MELA Meeting Minutes 2003 - 2017

Canvas Admin Training. Keri recommended we send recommendations to Jennifer since we have all started working in Canvas.

V.

New Business

VI.

MCCB Business a. Blackboard Archive: Christian Pruett sated that 12 month access to Bb would cost

approximately $100,000. Pricing with stay the same on Bb Collaborate. MGCCC expressed that archive access to data was crucial. Christian stated that we will get archive data placed on hard drives but not sure if we can repopulate in Canvas environment. Holmes asked for clarity on what the $100,000 would include. MCC asked how other colleges had handled the migration of student data. Christian stated he would reach out to contacts to determine their course of action. A tentative vote by the group showed willingness on all colleges to spend the money to ensure we had the student data and access to pull up the archived material. The group asked for a minimum of 2 years to be archived. b. Vendors: NBCLearn and Help Desk Canvas submitted. Help Desk through Canvas is approximately $100,000 cheaper than our current support desk. Christian will keep us updated on progress. RFP for Smarthinking/Netutor services started with ITS. Group would like to know our budget for Vendor/Technology usage. c. Building Blocks/LTI: Christian conversed with Canvas about LTIs. In Canvas, since there is a section for Admins to add LTIs each school can install their own purchased LTIs such as Course Smart, Vital Source, etc. and that the State will install system wide LTIs. Christian suggested we wait until our platforms were stable before we installed LTIs but we could begin at any time. Christian will send a list to the group of what will be installed at the State level.

VII.

Committee Reports

VIII.

Sharing Circle

a. MCC-January b. MDCC-February c. MGCCC-March

IX.

Open Forum

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Important Dates:

a. Start date for registration is April 2. Since Good Friday is March 29, 2013, group agreed to have courses built in ET by March 28. Last day to withdrawal is March 29, 2013 due to Easter holiday, agreement was made to accept them on the following Tuesday as long as the LDA was the 29 th . b. Online training with Canvas February 28 th or 29 th . Christian will provide follow update. c. ELC March meeting March 27, 2013 @ 10:00am at State Board.

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