Committee REPORT TO COLLEGE COUNCIL
Committee Meeting Date: 9/16/09 and 9/30/09
Report Submitted By:__David Jordan (11-19-09)
Report From:
Budget and Planning Student Support Services
Educational Planning Technology
Facilities Planning Other ______
Professional Development
1. The Technology Committee met on 10/14 and 10/28 and continued to review the Goals, Objectives and Action Items of the Technology Master Plan (“Draft #22”). The Committee has decided to provide a table for each goal with a column for Objectives, Action Items, Responsibility, Time Line, and Evidence/Outcomes. This is the same format as the Strategic Master Plan and allows easier and a more visual annual updating of the Master plan.
The Technology Committee recommends that the Tech Master Plan be reviewed annually at the same time (August) as the Strategic Master Plan by the combined meeting of the Shared Governance Committee.
2. In the October meeting of the College Council, the Technology Committee withdrew its Action Item to Amend its Charter to add two members. The Committee, instead will try adding the two members on a voluntary basis, and then report back to College Council in a year whether the Charter should be amended to add these two new members – namely (1) Administrative Services representative (2) LRC Director or designated representative
3. The Course Management Task Force met on Tuesday 11-03-09 and reviewed the current course management systems in use at our college. The Task Force makes he following recommendations to College Council for approval and adoption in its November 2009 meeting :
a. The College will support two course management systems – Moodle (some hosting costs in the future) and Course Compass (no cost to the college).
b. Etudes course management system will be discontinued as of 6-30-09 and no longer funded or supported by the college.
c. The College will provide training in Moodle to the 8 or more Etudes faculty in January 2010, and will further provide assistance to Etudes faculty during the Spring 2010 semester with the conversion of online courses from Etudes to Moodle.
d. Starting Summer/Fall 2010, faculty who want to teach online will use either Moodle or Course Compass.
e. Student Identity Authentication
Accreditation now requires that all DE classes take steps to ensure the students who login to online classes are the same students registered for the class. This new accreditation requirement (as of 2010) is met when a Course Management System uploads students directly from the student rosters maintained by the college in its Student Information System (SIS).
Both Moodle and Course Compass (E-College) do not currently authenticate students in their systems. Both systems are required to authenticate students by Fall 2010 or they will be removed from the approved list of Course Management Systems which will be supported by the College and which can be used to teach online classes.
Recommendations for College Council Approval:
a. Action Item #1
College Council approve and adopt the following recommendations from the Course Management Task Force:
1. The College will support two course management systems – Moodle (some hosting costs in the future) and Course Compass (no cost to the college).
2. Etudes course management system will be discontinued as of 6-30-09 and no longer funded or supported by the college.
3. The College will provide training in Moodle to the 8 or more Etudes faculty in January 2010, and will further provide assistance to Etudes faculty during the Spring 2010 semester with the conversion of online courses from Etudes to Moodle.
4. Starting Summer/Fall 2010, faculty who want to teach online will use either Moodle or Course Compass.
5. Student Identity Authentication
Accreditation now requires that all DE classes take steps to ensure the students who login to online classes are the same students registered for the class. This new accreditation requirement (as of 2010) is met when a Course Management System uploads students directly from the student rosters maintained by the college in its Student Information System (SIS).
Both Moodle and Course Compass (E-College) do not currently authenticate students in their systems. Both systems are required to authenticate students by Fall 2010 or they will be removed from the approved list of Course Management Systems which will be supported by the College and which can be used to teach online classes.