Transform Banner student records into personalized AI mentoring experiences — owned by your institution, running on your infrastructure.
Ellucian Banner is the student information system of record for hundreds of higher education institutions worldwide. It holds the enrollment, academic history, and demographic data that defines each learner's journey.
MentorAI by ibl.ai connects directly to Banner to deploy purpose-built AI tutoring and mentoring agents that adapt in real time to each student's academic profile, course load, and performance trends.
Unlike generic AI chatbots, MentorAI agents are provisioned on your institution's own infrastructure. Your Banner data never leaves your environment, ensuring full FERPA compliance and zero dependency on third-party AI vendors.
The integration uses a secure middleware layer that authenticates with Ellucian Banner via Banner APIs or direct database connectors. Student enrollment, course, and academic standing data is ingested into the MentorAI context engine, which dynamically personalizes agent behavior per learner session. All components run within the institution's cloud or on-premises environment.
Authenticates and retrieves student, enrollment, and course data from Ellucian Banner via REST APIs or JDBC
Ellucian Banner APIs, JDBC, OAuth 2.0Ingests Banner data to build dynamic learner profiles that personalize AI agent responses and tutoring paths
ibl.ai Agentic OS, vector store, LLM orchestrationDeploys and manages purpose-built AI mentoring agents scoped to specific courses, programs, or student cohorts
ibl.ai Agentic OS, Docker, KubernetesEnforces FERPA data handling policies, logs all data access events, and ensures data residency within institutional boundaries
ibl.ai security framework, SOC 2 controls, institutional SSODeploy the MentorAI platform on your institution's cloud environment or on-premises servers. ibl.ai provides infrastructure-as-code templates for AWS, Azure, and GCP to accelerate provisioning.
Create a dedicated Banner API service account with read permissions for student, enrollment, course, and academic standing resources. Generate OAuth 2.0 credentials for secure MentorAI authentication.
Enter Banner API endpoint URLs and credentials into the MentorAI admin console. Configure data sync schedules for enrollment and academic history feeds. Run a validation sync to confirm data integrity.
Use the MentorAI agent builder to configure purpose-built agents for target courses or programs. Map Banner course codes to agent scopes so each agent is grounded in the correct academic context.
Integrate MentorAI with your institutional identity provider (SAML 2.0 or OIDC) so students authenticate using their existing Banner-linked credentials. Configure access rules by enrollment status or cohort.
Use the MentorAI analytics dashboard to track engagement, session quality, and at-risk signals. Review FERPA audit logs and refine agent behavior based on student interaction data and faculty feedback.
MentorAI reads live Banner enrollment records to tailor every tutoring interaction to the student's actual courses, credit load, and academic standing — no manual configuration required.
Agents access Banner academic history to understand prerequisite gaps and prior performance, enabling smarter scaffolding and targeted remediation for each learner.
MentorAI uses Banner degree audit and program-of-study data to help students understand how current coursework connects to graduation requirements and career pathways.
By combining Banner academic standing data with MentorAI engagement signals, institutions can surface at-risk students earlier and trigger proactive advisor outreach.
All Banner student data is processed within the institution's own infrastructure. No student PII is transmitted to external AI vendors, ensuring full FERPA compliance by design.
Unlike SaaS AI tools, MentorAI agents are deployed on institutional infrastructure. The institution owns the code, data, and model configurations — with zero vendor lock-in.
Deploy MentorAI agents for gateway courses like College Algebra or Intro to Biology. Banner enrollment data scopes each agent to the correct course, giving every student on-demand tutoring support at scale.
Combine Banner academic standing flags with MentorAI session data to automatically identify disengaged or struggling students. Advisors receive prioritized outreach lists before students withdraw.
MentorAI agents use Banner degree audit data to answer student questions about remaining requirements, course sequencing, and transfer credit — reducing advisor caseload for routine inquiries.
Provision MentorAI agents that guide newly enrolled students — identified via Banner — through orientation resources, financial aid deadlines, and first-semester course expectations.
Faculty can configure MentorAI agents aligned to their Banner course sections, uploading syllabi and learning objectives so agents reinforce course-specific content and policies.
See how ibl.ai deploys AI agents you own and control—on your infrastructure, integrated with your systems.