MELA Meeting Minutes 2003 - 2017

i. Many schools are experiencing issues with Turnitin. Most schools like the product, but we would like to see a guarantee on consistency now that it is time to renew the contract and the price has increased. ii. Krista LeBrun has been talking with Jennifer Sales from Turnitin, and provided the group with quotes. However, she didn’t think we would be able see much improvement with turnaround time, service, or support after renewing. Krista will request data usage and other information from Jennifer Sales, and send it to the group before we make a decision in March about a 1-, 2-, or 3-year contract. Contract pricing handouts were passed out to the group.

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Action Items

a. Canvas Renewal i. Buffy pulled up the Google Doc that had all Canvas concerns/issues from the group. There weren’t many concerns, or not enough to consider moving to another platform.

1. VOTE: Kimberly Ellis made a motion to move forward with the Canvas renewal. Keri Cole seconded the motion. All in favor, none opposed, no further discussion.

b. P&P Updates – Admin Committee (Tish Stewart) i. Page 11 – Chris will fix the numbering. ii. Page 37 – Delivery Method section was updated to not include paper tests, and to indicate that scratch paper could be emailed to the instructor. iii. Page 48 – Article V: Meetings of Members was updated to include a statement about our yearly retreat, monthly meetings, and Strategic Planning being conducted bi- annually – for SACS purposes. iv. VOTE: The Admin Committee made a motion to accept the changes to the P&P Manual. Jennifer Leimer seconded. None opposed, no further discussion. 1. Cost $830, Flight $315, Room $211 per night, Food provided during the day, only responsible for supper. 2. Many workshops focused on alignment, curriculum, and implementation of QM on campuses. Very enlightening – highly recommended. a. Phyllis is a Master Reviewer for QM. She has 10 classes at NWMCC that are going through QM certification. She has began using a QM Template for online courses, and created her online course evaluation to look similar to the QM rubric. i. We have a QM consortium price, so keep that in mind. ii. The next QM Conference is in Fort Worth, TX in October 2017. i. Keri asked what the progress of getting ‘inactive-status students out of Scheduler’ in RegisterBlast. This is a problem because schools see inactive students as no-shows, and they are filling seats. The student cannot cancel the appointment, because they do not have access to the course in Canvas. 1. Krista has been talking with Leslie and Andrew from RegisterBlast, and will b. Register Blast Discussion (Keri Cole) Open Forum a. Report on Quality Matters Conference in Portland, Oregon (Phyllis Johnson) i. Everything was housed in the hotel, very organized conference.

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have a teleconference call discuss this status. Dr. Mac Adkins, CEO and President, will also be at CFTTC, so please express what an impact this is makes when you see him.

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