MELA Meeting Minutes 2003 - 2017

Mr. Pugh requested that inputs be submitted to him related to what type of history data the DLC’s would like continuously available through the enrollment tool. Mr. Pugh also requested the inclusive dates of the data requested. Mr. Pugh discussed the ghost course problem and how to possibly prevent this problem from recurring. Ghost courses appear when a course has been unchecked for a current semester, or made unavailable after they have been added to the local course lists of some colleges. To prevent ghost courses in the future, the request was made to ensure that all students registered for the course have been removed and then an email is to be sent to all DLC’s for any courses removed for the fall term so that the DLC’s can remove the course from their Local Offering. Also, all DLC’s must periodically check their local course listings against the master course list to make sure there are no courses on their local list that are not on the master course list. Ms. Shows requested that the capability to include a report that can be used when reconciling the enrollment tool with the individual college administrative systems. That report would include a list of all hosted students, alphabetized by student instead of instructor. f. Mr. Smith made a change request related to the Build Local Offering section of the site. A request was made to see if courses selected from the Master list could disappear when the course appears in the Local list. The course would then re-appear in the Master list when it was removed from the Local list. Mr. Pugh will check with Mr. Burnett to determine the feasibility of this proposal.

g. Mr. Smith suggested that election of officers for the DLC Association be completed. An election entailed and the following people were elected:

Chair – Mr. Mark Smith Chair (Elect) – Ms. Margaret Britt Secretary – Ms. Susan Sleppy

h. Ms. McCrimon requested inputs from the association members related to the MSVCC workgroup that she is chairing. The workgroup assignment is to review the future direction of distance learning and the MSVCC. A proposal was made for Ms. McCrimon to request that the workgroup assignment be assigned to the DLC Association to address during the creation of the DLC Association strategic plan. IV. FUTURE MEETINGS. A request was made to meet in person every two months at different community colleges on a rotating basis. Mr. Yates volunteered to host the next DLC meeting at Meridian CC in early August. Mr. Yates will provide a tour of their testing center and their audio/visual studio.

V. ADJOURNMENT. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:20 PM

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