MELA Meeting Minutes 2003 - 2017

VIII.

Learning Circle a. January, Chris Jenkins, ECCC i.

Dr. Jenkins has several instructors that use Course Compass. He has found that the students will stop signing into Bb and will go directly to Course Compass to access their courses. To prevent this from occurring he has found that you can create an additional content area tab and post the course compass link within that tab. You can go into the settings and change the entry point to the course itself. Chris Jenkins provided the group with instructions on how to accomplish this task.

b. February, Chris Square, EMCC c. March, Audra Leverton, HINDSCC

IX.

Open Forum a. Deans Association – Alicia Shows. Alicia will be attending the Deans Association meeting. She asked if there was any information that she needs to forward on to that group. The summer 2010 schedule has not yet been set. Typically the calendar recommendation is submitted by SBCJC and voted on by the Deans Association. Christian will work with Dr. Quails to develop the recommendation. b. My Math Lab – Audra Leverton. Audra stated that currently Hinds is the only school who is forcing students to access Course Compass by logging directly into Blackboard. This discussion goes along with the learning circle that Dr. Jenkins provided. Several schools stated that this will become a requirement not that they have the necessary instructions for building the tab within Blackboard. a. Chris Jenkins stated that with budget cuts occurring for the state of MS, it may not be a bad idea to conduct some of our meetings via Wimba. We will pilot this during the CFTCC for those users who are unable to attend. b. Jennifer Leimer would like to follow up on the course update form. We submitted a request asking that the “modify” and “duplicate course” buttons be switched on the course update form in MSVCC.

X.

Future Meetings a. Thursday, February 26 th (In conjunction with CFTTC)

b. Thursday, March 26 th c. Thursday, April 16 th d. Thursday, May 7th

XI.

Adjournment at 2:20p.m.

Important Dates:

January 19 th

Spring 2009 Online Courses Begin

January 20-21 st

ADD/DROP

February 4 th

Report No-Shows to DLCs

February 25 th -26 th

Creating Futures Through Technology Conference

February 26 th

DLC Meeting at CFTTC

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