MELA Minutes 2024-2025

Northeast Mississippi Community College

Sabine Zabarovska; Kim Harris,

Northwest Mississippi Community College

Angel Nickens; Carla Malone; Aaron Payne

Pearl River Community College Michelle Mitchell Southwest Mississippi Community College Matt Calhoun, Alicia Shows MS Community College Board

Dr. Krista LeBrun; Megan Akins; Dr. Christa Wilhite

Office

College/Association

Name

President

Itawamba Community College

Tequila Sunrise

President Elect

Jones College

Jason Cooley

Secretary

Mississippi Delta Community College

Carmen Brown

A. CidiLabs Q&A with MCCB and NW teams (DesignPLUS, ReadyGO, and TidyUP) 1. Carla Malone demonstrated step-by-step how to use UDoIt, an add-on tool for CidiLabs. NWCC purchased this to help instructors follow the new accessibility guidelines required by the federal government, which goes into effect in April 2026. To purchase the add-on tool is $5000 per institution. Main UDOIT features : 1. The capability of scanning entire course. 1. Download a summary of the entire scan 2. The capability to see the most common errors, most common suggestions, and most common fixed issues. 1. The different ways to get started: 1. Existing errors, open issues, or issue types 2. Content areas, such as announcements, discussions, and assignments. 3. "Fix It" tool. This tool shows where these issues are located

by providing the content's title, the type of issue (such as whether it pertains to a page), and the specific problem that needs to be addressed and allows you to fix it.

Points and questions brought out: 2. Tish Stewart: Can some of this be done with the regular version of Cidilabs?