MELA Minutes 2020-2021

since Canvas backed out of building something like this, it may be worth it to get this data; but it was just a preference of each college. If this group decided not to pursue a contract at the consortium level, each college using it would still have to pay for it. Tish stated she certainly wasn’t going to ask this group to pay for this service if only a few were going to use it. 5. Tish made the motion to not use CARES money but use MSVCC monies instead should we renew a consortium contract again. Joseph McKee seconded. Motion carried by voting members. a. MSVCC Academy Webinars: MCCB’s goal is to offer at least one webinar per week. Whether it is offered by MCCB or other members of the consortium. b. MSVCC Academy Courses: there are currently two being offered along with 4 self-paced courses. c. Krista stated they have had pretty good enrollment and success with the self-paced courses so they are exploring making “Digging Deeper with Designing and Teaching” a self-paced course. But this will be a little more complicated to do but they are exploring options on how to make this work. d. Krista stated she is working on getting the Professional Development items posted. e. Dr. Stokes introduced herself to the group. She mentioned that she plans to offer two webinars a month herself and that Dr. Wilhite will be offering some webinars as well. Dr. Stokes also stated if the group had any ideas or needs, to let her know and she would work on developing content to meet the needs of faculty and staff. a. This was discussed during the virtual proctoring discussion. See notes above.

2. HonorLock Contracts

H. MSVCC Academy Updates

I. Tutoring Option Comparison (Stacy Smith) 1. NetTutor 2. Tutor.com 3. Tutorme.com 4. SmarterThinking

5. Stacy Smith emailed this out to the group earlier today. Please review before next month meeting so we can vote on this service at the October meeting. J. Spring 2021 Registration Date (Amanda Hood) 1. Amanda Hood requested that the Spring 2021 self-registration date be opened early since most colleges will not be on campus when SP21 registration begins. Amanda Hood suggested 2 – 3 week earlier than normal. 2. This would allow us to be able to add both courses and students earlier than November 3.