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2010 – October eLearning Coordinators Association Minutes Wednesday, October 20, 2010

A regular meeting of the eLearning Coordinators Association was held on Wednesday, October 20 th at Hinds CC, Rankin Campus, Career and Technical Building. The president and secretary were present. A quorum being established, Jennifer Powell called the meeting to order at 10:13 a.m. Audra Leverton moved to approve the agenda. The motion was seconded and carried. Jennifer Leimer moved to approve the minutes. The motion was seconded and carried.

Unfinished Business

No unfinished business was covered during this session.

New Business

SACS Review – Cynthia Williams discussed the Distance Learning portion of Coahoma’s SACS report. She provided the group with a copy of their compliance summary. (Report attached.)

Quality Committee – Jennifer Leimer stated that the committee had met and discussed creating a baseline core evaluation guide. She asked all eLCs to email her a copy of their current course/instructor evaluation tool. She provided an Evaluation Summary. (Report attached.)

The group decided to form a committee to create a minimum set of standard course requirements. The committee will provide a recommendation to the group at the January meeting. The committee members are Tish Stewart, Audra Leverton, Phyllis Johnson, Ellene McCrimon and Jennifer Leimer.

Standard Course Buttons – Kerri Cole discussed that in Blackboard 9.1 the Communication and Tools links now have the same functions. Kerri Cole moved that MSVCC courses only use the Tools link. The motion was seconded and carried.

No Shows Submitted to Colleges – Holmes and Co-Lin delete No Shows from the Enrollment Tool. This has created problems for some of the provider colleges. There was a lengthy discussion on when No Shows should be determined and submitted. There will not be a change in how No Shows are

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