MELA Meeting Minutes 2003 - 2017

2004 – July V2 Edited Distance Learning Coordinator’s Association Wednesday, July 07, 2004 Minutes A meeting of the Distance Learning Coordinator’s Association was held on Wednesday, July 07, 2004 in the Conference Room at the State Board for Junior and Community Colleges building in Jackson, MS.

Attendance was as follows:

College/Association

Representative(s)

Coahoma

Letha Richards Laura Lofton

Copiah Lincoln

East Central

Terri Windham/Donna Luke

East Mississippi

Susan Cumberland Richard Blackburn

Hinds

Holmes

Audra Kimble

Itawamba Meridian

Ellene McCrimon

Hubert Yates

Mississippi Delta

Jackie Bailey-Hall

Mississippi Gulf Coast

Mark Smith/Jennifer Leimer

Northeast Northwest Pearl River Southwest

Jenniffer Wamsley

Absent

Janice Poole Alicia Shows

SBCJC

Jason Pugh/Beverlin Givens/Ive Burnett

I. CALL TO ORDER. Ellene McCrimon called the meeting to order at 10:03 II. The minutes from the association meeting on Monday, May 3, 2004 were approved. III. Unfinished business A. D2L Update

1. Mark Smith presented a feature comparison between D2L and Blackboard and gave a copy of the presentation given at the Deans/Chief Academic Officers meeting. Association members discussed features of D2L that were non-existent in Bb. Mr. Smith discussed features and stability of the D2L assessment tool including password protecting tests, quiz event logging, and the ability to prevent printing, paging, and right clicking on quizzes. Mr. Blackburn expressed concern about whether or not D2L would begin to experience problems with assessments etc. when there is a larger load on the system. 2. Mr. Smith discussed the excellent customer service provided by D2L. Others mentioned that the level of customer support could be a result of their size since they are relatively small. 3. Mr. Smith reminded association members to consider the topic being taught when making an evaluation of D2L. Some courses, by design, are not likely to use many features in a learning management system.

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