MELA Meeting Minutes 2003 - 2017

V. Topic of the Day

A. MSVCC withdrawal procedure 1. Ms. McCrimon opened the floor for discussion on withdrawals. Mr. Pugh indicated that an official policy has not been adopted because of the different terminology and procedures; however, an MSVCC withdrawal date was added so that all communication regarding withdrawals should happen prior to this date. 2. Ms. Kimble requested that DLCs encourage their instructors to contact their DLC with the appropriate information when a student requests a withdrawal. 3. Ms. McCrimon suggested that the association establish a common no-show date. All no shows should be sent to other colleges by January 26 th . Please encourage instructors to check their roles and get these submitted promptly. B. Strategic Plan Update 1. Training:

a) Mr. Smith stated that a demo course has been added for student orientation as part of the Training plan and encouraged DLCs to look at and give feedback so that it can be generalized for use with all colleges. Username and password to access this course is mstudent1234. Ms. McCrimon stated that ICC has an item inside each blackboard course that is an orientation for students. All students are required to do this orientation during the first week. Ms. McCrimon will provide a generic login so that others can preview. b) Mr. Smith asked if the association would be interested in developing an MSVCC certificate for instructors after completion of a determined amount of training etc. Please bring ideas or suggestions to the next meeting.

2. Administration

a) Mr. Pugh presented the Academic Honesty, Greivance and Discipline Policies that the committee created.

3. Technology

a) Alicia Shows stated that a subcommittee of the computer center directors is meeting to come up with a flat file format to be able to submit to the enrollment tool so that enrollments in the college's administrative system can be automatically be entered into the enrollment tool. 4. Mr. Smith asked that committees need to come up with a list of survey questions to include in one overall survey to be addressed in February. 5. The Quality committee has asked Hinds to send a replacement member for this committee. 1. Hubert Yates nominated Andrea Scott 2. Mark Smith nominated Jennifer Leimer 3. Votes reflected that Andrea Scott would be the new vice-chair. Regular elections will be held in June. B. Ms. Windham asked if colleges were required to use uniform course codes. The group agreed that the course code and number should be the same, but the name can be different. Ms. McCrimon noted that the Academic Deans will be addressing this issue. C. Tish Stewart asked if colleges abided by prerequisites. General discussion ensued about honoring prerequisites. D. Ms. Hemphill asked whether students who have a low hits in Blackboard are counted as no shows. The group consensus is yes.

VI. New Business

A. Nominations for new Vice-Chair

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