MSVCC Annual Report 2018

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2018 ANNUAL REPORT Mississippi Virtual Community College

MISSISSIPPI’S COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Coahoma Community College

Copiah-Lincoln Community College

East Central Community College

East Mississippi Community College

Hinds Community College

Holmes Community College

Itawamba Community College

Jones College

Meridian Community College

Mississippi Delta Community College

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Northeast Mississippi Community College

Northwest Mississippi Community College

Pearl River Community College

Southwest Mississippi Community College

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MISSION

The mission of the MSVCC is to provide educational opportunities to constituencies who live within the various community and junior college districts in Mississippi and to others beyond those boundaries. The mission includes providing access to instructional offerings through advanced technologies for those individuals who currently cannot take advantage of the offerings of the community and junior college through traditional means and to those individuals who are seeking alternative educational delivery systems.

MSVCC GOALS • Promote opportunities for student achievement

• Provide an innovative, high-quality learning experience

• Deliver exemplary administrative, instructional, and student support services

• Initiate opportunities for growth and extended education outreach

MSVCC AND THE MCCB Through collaborative partnership with members of the Mississippi Virtual Community College (MSVCC) and the Mississippi Community College Board (MCCB), the Division of eLearning & Instructional Technology provides services, support, and resources to participating colleges and their respective educators and administrators in alignment with the goals and mission of the MSVCC.

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MSVCC MODEL

MSVCC HISTORY

The Mississippi Virtual Community College (MSVCC) as it is known today was created amid the technology boom of the mid-to-late 1990s. Technology in general, and distance education in particular, seemed to hold great promise in solving a number of problems in higher education. At the time, many state leaders believed distance learning could expand educational access and increase economic development, and that putting resources into a consortia model made sense financially. By the year 2000, almost every state in the nation had created some initiative or entity resembling a virtual college. Mississippi was no exception. Founded with a desire to leverage distance learning resources-including faculty, courses, support services, and technology, Mississippi’s community and junior colleges entered into the distance education arena with a mission to provide access to instructional offerings and training through advanced technologies to all constituents of Mississippi. Nearly 20 years have passed since the inception of the MSVCC, and while little has changed with the original premise, the evolution of the Internet and digitization of content has brought about a transformational shift in society. Technology has changed the way in which people access information, form relationships, conduct business, govern, and learn. Higher education has been transformed, both in how institutions operate and how faculty members teach. Many of today’s students were born digital. They have never known a world without the internet. Days are lived in a constantly changing, technology-infused, connected world. Students expect everything to be digitally enhanced, including courses, degrees, campus

services and resources. Coupling student demand with technology and the way in which it impacts learning has also cultivated new terminology to define it. Digital learning or eLearning was coined as a classification to categorize any instructional practice that makes effective use of technology which includes online learning, distance learning, hybrid learning, and blended learning (Educause, 2013). Regardless of the terminology, to maintain a competitive edge and ensure progressive participation, colleges require well-trained and supported faculty members, instructional designers, media producers, quality assurance staff, administrative personnel, technical facilities and access to current and emerging technologies. While much has changed since the establishment of the community college system, one thing which remains constant is the commitment to provide accessible, affordable, stable, and practical educational services to the people of Mississippi. The MSVCC honors this commitment.

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COMMITTEES The consortium serves as an infrastructure for collaboration to strategically address needs that are shared across the system. While the colleges are technically considered competitors, within the consortium, all have agreed to align their interests and resources to collectively create a broadly usable solution. The alignment of interests is achieved by having strategic initiatives, decided upon and carried out by committee members comprised of community college personnel. These committees serve as incubators of innovation for Mississippi’s community colleges. Their collective efforts are focused on four strategic initiatives: Success, Quality, Support, and Growth.

Instructional Technology

Support Services

Administration

Quality

Goals: • Increase support to the eLearning

Goals: • Increase support to the eLearning Offices in regards to vendors and tools integrated into the learning management system. • Increase awareness of LTIs and vendors based upon emerging technologies. • Identify vendor contracts that are up for renewal. • Provide technological resources to meet the needs or wants of MELA group. • Provide resources to promote ADA compliance in courses.

Goals: • Develop recommended standards for quality education. • Implement procedures for improvement based on recommended standards for quality online education. • Encourage faculty members to develop

Goals: • Provide support services to online

offices with regard to administration, information, and

students and faculty using current and emerging technologies. comprehensive MSVCC database for consortium use.

instructional technologies. • Increase awareness of the MSVCC. • Develop benchmarks for student achievement

• Provide a

• Emphasize the use of Student

and maintain high quality, standards- based online learning environments. and current training through the MSVCC Academy for faculty and administrators.

Support Services Survey for program and instructional improvement.

• Provide relevant

Topics: • Policies & Procedures • Strategic Plan • Calendar

Topics: • LTIs • Vendors & Partners

Topics: • Pedagogy

Topics: • Enrollment Tool • Website • Proctoring

• Evaluation Process • Instructor of the Year

• Budget • Grants

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COLLABORATION MELA LEADERSHIP

The MSVCC eLearning Association (MELA) maintains three officers consisting of a President, President-Elect, and a Secretary. Officers are elected by the Association in May and begin serving their term on August 1st. The following individuals served as MSVCC Officers for FY2018: President: Dr. Kim Harris, Northeast Mississippi Community College (right) President-Elect : Mrs. Kimberly Ellis, Pearl River Community College (center) Secretary: Dr. Christa Wilhite, East Central Community College (left)

Since the committees are focused on the quality, success, support, and growth of the consortium as a whole, they are able to develop policies, practices, and procedures that promote effective collaboration and a cohesive model for the students who participate in the MSVCC. 1 2 3 4

MSVCC P&P: Developed and approved by the MSVCC, the P&P manual ensures consistent delivery of MSVCC courses and services and outlines minimum MSVCC operating standards.

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT: All colleges participating in the MSVCC agree to basic MSVCC guidelines as set forth in the MSVCC P&P manual & sign a MOA with the MCCB that outlines the primary responsibilities of the MCCB and the college.

PROCTORED EXAMINATIONS: MSVCC courses require proctored exams to ensure compliance with SACSCOC standards which requires that institutions demonstrate that a student who is registered in a distance education course is the same student who participates in and completes the course.

CALENDAR: Developed to allow

adequate time for review and approval, the MSVCC calendar establishes common statewide dates for each term offered.

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2018 ENROLLMENTS Academic Year 2018 (Summer, Fall, & Spring), the Division of Research & Planning reported the following data: Students tagged as MSVCC if taking at least 1 MSVCC Class

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

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Fiscal Year 2018 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS STATE FUNDING

All MSVCC provider semester credit hours for the summer, fall and spring semesters of the prior year are divided by 30 to determine the number of FTEs and are included in the academic, technical and career categories. Academic, technical and career categories are weighted at 1.0. MSVCC students must be actually enrolled and in attendance the last day of the sixth week of each full-term semester, or its equivalent, and reside within the state of Mississippi to qualify for funding. For FY19, MSVCC shared host and provider hours may qualify for incentive funding on the basis of the prior year full-time equivalency of MSVCC shared hours during the summer, fall and spring semesters. To be considered in this separate section of the formula, the MSVCC student at the “host” institution must be taking the course from another “provider” institution. Those semester credit hours being hosted by one institution shall receive funding at the weight of 0.75 and those semester credit hours being provided by one institution shall receive funding at the weight of 0.25. EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY APPROPRIATIONS In Section 12 of Senate Bill 2964, the Legislature appropriated, out of the state general fund, a total of $7,099,160 to the MCCB for the purpose of defraying the Education Technology Program at the community and junior colleges. Education Technology funds may be used to pay for recurring technology costs which include voice, data, and video line costs, internet access, maintenance on computer software and hardware, technology training needs for faculty and staff, and equipment upgrades. Each community and junior college district is provided two technology positions at $50,000 per position. Internet utilization costs assessed by ITS are estimated at $540,000 and will be paid from education technology funds. The balance of the funds available after line charges, technical positions, backbone costs, and after the MCCB receives its share of the SB 2964, the remainder is distributed to the community and junior colleges based upon the following formula:

• One-half evenly among districts

• Remaining one-half based on full-time equivalent (FTE)

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2018 MSVCC ACTUAL EXPENDITURES

REVENUE Ed Tech Appropriations Fees $12.00 per MSVCC Enrollment USM to MCCB

$ $ $ $

1,865,115.00 1,771,404.00

3,012.00

Total Revenue

3,639,531.00

EXPENSES

PROJECTED

ACTUAL

Salaries

420,000.00 22,200.00 3,955,892.00 47,000.00 30,000.00 926,000.00 4,475,092.00

338,852.00 15,096.01 2,947,347.62 11,206.56 3,259.68 594,193.39 3,909,955.26

Travel

Contractual Services

Commodities

* USM NOT INCLUDED IN ACTUAL EXPENSES SINCE MCCB ACTS AS FLOW THRU FOR FUNDS

Equipment

Subsidies, Loans, & Grants

Total

$

$

SUMMARY

REVENUE

EXPENSES

DIFFERENCE

REVENUE VS. EXPENSES

3,639,531.00 $

$

3,909,955.26

$

(270,424.26)

SALARIES

TRAVEL

TOTAL SALARIES

$

338,852.00

TOTAL TRAVEL

$

15,096.01

TRAVEL RELATED REG. EMPLOYEE TRAINING CONTRACTUAL SERVICES

COMMODITIES

6,755.00

3,616.83

OFFICE SUPPLIES

500.00

195.00

FOOD FOR MEETINGS EQUIP (> $1,000.00)

7,394.73

FED EX

51.29

21.12 TOTAL COMMODITIES

$

11,206.56

POSTAGE

MAINTENANCE

4,927.24

CANVAS

1,205,120.00 35,000.00 58,065.76 582,975.00 72,377.95 173,600.00 161,428.41

EQUIPMENT

CFTTC PRE CONFERENCE

MSVCC ACADEMY

0.00

OFFICE EQUIP

LINK SYSTEMS

3,259.68 3,259.68

COMPUTER EQUIP

230,880.00 TOTAL EQUIPMENT

$

NWN

MEMEBRSHIP DUES & RENEWALS

ASPIREDU TURN IT IN

SUBSIDIES, LOANS AND GRANTS

ITS PAYMENTS HANNON HILL

0.00

363,193.39 231,000.00 176,759.08

MELO

12,502.00

MILD GRANT

BFAC MOBILE APP

0.00

*USM

60,040.97 85,317.50 28,388.61 3,012.00

BLACKBOARD COLLABORATE

191,154.00 47,262.00 161,440.00

*Spring 2018

RESPONDUS

*Fall 2017

SMARTER SERVICES

*Summer 2017

ZENDESK

3,287.85

USM FEE to MCCB

TOTAL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES

2,947,347.62 $

TOTAL S,L, &G

$

770,952.47

*FUNDS COLLECTED BY MCCB FROM USM & TRANSFERRED TO COLLEGES

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ED TECH APPROPRIATIONS: $1,865,115

Of the $7,099,160 appropriated in S.B. 2964, the sum of $3,460,000 is utilized to offset education technology needs of the Board and colleges. For FY18, $1,865,115 was allocated to the eLearning & Instructional Technology Division and $1,594,885 was allocated to the Information Services Division. For FY18, MSVCC participating colleges were charged $12.00 per MSVCC host course enrollment. Effective July 1, 2018, a $0.90 cent fee per SCH per semester will be assessed to each college by the MCCB for the purpose of funding contractual obligations and services utilized by the Colleges. Of the $176,759.08 collected from USM at a rate of 70% tuition and $12.00 MSVCC assessment fee, a total of $173,747.08 was allocated to the colleges providing courses. The remaining $3,012 was utilized by the eLearning & Instructional Technology Division to offset contractual obligations and services.

MSVCC ASSESSMENT FEES: $1,771,404

MSVCC PARTNERSHIP FEES: $3,012

In Fiscal Year 2018, $3,541,541.01 (90%) of the budget was utilized for services that directly support teaching and learning through contractual services (75%) and subsidies, loans & grants (15%). The remaining $368,414.25 (10%) is considered operating expenses which includes salaries (9%), travel (<1%), commodities (<1%), and equipment (<1%).

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2019 MELO EXPENDITURES

VENDOR

DATABASE

INDIVIDUAL MSVCC FY19

SAVINGS

CREDO

CREDO

$29,705

$100,000

$70,295

Discovery Platform + PrepSTEP (2019)

EBSCO

$165,256

$768,320

$603,064

Infobase Learning Films on Demand $165,767

$339,359

$173,592

Issues & Controversies CQ Researcher Question Point 24/7 SIRS Researcher

$7,965 $9,777 $6,300 $14,100

$22,102 $18,000

Infobase Learning

$14,137 $8,223

LYRASIS

OCLC

$6,300

$0

ProQuest

$46,143

$32,043

$

1,300,224.07

$

901,353.86

2018 CONSORTIUM PURCHASING

VENDOR

INDIVIDUAL MSVCC FY18

SAVINGS

ASPIREDU

$333,196

$173,600

$159,596

CANVAS

$2,053,095

$1,146,428

$906,666

LINK-SYSTEMS

$307,593

$261,208

$46,384

QUALITY MATTERS

$39,000

$23,100

$15,900

RESPONDUS

$82,250

$48,915

$33,335

SMARTERSERVICES

$387,750

$160,740

$227,010

TURNITIN

$242,674

$161,928

$80,745

$1,975,919

$1,469,636

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PROCUREMENT PROCESS STEP 1: Needs Determined By MELA STEP 2: Reviewed By MSVCC IT Committee For Cost, Functionality, & Demos STEP 3: Receive Quote From Vendor STEP 4: Discuss At Local Level

STEP 7: Negotiate Final Quote From Vendor STEP 8: ITS Procurement Initiated

STEP 9: ITS Contracts Approved & Signed STEP 10: Purchase Requisition Submitted STEP 11: Invoice Received STEP 12: Payment Processed

STEP 5: MSVCC Approval STEP 6: MACJC Approval

The consortium is generally able to negotiate (much) lower prices for goods or services being awarded than any single institution in the collective. These savings are usually significant ranging from 10% to 35%. For fiscal year 2018, purchasing as a consortium equated to a 43% savings when compared to each institution purchasing the same services individually. FY2018 MSVCC Cost Avoidance $1,469,637

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2019 MSVCC PROJECTED EXPENDITURES

SALARIES

TOTAL SALARIES

$

350,000.00

Estimate

TRAVEL RELATED REG. EMPLOYEE TRAINING CONTRACTUAL SERVICES

6,500.00

Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate

500.00

FED EX

50.00 25.00

POSTAGE CANVAS

1,241,928.49 30,000.00 60,000.00 663,350.00 70,000.00 173,600.00 168,992.72 12,502.00 48,915.00 162,140.00

ITS Contract

CFTTC

Estimate

MSVCC ACADEMY

Estimate MCCB Contract(s) ITS Contract. Last Payment

LINK SYSTEMS

SARA (MS & NC)

Estimate

ASPIREDU TURNITIN

ITS Contract

ITS Contract. Renewal Year

HANNON HILL RESPONDUS

ITS Contract

ITS Contract. Renewal Year

SMARTER SERVICES

ITS Contract

3,287.85

ZENDESK

MCCB Contract

TOTAL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES

2,641,791.06 $

CyberSecurity (30K per school)

$ $

450,000.00 592,284.00

1st Year Hold Harmless

TRAVEL

TOTAL TRAVEL

$

10,000.00

Estimate

COMMODITIES

2,000.00

OFFICE SUPPLIES

Estimate Estimate Estimate

500.00

FOOD FOR MEETINGS EQUIP (> $1,000.00) TOTAL COMMODITIES

3,000.00 5,500.00

$

EQUIPMENT

2,000.00 2,500.00 4,500.00

OFFICE EQUIP

Estimate Estimate

COMPUTER EQUIP TOTAL EQUIPMENT

$

SUBSIDIES, LOANS AND GRANTS

401,320.21 291,000.00 75,000.00

MELO

MCCB Contract MCCB Contract

MILD GRANT

*USM

Estimate

TOTAL S,L, &G

767,320.21 $

*FUNDS COLLECTED BY MCCB FROM USM & TRANSFERRED TO COLLEGES

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CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, RESOURCES, & SUPPORT

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Fiscal Year 2018 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, RESOURCES, AND SUPPORT

“Technology will not replace great teachers but technology in the hands of great teachers can be transformational.” ~ George Couros

To further advance the mission and goals of the consortium, the MSVCC leverages contractual services, resources, and support for the advancement of faculty and student success at each of the community colleges. • Contractual Services consist of any service which utilizes MSVCC funding. The adoption or renewal of any contractual service is initiated by members of the consortium and follows a rigorous evaluation and implementation process. • The Division of eLearning & Instructional Technology is pleased to provide Resources and Support designed to assist consortium members in creating robust teaching and learning environments.

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ASPIREDU Dropout Detective is a student retention and success solution that integrates directly with Canvas to provide a “risk index” of how likely it is that each online student will drop out of or fail their online courses or traditional courses that heavily utilize Canvas. The program analyzes past and current behavior to predict future performance. Instructor Insight uses data from the learning management system to provide an overview of an instructor’s behavior and performance in each course. CANVAS BY INSTRUCTURE A comprehensive cloud-based Learning Management System (LMS) that connects all digital tools and resources for learning and instructors into one comprehensive package. Tier 1 Support is a 24/7/365 Help Desk that provides assistance via phone, live chat, email, or web form for learners, instructors, and administration. The Help Desk provides customized assistance based on a knowledge base portfolio submitted by each institution ensuring that assistance received after hours is in compliance with individual school policies and procedures. The Canvas Catalog is an institution or company branded platform that allows for the promotion of paid and free programs. Catalog can be utilized to manage registration and/or payment for professional development, certification programs, continuing education, and customized training solutions. LINK-SYSTEMS NetTutor is a customized online tutoring service for all major subjects that allows each institution to customize the service through a unique Rules of Engagement. Each tutor holds a minimum of a bachelor’s degree and is located within the United States. CONTRACTUAL SERVICES

Refer Tutor Report (RTR) simplifies the process of referring students to tutoring alleviating the need for instructors and administrators to follow up on referrals manually. Referrals are initiated by instructors and include specific details regarding the areas in which students need to receive help; all subsequent steps are guided by those needs. Students automatically receive email notifications with explicit instructions on how to access tutoring – ensuring they can get help as quickly as possible. Many institutions are electing to utilize this service in conjunction with Success Centers and NetTutor. MELO A virtual library that mirrors the traditional library through online databases, electronic books and journals, and scholarly web sites. Learners and instructors can utilize this service to search for books, journals, magazine articles, and news items; conduct refined searches within a specific database such as EBSCO or CREDO; chat live with a librarian; and find citation guides such as MLA and APA. • Opposing Viewpoints: Issues Database - resource for debaters and includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, infographics, and more. • CREDO: Academic reference – Replaces books that includes a dictionary, encyclopedia, background checks, etc. • Discovery Platform + PreSTEP • Films on Demand: Academic Resource - Curriculum- focused streaming video titles from producers such as Films for the Humanities and Sciences, PBS, A&E, History, ABCNews, BBC, NBC News, Shopware, Biography, National Geographic and others.

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• Issues and Controversies: Issues Database - Provides current, in-depth, and objective information on contemporary issues. Coverage begins in 1995. • Question Point 24/7: Student Support - provides an around the clock reference service, built by a cooperative of participating libraries. Libraries agree to answer questions for each other in real time, using our virtual reference software. The Cooperative helps supplement your hours of service by being available to your community 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays. • SIRS Researcher: Issues Database - Social Issues Resources Series for trending pro/con leading issues. MILD GRANT The MSVCC Innovative Learning and Design Mini Grant is awarded to eLearning Departments of the 15 Mississippi community colleges for projects designed to support the Strategic Initiatives of the MSVCC. Each college may be awarded up to $15,000 annually for supplies, equipment, consultants, technical assistance, registration fees, and travel. MS-SARA | NC-SARA The State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement is an agreement among member states, districts, and U.S. territories that establishes comparable nation-wide standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education courses and programs. The reciprocity allows participating Mississippi colleges and universities to offer distance programs and courses to residents of member states without seeking state- by-state approval, and is intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by postsecondary institutions based in another state. SARA is overseen by a National Council (NC-SARA) and is administered by four regional education compacts. QUALITY MATTERS A faculty-centered, peer review process designed to

certify quality of courses and digital components. QM is an internationally recognized peer-based model that has received national recognition for its approach to quality assurance and continuous improvement of online education and instructional design. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Webinars and courses are offered through the MSVCC Academy on a wide variety of topics such as: Canvas, instructional design, teaching best practices, educational web applications, and contracted vendor services. Academy offerings are coordinated by the MSVCC and the MCCB and are primarily taught by highly-qualified community college eLearning personnel; however, Partnership Series sessions are often facilitated by the vendor. To accommodate the various needs of the MSVCC, courses and webinars are offered both day and evening, online, face-to-face, synchronous, asynchronous, self-paced, and at various conferences and workshops throughout the year. RESPONDUS Respondus Lockdown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within a learning management system to ensure academic integrity in the classrooms, assessment labs, or during proctored examinations. Respondus 4.0 is a tool for creating and managing assessments that can be printed to paper or published directly into Canvas allowing instructors to set point values, select number of questions, and create variations of test banks with the click of the mouse. SMARTERSERVICES SmarterMeasure quantifies a learner’s level of readiness to study online and/or in a technology rich environment by measuring non-cognitive variables of Individual Attributes (motivation, procrastination), Learning Styles, Life Factors (time, support resources), Technical Skills and Competency, On-screen Reading Rate and Recall, and Typing Speed and Accuracy.

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SmarterProctoring is a proctoring management system that organizes and manages all proctoring modalities including virtual testing center, virtual proctoring, in- person proctoring, and automated proctoring. The software is delivered inside Canvas, centralizing the proctoring process for all 15 schools and the 55 testing centers across the state of Mississippi. This tool allows institutions the flexibility to select what proctoring modalities that best meet their students’ needs. B-Virtual is a live, online proctoring service that allows students to take an exam via webcam, microphone, and SARA is an agreement among member states, districts, and U.S. territories that establishes comparable nation- wide standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education courses and programs. The reciprocity allows participating Mississippi colleges and universities to offer distance programs and courses to residents of member states without seeking state- by-state approval, and is intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by postsecondary institutions based in another state. SARA is overseen by a National Council (NC-SARA) and is administered by four regional education compacts.

high-speed internet connection from a secure location. B-Virtual is a partner of SmarterProctoring. RegisterBlast is an online testing center scheduling solution that allows administrators to manage exam schedules and students to register for proctored exams. RegisterBlast is a partner of SmarterProctoring. TURNITIN

An internet-based plagiarism prevention service that integrates through an LTI into Canvas and is utilized to check student submissions for original content. STATE AUTHORIZATION RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT

On November 2, 2015, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) approved Mississippi as a member state to participate in the SARA with an effective date of January 1, 2016. The Mississippi Commission on College Accreditation (MCCA) was designated as the state portal agency for SARA. MSVCC funds are utilized for the fees assessed as a requirement for SARA membership.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MSVCC ACADEMY The changing landscape of technology and use of digitally enhanced learning has made access to affordable professional development a necessary component for educators. Effective professional development enables educators to develop the knowledge and skills needed to address not only technology concerns but also student learning challenges. The MSVCC Academy provides quality professional development services which enables the community colleges to support a high volume of instructors. To accommodate the various needs of the consortium, the MSVCC contracts with facilitators and course developers utilizing MSVCC funds to offer courses and webinars in a variety of formats including both day and evening, online, face-to-face, synchronous, asynchronous, self-paced, and at various conferences and workshops throughout the year.

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2 STEP TWO: Convene the Training and Design Committee to identify courses for development, outline course objectives, and draft upcoming course schedule.

4 5 STEP FOUR: Utilizing a peer-review process of 5 community college trainers, each MSVCC Academy course developed is submitted for a quality assurance review. STEP FIVE: After passing the quality assurance review, the MSVCC Academy Course is ready to be offered for the upcoming term.

138 Academy Offerings The number of courses and webinars offered in FY2018

1,540 Total Academy Enrollment The total number of enrollments for FY2018

27% Enrollment Increase Percentage increase of enrollment when compared to FY2017

593 Highest Enrollment Hinds Community College had the highest enrollment for FY2018

MSVCC Academy Participation by College FY2018

Hinds

593

MDCC

35

MGCCC

105

ECCC

33

Co-Lin

84

EMCC

29

PRCC

77

Northeast

29

Northwest

66

ICC

21

Meridian

50

Holmes

11

Coahoma

45

Southwest

5

JCJC

44

N/A

313

*Number represents participants that did not select one of the community colleges as place of employment. Colleges may require TEO as a pre-requisite for consideration to adjunct for the MSVCC.

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MSVCC ACADEMY WEBINAR AND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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WEBINAR AND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS MSVCC ACADEMY CANVAS CALENDAR One of the challenges facing both students and instructors is keeping track of all the assignments planned throughout the term. Instructors are teaching multiple courses, and students are learning in multiple courses. Every course has its own timeline for when things need to be done. This synchronous webinar will teach you the fundamentals of using the Canvas Calendar in your course. CANVAS GRADEBOOK This synchronous webinar will teach you about the features in the Canvas Gradebook. You will learn student view, icons, assignment groups, weight total points, sub-total columns, current vs. final score, messaging students, sorting columns, and an introduction to SpeedGrader. INTRO TO CANVAS This synchronous webinar will introduce the Canvas Learning Management System by Instructure. You will become familiar with site navigation, course access, personal settings, and notification preferences during this session. CANVAS COMMUNICATION TOOLS This synchronous webinar will demonstrate the multiple communication tools available through Canvas such as announcements, discussions, conversations (inbox), calendar events, notification preferences, and chat. CANVAS CONTENT This synchronous webinar will provide a demonstration of the tasks required to create, edit, and manage course content using Canvas by Instructure.

CANVAS TEST, QUIZZES, AND SURVEYS This synchronous webinar session will provide a demonstration of the tasks required to create, edit, and manage tests in Canvas. DROPOUT DETECTIVE This synchronous webinar will introduce Dropout Detective. Dropout Detective is a tool that allows instructors to view a list of students on their roster who are at risk of dropping or failing a course. The risk levels are determined by the students’ performance in their courses. This training session will provide an overview of the risk index information and how to use it to help students be more successful. SMARTERMEASURE This synchronous webinar will explain how to enable the SmarterMeasure LTI and how it can be used in a Canvas course. SmarterMeasure is an assessment for students to determine their levels of readiness for an online or technology-rich course. CANVAS ASSIGNMENTS This synchronous webinar session will demonstrate the tasks required to create and edit assignments, as well as link course assignments to content modules and grades. It will also cover SpeedGrader. ADA COMPLIANCE: PRACTICAL APPLICATION IN YOUR CANVAS COURSE This synchronous webinar will review quick and easy ways to ensure your course is ADA compliant. This session will include Canvas features to assist with ADA compliance.

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WHAT PARTICIPANTS ARE SAYING: “ This course offers a wealth of knowledge about effectively teaching and designing a course. It provides practical tools and tips to successfully engage students….I have truly enjoyed it.” ~MSVCC Academy Participant

ELIMINATE BOREDOM IN YOUR COURSE Are your teaching techniques stuck in a rut? Are you still teaching with the same materials and lectures you have used year after year? This synchronous webinar will introduce free online tools to engage your students in the areas of feedback, gaming, creative tools, interactive and collaboration tools, and simulations. TURNITIN This synchronous webinar session will provide an introduction to setting up Turnitin in your Canvas course so that it is integrated with the course gradebook. The session will cover the steps for creating a Turnitin assignment, an overview of originality reports, and a quick start to using GradeMark for grading and commenting on submissions. LINKEDIN This synchronous webinar will introduce the worlds’ largest professional networking site, LinkedIn, as well as provide guided tips and best practices for using the site and give a PDF tutorial on setting up a profiles to provide others with information about courses and students. CANVAS OUTCOMES This synchronous webinar session will teach you about Canvas Learning Outcomes tool, which allows both administrators and instructors to organize learning

outcomes at either the account or course level. You will learn how to align quizzes and assignments to different mastery levels, run reports at the account level about student artifacts of learning mastery, and track student progress on a learning outcome or overall in the Learning Mastery Gradebook. OPEN EDUCATION COURSEWARE: SHARE IT FORWARD This synchronous webinar will introduce participants to Open Educational Resources. OER are digitized materials offered freely and openly for educators, students, and self learners to use in online, face to face and hybrid courses. DIGGING FOR DATA: COURSE STATS, ANALYT- ICS, QUIZ ANALYSIS The goal of this synchronous webinar is to help you improve teaching and student success. Analytics can help us evaluate large data sets. CANVAS EPORTFOLIOS This synchronous webinar will demonstrate how to use Canvas ePortfolio in your course. The ePortfolio allows users to collect and document educational projects, submissions, experiences, and other work products. CANVAS RUBRICS Canvas provides a rubric tool that can be used to aid in grading assignments, assessments, and peer reviews.

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CANVAS BADGES USING BADGR This synchronous webinar will demonstrate how to use badges in Canvas using Badgr. Badgr is a free and open source platform for badge issuing, management, and tracking user achievements. You can use badges to help motivate students to complete the content in your course. Badges can be quickly and easily added to the modules in your course, so that students can unlock a badge each time they complete a module. To make things even easier, the Badgr tool comes with a built in badge designer, where you can either design a badge from scratch or upload your own badge image. THINGLINK: INTERACTIVE IMAGES This synchronous webinar will provide an overview of the free web application, ThingLink. ThingLink is an interactive image tool that allows you to share content with your students. FILMS ON DEMAND This synchronous webinar session will present faculty with the basics of Films on Demand, creating playlists and folders, and embedding FOD images into Canvas courses. CANVA DESIGN TOOL This synchronous webinar will demonstrate how to use Canva Web Application to create professional graphics for your course. Canva is a free web tool that features professional layouts to help you design presentations, homepage banners, buttons, and much more for your course. SPEEDGRADER This synchronous webinar features one of the most innovative and popular tools in the Canvas LMS, SpeedGrader. SpeedGrader allows instructors to grade papers right in the LMS which greatly reduces time spent on grading. This session will teach you the advantages of SpeedGrader and how to use it.

This synchronous webinar session will help you communicate assessment expectations to users, align pre-defined learning outcomes to your course assessments, and assess online submissions in SpeedGrader. EDPUZZLE: EDIT, ADD QUIZZES, & STORE YOUR VIDEOS This synchronous webinar will introduce you to EDpuzzle. EDpuzzle is a web application that allows you to select a video and add questions to assess your students throughout the video. INTERACTIVE HANDOUTS Using Web 2.0 tools like ThingLink, Prezi, and Dipity, you can create interactive and engaging handouts. This synchronous webinar will demonstrate how to use these tools to create handouts with hot links, in-depth information, and multimedia content. CANVAS HOMEPAGE DESIGN The Homepage is the first page students see when entering a course, and first impressions matter! This synchronous webinar will demonstrate how to make an attractive and user-friendly Homepage for your Canvas course by incorporating links, downloaded fonts, buttons and graphics. BIODIGITAL HUMAN FOR SCIENCE COURSES This synchronous webinar will introduce participants to a free 3D visual tool for nutrition, social sciences, science, and A & P instructors called Biodigital Human. CANVAS GROUPS Canvas Groups provide a good place to collaborate on projects or to figure out schedules for study sessions. This synchronous webinar will show you how to set up a Canvas Group and provide a general overview of groups.

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WHAT PARTICIPANTS ARE SAYING: “ As someone who teaches at four different colleges, I’ve been through a lot of training. This has been (by far) the most helpful. ~MSVCC Academy Participan t

MICROSOFT SWAY This synchronous webinar will provide an overview of Microsoft Office Sway, a presentation web app developed by Microsoft. Sway allows users to combine text and media to create a presentable website. Participants will be introduced to Sway (a 100% free software with a Microsoft Account), given best practices and tips for creating Sways, and participate in a live-demo via screenshare to create a group Sway. Instructional faculty may see applications for classroom content delivery, while others may use Sway for training, presentations, and more. SCREENCAST YOUR COURSE! This synchronous webinar will show you how to use free software that allows you to share images and create short videos of your computer screen and various applications. CANVAS APPS The Canvas App Center is your gateway to a world of powerful teaching tools. Even the least tech-savvy teachers can easily browse a library of LTI tools and install them in a single click- no IT help necessary. This synchronous webinar will focus on the easy integration of Canvas LTIs available for teachers to create a truly customized learning experience.

ENGAGING THE ONLINE LEARNER This synchronous webinar will show the importance of student engagement and demonstrate various synchronous and asynchronous learning tools to keep students engaged in an online course. GOOGLE APPS INTRO: DOCS, SHEETS, SLIDES, FORMS During this synchronous webinar, participants will be introduced to Google Drive’s multi-platform, cloud-based products, including Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms, as well as be provided with a tutorial and overview on potential uses for classroom collaboration, departmental organization, feedback, and more. END OF SEMESTER: TIPS & TRICKS This synchronous webinar focuses on course management at the end of the semester. Topics to be covered include grading, downloading grades, Canvas analytic data, cleaning up your Canvas course, course export, preparation for course copy and the next semester. In addition, new Canvas features will also be covered. HELP CANVAS HELP YOU This synchronous webinar session will review all of the “Help” options available to students and faculty via the Canvas Help Menu. Learn about the Canvas guides, Community, feature requests, and how the Canvas team is available to help you 24/7.

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CANVAS BLUEPRINTS Canvas Blueprint courses make it easy for administrators or designers to deploy, update, and maintain course design templates or components across any number of courses or instructors. Blueprint Courses allows Canvas admins to create content and learning objects, lock specific settings or content items, and push updates to all associated courses through course syncing associations. This synchronous webinar will demonstrate how to use Canvas Blueprint courses.

MSVCC ENROLLMENT TOOL This synchronous webinar is designed for instructors teaching or considering teaching online classes through the Mississippi Virtual Community College. Topics will include an overview of the MSVCC Self Service Site, an overview of the MSVCC Enrollment Tool, and step-by- step instructions for completing course management tasks in the Enrollment Tool.

PARTNERSHIP SERIES: TURNITIN TURNITIN BEST PRACTICES & UNDERSTANDING THE SIMILARITY REPORT

This synchronous webinar session reviews some best practices when using Turnitin and also takes a deeper dive into reviewing and interpreting Turnitin results (Similarity Report). You will learn how to use Turnitin to identify acts of plagiarism, review Turnitin settings and Originality reports, and utilize the Feedback Studio filtering tools. This session will also outline the procedures used by Turnitin to match results and will cover common misconceptions surrounding Turnitin. TURNITIN FOR ADVANCED USERS Turnitin’s Feedback Studio is designed to allow instructors to deliver quality feedback to students while ensuring academic integrity. You are already using this powerful tool, but you would now like some tips for using it more efficiently and effectively. This session will allow experienced Turnitin users the opportunity to learn the finer points of managing their QuickMarks, Rubrics, and Peer Mark features. TURNITIN FOR BEGINNERS Is Turnitin a resource in your LMS but you have had little or no experience using it to deliver effective feedback to your students while ensuring academic integrity? No matter what you teach, from English to Mathematics to Art, this session will be a practical experience for any Turnitin user who wants to better understand how to utilize the software. You will learn how to create a Turnitin Assignment and utilize Turnitin’s Feedback Studio to both check for plagiarism, where appropriate, and return quality feedback to students, while at the same time decrease the amount of time it takes to grade student papers. PLAGIARISM FRAMEWORK VS. FEEDBACK STUDIO: UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCES Learn about Turnitin’s New Canvas integration! Participants will first explore the new Canvas Turnitin Plagiarism Framework integration AND review the Canvas Turnitin External Tool integration to determine which solution is best for their course.

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QUALITY….WHY DOES IT MATTER?

How can a college measure and guarantee the quality of a course? This question is especially important for consortia and systems which share available seats for online courses similar to the MSVCC model. Originally created by the MarylandOnline consortium as a quality assurance solution to address the need for course quality standards, Quality Matters has evolved into an internationally recognized instructional design model. Courses designed with quality standards ensure clear expectations will be provided to the learner on how to successfully complete the course and align learner outcomes with activities, materials, and assessments. Through collaboration and research, Quality Matters was adopted as the instructional design model for the MSVCC. The following series defines training currently available to administrators and instructional designers at participating colleges. Over the next three years, the MSVCC plans to expand Quality Matters sessions to all faculty and staff.

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APPLYING THE QUALITY MATTERS RUBRIC QM’s flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and its use in reviewing the design of online and blended courses is intended for a broad audience, including but not limited to faculty, instructional designers, administrators, and adjunct instructors. It is particularly helpful to those new to QM or those considering the adoption of a quality assurance process for online and blended learning. The APPQMR is the prerequisite for the Peer Reviewer Course, which is the required course to become a QM Peer Reviewer. MASTER REVIEWER CERTIFICATION COURSE The Master Reviewer Certification (MRC) is an advanced certification course for experienced QM Peer Reviewers. The role of QM Master Reviewer is integral to ensuring the rigor and consistency of the peer review process. In this course, Peer Reviewers will learn the role of Master Reviewer including management of the entire review process and coaching peers to ensure helpful recommendations are provided for course improvements. ONLINE FACILITATOR CERTIFICATION The AOFC is an intensive, three-week long course that prepares participants to serve in the role of QM Certified Online Facilitator for the APPQMR workshop. The course prepares qualified participants to facilitate the online Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR) workshop including preparation, navigation, management, and assessment. A synchronous session is held at the beginning of the of the course to explain the setup and requirements of the course.

PEER REVIEWER CERTIFICATION COURSE The Peer Reviewer Course is designed to prepare experienced online faculty to become QM-Certified Peer Reviewers. The Peer Reviewer Course includes a review of Quality Matters, practice in critiquing and writing helpful recommendations, and a Practice Review in which the participants are asked to review Specific Review Standards in an online course using the QM Course Review Management System (CRMS). F2F FACILITATOR CERTIFICATION The AFFC is an intensive, three-week long course that prepares participants to serve in the role of QM Certified APPQMR Face-to-Face Facilitator. This course extends understanding of the QM Rubric to a level of expertise that will allow participants to facilitate the face-to-face (F2F) Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR) workshop at their institutions. It includes two weeks of course content, an extensive two-hour conference call at the end of the second/beginning of the third week and a culminating assignment in the third week. QM COORDINATOR TRAINING The QM Coordinator Training (QMCT) is a self-paced course that is intended for individuals within an institution who will act as the liaison between faculty and Quality Matters. As the institution’s primary point of contact for QM, you will learn about QM’s program and how it can support your institution’s quality assurance initiatives, how to manage course reviews, and how to locate QM resources.

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