Contact: OBFS Training Team / Jason Bane 217-265-9275
Instructor(s): Jason Bane
NOTE: Thank you for your interest in this course! If there are no scheduled sessions for this course, UAFR hosts open labs available by clicking on ‘ACCOUNTING: University Accounting Open Lab’. In addition, please review UAFR’s educational materials or use UAFR’s Who to Ask.
Course Prerequisites:
FN 101: Introduction to Banner and Finance I (online)
FN 102: Introduction to Banner and Finance II
GL 101: Journal Voucher Processing
Course Description:
General encumbrances are a financial tool that units can use to manage funds over the course of a fiscal year or project. Participants will practice establishing general encumbrances in Banner. Includes how to adjust a general encumbrance, partially and totally liquidate general encumbrances and how to execute encumbrance-related queries and reports. This course does not cover Purchase Order and iBuy related encumbrances or Labor encumbrances.
Bring to Session (Required):
Printed copy of GL 103 Participant Guide
Net ID and password
Bring to Session (Optional):
• General Encumbrances Quick Guide
• Frequently Asked Questions
CPE Statement:
The Office of Business and Financial Services is an Illinois Public Accountant Continuing Professional Education (CPE) sponsor and can offer CPE credit to Certified Public Accountant (CPA) participants in this course.
This course awards 3.5 hours of CPE credit per session.
Location:
Green Street Building
111 East Green Street - Champaign
The building hours are 8:30am - 5:00pm.
Please check in with the receptionist near the back door before proceeding downstairs to the lab.
Parking:
There is no visitor parking available in the Green Street Building Lots. There are metered spaces on Second Street as well as along the Boneyard Creek Path just north of Green Street. These spaces have a two (2) hour time limit, so meters must be fed accordingly. It is strongly recommended that you consider other transportation arrangements to the Green Street Building such as walking, car-pooling, or use of the bus. You may ride the MTD bus for free by showing your University ID. Maps and schedules are available on the MTD web site.
