MELA Meeting Minutes 2003 - 2017

must be made by 5 hours prior to the end of the day on the last day to register. This could lead to some ambiguity noting that everyone closes different days and times. Classes can be closed earlier in the week if the DLC has seen a pattern that indicates the class will not make if he or she notifies the state board. Deans have already agreed to this. DLC’s need to question their deans about this policy and bring back responses to the June meeting. Terry suggested an addition to the item that says “hosted courses” so that a DLC can close their own course as long as no outside students are enrolled. Alicia indicated that the focus of this has changed so the policy should reflect that. The item was tabled to June meeting. 7. Item #7 wording remains the same. Conversation ensued about the proctoring standards not accurately accommodating our students. Christian suggested we survey the schools to find out if our proctoring standards are out of date. He would like to have the ability to point to statistics in order to get funding for improved proctoring labs if the need is there. Jennifer Leimer asked if Julia would send out the proctoring standards form and have everyone report back before the next meeting. 8. Item #8 does not change. Fees are separate from tuition. 9. Item #9 does not change. 10. Christian would like to re-write the course evaluation that goes on Enrollment Tool but does not want to visit this today. He’d like to send it to a committee at some point in the future. 11. Audra Leverton recommended the archive feature in ET be fixed. She will submit that to the ET committee. 12. Christian wanted us to take the info to deans and report back for an electronic vote by some time prior to the dean’s meeting on the 17 th . b. Instructor of the year award-Christian asked us to make nominations. This will be retroactive. Ive is building out a form so it can be on the web. A committee will be formed to evaluate the nominees so the process will be impartial. Registration site will be available July 15. Evaluations would begin on August 15 and would run through September 25. Winners would be notified on October 1. Presentation to the presidents will be October 27 at Presidents’ Meeting. Will send out more info as we get closer. c. TURNITIN-Contract should be in place by July 1 but even if not, there will be no disruption in service. Funded fully from MSVCC. d. Managed Hosting with Bb-contract is in negotiation. e. Pronto-updated version is powerful. WIMBA has offered us the upgraded version without cost for new version. Revision to contract if we adopt Pronto for the next 3 years should be in place by July 1 but that’s unrealistic. Christian will ask if we can begin using it. Funded fully from MSVCC. Motion to vote was made by Audra; seconded by Bruce Ingram. Vote was unanimous to move forward with Pronto. SBCJC Business – Christian Pruett and Terry Pollard. a. Creating Futures through Technology Pre-Conference Updates.

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