MELA Minutes 2024-2025

a. Dr. LeBrun (MCCB) stated the annual report is almost completed and goes to fiscal year 2028 because the Instructure contract goes through 2028. The report will include extensive data usage by the consortium and provide data that is not available in the ET, such as information on out-of-state students, which should be helpful when answering questions from SARA. She plans to have this to the consortium to view by the end of the month or the beginning of next month. a. Dr. Wilhite announced the April meeting will be in person on the 9 th and10 th and will move from the MCCB conference room to the Library Commission. Presently there is not a tentative agenda, but she stated the Canvas team will be there to present one of the days, then the MeLA meeting, and possible time for strategic planning. She also indicated lunch will be provided. In addition, Dr. Wilhite informed the consortium that Nikki will be sending out a survey to the group to see what the group would like the Canvas team to focus on. 2. Intelligent Insights Paid Pilot Option a. Dr. Wilhite (MCCB) shared with the consortium information on Intelligence Insights to see if any were interested. During the monthly regional consortium call with Canvas it was mentioned that Intelligent Insights is now offering a paid pilot option ($1500 for 60 days of access per institution). Intelligent Insights was premiered at InstructureCon last year and it is an add-on that provides at risk assessment for students, it can be customizable based on what the institution needs. She wanted to share this information incase anyone was interested. 3. ReadyGO Beta Update a. Dr. Wilhite informed the consortium MCCB is working to get access for the new and improved version of ReadyGo before the addendum is processed. Dr. LeBrun (MCCB) stated she is working to get the addendum added to the contract for the new version; however, the addendum reads MCCB does not have ReadyGo in the initial contract. Therefore, the entire contract must be amended which will be a lengthy process. 4. Cidiscape by CidiLabs Availability and Report Request a. Dr. Wilhite (MCCB) mentioned the extensive reporting MCCB was gathering on most all tools used by the consortium and she wanted to add data from CidiLabs. She reached out to CidiLabs and found it offers an add-on tool at no extra cost called Cidiscapes. It has a reporting dashboard for all CidiLabs tools. She used Northwest’s dashboard to demonstrate how it is used. She added if anyone is interested and adding this free tool to their Canvas Instant she or Megan are willing to do the integration process. 5. TurnItIn Admin Session Reminder - Today at 11am! a. Dr. Wilhite (MCCB) reminded the group of the TII webinar Empowering Students to Prevent Plagiarism for admins and the e- learning directors today at 11:00 and next week Enhance Writing Skills with Draft Coach via the academy which is open to faculty or for anybody else the members wish to share it with.

2. Dr. Christa Wilhite, MCCB 1. April MeLA Meeting and Instructure Visit Info/Survey

6. Accessibility Spotlight: Summer Suggestions Inquiry