MELA Meeting Minutes 2003 - 2017

together and visit each DL office at this time. Audra will email members to set up a time/date for this visit. f. The Institutional Research Committee has reviewed the MSVCC survey and has provided a list of corrections. A copy was provided to each member. g. Ms. Kimble stated that the budget allocating $75,000 for 5,000 seats in Desire 2 Learn has been submitted to President's association. Training is planning to be provided hopefully in April-May. Ms. Kimble would like a count of people who need to be trained at each institution along with the number of seats that will be needed for the coming semesters. These numbers should be submitted to Ms. Kimble by the April meeting. i. Hubert Yates and Pam Hemphill stated that problems with cartridges have prevented their instructors from wanting to use D2L. Jennifer Leimer stated that MGCCC has not had this problem. Ms. Hemphill asked Jennifer to provide a list of the publishers we are working with that do not have problems in D2L. h. Ms. Kimble stated that the University of Mississippi Medical Center has stated that they will not accept any lab-based science courses that were taught online. Randall Bradberry will be discussing this at IHL and would like more information about how colleges handle these courses. Most stated that they use computerized virtual labs or kits. Most do not require any campus visits. Ms. Kimble asked Andrea Scott to write up a description of the virtual labs. Janice Poole and Letha Richards asked Andrea to come present the virtual lab to her Math/Computer Science departments. Pam Hemphill suggested that Andrea present this at the Dean's Association since many decisions about acceptance are made at this level. Others stated that this would be a good suggestion for math labs as well. i. Ms. Kimble presented a participation survey from Insite for members to complete. Insite is ready to begin production of their software and is willing to provide training (through 2005) and the software for free with the only condition being that members provide feedback to them about the software. Insite would like the DLCs to request a CD of the software for each campus and then distribute it to instructors. It can be installed in offices or home. The only related cost is for duplication of the manual. The only limitation is that it must be kept within the State of Mississippi. Debbie Brown and Scott Calhoun are our representatives at Insite. Contact Ms. Kimble for their contact information. Unfinished business a. Drop/Add Period: Pam Hemphill presented for Curtis Kynerd. His question is when the approval for a two day add/drop period occurred. Ms. Kimble stated that this was approved by the Dean's association. A general discussion ensued about the desired length of add/drop. Ms. Kimble suggested that members test out the two-day time frame for fall and provide feedback. b. Ms. Kimble reminded members that summer registration begins March 28 th . Colleges should have their master course list ready to go by Friday, March 11 th . c. Withdrawal Process: dismissed d. Proctored Testing: Hubert Yates stated that there were many complaints about testing centers not being available at convenient times. Mr. Yates asked that colleges evaluate hours of availability. Mr. Yates also indicated that Jones Jr. College is no longer providing testing for MSVCC students. New Business a. Enrollment Tool Enhancement Committee report: Hubert Yates presented the proposed modifications for MSVCC Enrollment Tool.

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