price for the migration and a go-live date.

  • Export assessment
  • Data graded A to G, table by table
  • Clear list of what migrates cleanly and what needs a decision
  • Fixed price and go-live window before you commit
2Days

AI-assisted migration

Students, programmes, modules, enrolments, results and fees mapped and cleansed in days.

  • Every transformation logged
  • Your data office can audit each step
  • Historic records and transcripts kept
3Agreed period

Parallel run

Innealla and your current system side by side, with reconciliation reports your registry and finance teams can check.

  • Reconciliation on students, enrolments and fees
  • Rollback plan written before the parallel run starts
  • Staff trained as part of set-up
4Go-live

Cutover

Timed to your academic calendar, usually between intakes, with a rollback plan agreed in writing.

  • Moodle, CRM, finance and identity reconnected on day one
  • Old login switched off only once the numbers match

Your current system stays the source of truth until cutover. We prove the numbers before anyone switches off the old login, and if something does not match, the written rollback plan says exactly what happens next.

Start with discovery →
What carries over

Your history comes with you.

Banner and Oracle tables map into Innealla fields at discovery, so you see exactly what grades cleanly before anything moves.

StudentsApplicantsProgrammesModulesEnrolmentsResultsAwardsFee history

Historic records and transcripts

Historic enrolments, results and awards come across, so transcripts can be produced from Innealla for past students.

Documents

Where the old system holds documents, we migrate them to the student’s record or keep a read-only archive, whichever you prefer.

Integrations rebuilt within the fixed price

Our Moodle plugin, the Salesforce managed app or Zoho connector, and GL and payment exports to your finance system are rebuilt on the Integration Hub as part of the fixed price. Anything bespoke is scoped at discovery.

The Innealla dashboard: applications, enrolments and fees in one place
The Innealla dashboard on day one: applications, enrolments and fees in one place.
Pricing

A small college pays a small college’s price.

Innealla is a hosted subscription banded by student numbers. At discovery we put those figures beside your Ellucian licence, Oracle hosting and support costs, so the comparison is on paper.

  • Banded by studentsHosted subscription priced to your student numbers
  • Fixed set-upSet-up and migration at a fixed price agreed at discovery
  • Rate held 24 monthsYour subscription rate is held for 24 months
  • Integrations includedMoodle, CRM and finance connectors rebuilt within the fixed price
Discuss pricing →
Fees and invoicing in Innealla
Fees and invoicing in Innealla.
Where you’re moving from

The same playbook, for the system you run today.

This page is the Banner route. The others below use the same discovery and parallel-run shape, with the specifics for that system. How every SIS migration works →

Moving from

TSM or Thesis

Unit4

For colleges approaching a Unit4 Student Management renewal. Your TSM data imported and reconciled, live in under two months.

TSM or Thesis to Innealla →
Moving from

SITS

Tribal

For colleges approaching a SITS renewal. Your SITS data imported and reconciled into a system built for Irish colleges.

SITS to Innealla →
Moving from

Quercus

Long used in Irish institutions

For colleges approaching a Quercus renewal. A fixed-price migration that imports your Quercus data, live in under two months.

Quercus to Innealla →
Moving from

Colleague

Ellucian

For colleges approaching a Colleague renewal. Your Colleague data imported and reconciled, with integrations rebuilt on day one.

Colleague to Innealla →
Moving from

Spreadsheets

Your first SIS

Excel, Access and a shared drive. Your spreadsheets are the migration source, taken as they are.

Spreadsheets to SIS →

Live in under two months for most colleges.

On a hosted subscription banded by student numbers with your rate held for 24 months.

Moving from Banner

How the move works.

Discovery starts with a full extract of your Banner data. It tells you how clean that data is and fixes the price before you commit to anything.

  • 01Two-week discovery: a full extract of your Banner data, every table graded from A to G, a fixed price and a go-live date
  • 02AI-assisted migration of students, applicants, programmes, modules, enrolments, results, awards and fee history, with every transformation logged
  • 03Parallel run with reconciliation reports on students, enrolments and fees before cutover
  • 04Cutover timed between intakes, with a written rollback plan
  • 05Moodle, Salesforce or Zoho, finance and timetabling reconnected through the Integration Hub on day one
The AI brain

An AI brain, on your terms.

Innealla is built with AI running through it, not bolted on. Staff ask it questions and tell it to do things in plain English, and it works against the live student record within the permissions that person already has.

  • Early alerts on students at risk, drawn from attendance, grades and fees together
  • Runs on a model hosted by Inneall in Ireland, so your student data never leaves our platform and there is no per-token bill from a third party
  • Optionally bring your own OpenAI or Anthropic keys for the tasks or hours you choose, so you control the cost model
  • Every request and every action is logged against the person who made it
How we approach AI for colleges →
Integration Hub

Every connector reconnected, on day one.

Innealla owns the student record and the Integration Hub connects it to everything else a college runs. Enrolments, courses and CRM applications are reconnected as part of cutover, not as a later project. We build connectors for a living, so if one is missing we add it.

  • Moodle

    Our plugin provisions courses, cohorts and enrolments from the curriculum and keeps grades and announcements in step

  • Salesforce

    A managed app we built, so applications and cases flow into the student record without re-keying

  • Zoho

    The same, for colleges on Zoho CRM

  • Finance

    GL journal export to your accounts system, payment providers, sponsor billing

  • CAO, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace

    Plus email and SMS

  • Timetabling

    In the core; an existing Celcat export imports for cutover

See our integrations →
The Integration Hub in Innealla
The Integration Hub in Innealla.
Insight

Moving off Banner, SITS or Quercus: what a SIS migration involves

What to expect through discovery, data grading, parallel run and cutover, and who this kind of migration suits.

Read the article →
Case study

A technology partnership at the heart of DBS’s digital ambition

Dublin Business School, whose Moodle estate we build, integrate and operate.

Read the case study →
FAQ

Questions about moving.

Something else? Talk to us about your system.

Can you import our Banner data?

Yes. Students, applicants, programmes, modules, enrolments, results, awards and fee history all map into Innealla, and the discovery grades each table before anything moves.

How long does a Banner to Innealla migration take?

Most colleges are live in under two months from the start of discovery, including a parallel run. The migration itself is AI-assisted and measured in days; the calendar is set by your intakes and your sign-off.

Will historic records and transcripts survive the move?

Yes. Historic enrolments, results and awards come across so transcripts for past students can be produced from Innealla. Documents are migrated to the student’s record or kept in a read-only archive, whichever you prefer.

We are a UK college. Does Innealla handle UK processes?

Yes. Innealla is built for colleges in Ireland and the UK: awarding-body and partner-university programme structures, progression and classification rules configured without code, and finance that handles instalment plans, sponsors and holds. Hosting is in AWS Ireland under a data processing agreement; talk to us about data residency requirements at discovery.

What happens to our existing integrations?

They are rebuilt on the Integration Hub as part of the fixed price: our Moodle plugin, the Salesforce managed app or Zoho connector, and GL and payment exports to your finance system. Anything bespoke is scoped at discovery.

What is the first step?

A fixed-price Innealla Discovery. You get a graded assessment of your data, a migration price and a go-live window before anything is committed.

Start here

Two weeks to know exactly what a move costs.

Book an Innealla Discovery: your data graded from A to G, a fixed migration price and a go-live date, before anything is committed.

Leave the EduCampus-scale Banner estate behind.
Keep the student record, drop the Oracle weight.

Innealla student 360 report showing enrolment, academic performance, attendance and fees for one student

Why Irish colleges leave Banner

In public higher education, Banner is the EduCampus SRMS: Banner 9, cloud-hosted, rolled out across TUs and IoTs. That shared-service model fits large multi-campus estates. It is a poor fit when you are a private or professional college carrying Ellucian licence, Oracle ops and upgrade cycles sized for a university you are not.

  • You sit outside EduCampus, so you fund Ellucian, hosting and change requests alone
  • Oracle DBAs and Banner specialists for routine academic-year changes
  • QQI returns, instalment plans and sponsor billing living in spreadsheets beside Banner
  • Moodle and CRM each holding their own student copy while Banner is the slowest link
  • Roadmap and ticket queues paced for large HEIs, not a private college intake
What Innealla does

How we take you off Banner

We treat Banner as an Ellucian export problem, not a mystery. Students, programmes, modules, enrolments, results and fee history map into Innealla; discovery grades the export before you sign anything.

  • Two-week discovery on a full Banner extract: every table graded A to G, fixed price, go-live window against your intakes
  • Mapping from Banner codes and term structures into Innealla, with every transform logged for your data office
  • Parallel run with Banner kept read-only for reconciliation on students, enrolments and fees
  • Cutover between intakes; Ellucian access dropped only when you sign off
  • Moodle, Salesforce or Zoho, finance and timetabling on the Integration Hub from day one
Book a Banner discovery
Innealla Integration Hub with connectors for Moodle, Salesforce, Zoho, Microsoft 365, CAO, SUSI, HEA and QQI
Staff member using the Innealla student information system with its built-in AI assistant

Ask the live Banner-migrated record

Staff query students, fees and enrolments in plain English against Innealla after cutover. No extra Ellucian AI module and no copy of the student database in a third-party tool. How we run AI on college systems.

Is Innealla the right move off Banner?

Yes when Banner’s Ellucian footprint costs more than the college justifies, and you are not on the EduCampus shared service. No when you need a full research-university SRMS. We say which at discovery.

  • Private or professional colleges approaching a Banner renewal they no longer want at full Ellucian scale
  • Irish fee, instalment and sponsor processes that already live beside Banner
  • Estates on Moodle or Salesforce that need one authoritative student record
  • Groups that want a separate Innealla instance per school or brand
Talk to us about Banner
AI & Intelligent automation

After Banner: one hub, not five student copies

Once enrolments live in Innealla, Moodle, CRM and finance stop inventing their own student lists. That is the Integration Hub job.

See integrations

Banner migration questions

Can you read a Banner / Oracle export?
Yes. Students, applicants, programmes, modules, enrolments, results, awards and fee history map from a Banner extract. Discovery grades each table A to G and lists what must be cleaned before load.
Do we keep Ellucian licences during parallel run?
Usually for a short agreed window. Banner stays read-only for reconciliation and rollback. Discovery writes the cutover so you are not paying two full estates longer than needed.
We are not on EduCampus. Does that matter?
That is often why colleges call us. Shared-service Banner 9 fits large public HEIs. Private colleges funding Ellucian alone are the usual Innealla candidates.
What about Moodle and CRM?
Rebuilt on the Integration Hub in the fixed price: Moodle plugin, Salesforce or Zoho connector, GL or payment exports. Bespoke Banner interfaces are scoped at discovery.