MELA Minutes 2022-2023

1. Growing with Canvas starts March 6 – There is still time to enroll in this training up until close of business on March 6. 2. No Digging for March – Digging Deeper will not be offered in March but will be offered in April. 3. Interactions starts March 6 – Ms. Alicia Beasley (ECCC) will be teaching this session. There is still time to enroll in this training up until close of business on March 6. b. Upcoming 1. SmarterServices Faculty Experience Training – March 21 or March 23 - The SmarterServices Faculty Experience training will be offered in the Academy for anyone with institution-based emails either on March 21 or March 23. Sean will confirm which date fits his schedule best this week. 2. Spring 2023 Calendar - This is a link for the Spring 2023 calendar. 4. Ms. Katherine Puckett, HINDS a. MSVCC withdraw date – Ms. Jennifer James (HINDS) and Ms. Katherine Puckett (HINDS) asked if there was a policy for the start date of withdrawals. After discussion, it was determined that a policy is not in place for the start date of withdrawals. Each college can set their own withdrawal start date. The withdrawal end date should fall at the 75% mark. 5. Support Committee Update – Ms. Latoya Clark-Horne (HINDS) presented for the Support committee. The committee met to define their goals and objectives and discovered that they had a lot of overlap with the Quality committee. Their sub-committee will develop a survey to send out and gather data. They will meet during CFTTC to review accessibility tools and compose a spreadsheet for the next MACC meeting. They would like to propose that a form be created so eLearning departments can