MELA Minutes 2023-2024

to take when exploring new quizzes, rather than explaining why they should use them. Dr. Wilhite communicated this need to Kaylee, who acknowledged its value and requested input from the group. Participants were encouraged to review the new quizzes hub, evaluate its content, and identify gaps or areas for improvement. Feedback should be provided before the upcoming consortium call to assist Kaylee in communicating these needs to the documentation team for the development of the requested handout. 3. Canvas “Ghosties..”: Dr. Christa Wilhite introduced the term "ghosties," which refers to random page access activity in Canvas when users are not active. This has been observed across three colleges: Mississippi Delta, East Central, and PRCC. a. Incident Reports: i. Mississippi Delta: An instructor accessed and copied content from a course that

wasn’t theirs. The issue was suspected to be either a Canvas permission issue or related to Dropout Detective's advisor role privileges. Delta couldn't replicate the issue to document it properly. ii. East Central: A student’s account showed activity from an IP address while the instructor, Jerry Lynn, was on PTO in a different county. A support ticket was filed, but the issue remained unresolved. iii. PRCC: Admin activity was noted during sleep hours. Students appeared to access JSON files via API, suggesting unusual permissions issues.