At VCC, all courses in the Banner registration system are uniquely identified using a Term code and a CRN.
Term Codes
A term code is a 6 digit number, indicating the period in which a course begins and also may indicate the School delivering the course. The first 4 digits show the year.
The following examples use the year 2022:
- 202250 - Basic Education Continuous Intake
- 202240 - January to March term
- 202260 - April to August
- 202270 - September to December
- 202291 - January to March (CS and SIE)
- 202292 - April to August (CS and SIE)
- 202293 - September to December (CS and SIE)
CRNs (Course Reference Numbers)
A CRN is a 4 to 5 digit number provided for every course. This number is unique within a specific Term Code, but can be reassigned for the next year.
(Although it's possible to be the same course, it doesn't have to be.)
You can generally determine from a CRN which term code it belongs to.
For example, using the Term codes above...
- The CRN 41234 belongs to the 40 term and therefore with 202140.
- This CRN could be reused for 202240, 202340, etc.
- The CRN 74526 belongs to the 70 term and therefore with 202170.
- This CRN could be reused for 202140, 202340, etc.
Banner / Moodle Auto-enrolment
When setting up auto-enrolment in Moodle, the Term code and CRN are needed to create a single code. For example, the CRN 41234 in Term 202240 would result in a code of 20224041234.
For more information on this, see Knowledgebase article KB1090.