MELA Meeting Minutes 2003 - 2017

personnel changes. The MSVCC membership purchase currently is on hold, and funds are frozen. Krista will reach out the MSDLA in 2017 to see if the association wants to build membership momentum, and reevaluate our MSVCC membership in the association at that time.

ii. DEC03 (December 3-week Term) 1. The MSVCC December, 3-week term starts on Monday 19 th . This term was originally built in the Fall semester, but there have been a few hiccups with the colleges offering courses in this term because of Spring financial aid, etc. This term has been moved to the Spring semester in the ET, called SPDEC03 term. Courses in this term are also being audited as Spring courses. 2. Right now, this change only affects two colleges. We will later need to vote to get an overall consensus about which semester this 3-week December course would need to permanently belong in. 1. A recent report was released, stating that the legislative FY18 budget could include a 6.5% budget cut. This cut would be on top of the FY17 cut that has already taken place. In total, state agencies may receive a $185,000,000 hit. Legislatures will meet in January, and discuss more about Ed Tech appropriations, travel, and other areas that may potentially be impacted. 2. Krista highly encouraged the group to stay current on what is to come by reading the Clarion Ledger, the DFA website, etc. 1. The last MELT meeting provided Quality Matters rubric training, which provided detailed and insightful knowledge regarding online course evaluations and standards. 2. Trainers are required to attend MELT meetings, in order to be considered for the training schedule. ii. OLC Subscription Renewal 1. The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) subscription is up for renewal. If the subscription is not renewed, funds can be reallocated to Quality Matters or another subscription that the Quality Committee may recommend at a later time. 2. Kimberly Ellis made a motion to not renew OLC. Joseph McKee seconded. Motion carried. iii. Brooke made a statement that the MSVCC Academy’s focus is on quality over quantity, and that the Academy is seeing an increase in participation. iv. Brooke is working on the Academy’s Canvas Catalog for Spring trainings, and hopes to have the Spring training schedule out to the MELA group by January 1. c. Chris Ryals, MCCB i. Turnitin API and LTI Migration a. The Turnitin API is going away December 19, and instructors will be forced to use the Turnitin LTI. This may change the way instructors set up their Turnitin assignments. With this change, there will no longer be a checkbox under the assignment options to select Turnitin (API method). b. Instructors will not have to install the LTI, but will have have to select Turnitin as an External Tool when creating assignments. Chris will send out information/screenshots that can be forwarded to instructors for support, upon request. Email Chris if you would like to receive this information. iii. Legislative Review b. Brooke Doggett, MSVCC Academy i. MELT Meetings

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