MELA Meeting Minutes 2003 - 2017

i. The Wimba contract has been signed by State Board. They are hoping to move forward with an August 1 st purchase. ii. Wimba contacts will come to each college and meet with the IT administrators for a rollout plan. We will continue to pilot the program through the fall semester until the rollout plan is complete. iii. Terry Pollard covered the Wimba Report (handout provided to the group). Please refer to the handout for detailed information. iv. Voice Tools training and Wimba Live Classroom training are provided. Go to the websites to register for the training (see handout for website). After the training is complete, Terry will receive an email that Jane Doe/John Doe has completed the training. At that time, he can open the tool to those faculty. Terry will also open the tool for your faculty who have been piloting the program. v. Each school will need to work with their Deans and campus personnel regarding lab facilities and policies. How will you develop lab policies for audio and verbalization within labs? c. RESPONDUS UPDATES i. The Respondus contract has been signed by State Board. They are hoping to move forward with an August 1 st purchase. ii. There is not a formal campus training program offered through our contract; however, Christian has asked that they provide the DLCs with some Respondus training. Terry Pollard covered the ELT Report (handouts provided to the group – ELT Report & ELT Screencasting Guidelines). Please refer to the handout for detailed information. ii. He felt that there was a need to collaborate with the instructional technologist, college trainers, and DLCs to share best practices. There are currently six people serving on this committee. These participants are developing between 6-8 screencasts before the start of the fall semester. Each document created will be password protected.

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E-LEARNING TRAINING BUSINESS a. ELT ASSOCIATION UPDATE i.

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FUTURE MEETINGS a. Thursday, August 7 th , Holmes Ridgeland b. Tuesday, September 9 th c. Monday, October 6 th (Bootcamp) d. Tuesday, November 11th

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ADJOURNMENT a. Audra Leverton made the motion to adjourn meeting. Julia Parker seconded the motion. Meeting was adjourned at 2:12p.m.

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