MELA Meeting Minutes 2003 - 2017

Katie Sparkman, Laura Lofton, Jackie Bailey-Hall, Audra Kimble, Kim Harris, and Alicia Shows will serve as facilitators for the capstone project in Week 5 and Week 9. Participants in the course will meet on August 11 th to provide feedback on the course. Ms. Kimble will send letters to those who were selected for the first course and provide information about the course and the meeting at the end of the course. The DLC meeting will be held in conjunction with this. The DLC meeting will begin at 9:30 and lunch will be served at 11:30.

d. Status of Enrollment Tool Updates i.

Ms. Kimble will send Mr. Burnett the most current list of Enrollment Tool requests to see what the progress is on each of the items.

IV.

Other a. Jennifer Leimer agreed to add the minutes of the meetings she has recorded over the last two years to the Blackboard DLC Community course. b. Ms. McCrimon asked what other members use for faculty IDs. Most agreed that they use social security numbers. c. Tish Stewart asked how many classes DLCs allow their instructors to teach. Most agreed that instructors are only allowed to teach two for their institution. d. Ms. Kimble recommended that members encourage instructors to begin thinking about accessibility issues in online courses. Members agreed that a professional development workshop should be held to provide additional information about conformance. Ms. Kimble reminded members that an ADA accommodations statement should be included in each instructor's course syllabus. Contact information for the Disabilities Services (special populations) department at the institution should be included. e. Jones Jr. College will be joining MSVCC in the fall. Please add John Carter's email address to your DLC distribution list. His email is as follows: John.carter@jcjc.edu f. Jennifer Leimer asked members to think about adding a DLC Assistant role in the enrollment tool. Ms. Kimble recommended that members analyze the current DLC role and determine which rights the DLC Assistant should not have.

V.

Future Meetings a. Will be held in conjunction with the Registrar's meeting at Hinds on June 29-30.

VI.

Adjournment 1:23pm

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