HARBOR COLLEGE D/DL COMMITTEE

MEETING MINUTES

04/10/07

Persons in Attendance: L. Lane, E., R. Richards, H. Siegel, A. Warren, E. Joiner, D. Ching

Meeting Called to Order: 12:30 PM

1.  AGENDA –

MOTION: made/seconded (L Lane/A. Warren) and moved

That: Agenda be approved without change.

2.  MINUTES –

MOTION: made/seconded (A. Warren/ L. Lane) and moved

That: Minutes of the 3/13/2007 D/LD Committee meeting be approved

without change.

3.  CMS for 2007-08

R. Richards reported that it would cost the college $58,500 to renew the current contract with WebCT CMS for the period 2007-08. For the same period, Etudes has quoted $17,900 for its CMS, including hosting and support. The Committee agrees that WebCT has become too expensive and recommends the college not to renew the 2007-08 contract with WebCT. The Committee further supports the renewal of the Etudes contract for 2007-08.

4.  EXPO AT WEST LA COLLEGE

West LA is hosting a four day Technology Fair beginning Monday morning, April 16th. The focus of the presentation will be on enhancing online instruction.

5.  ITEMS FROM THE FLOOR

·  L. Lane asked about the progress of the District’s effort to standardize web sties for all colleges. R. Richards reported that the district has a hired a consultant to review district wide needs. Abbie Patterson and Ray Van Dinther are Harbor’s representatives to the district’s effort.

·  It was reported that the annual VTEA Survey Form is online at the District’s Web Site and can be linked so that online student’s can fill it out and submit it electronically. The form can be found at: https://www.laccd.edu/workforce_dev/vtea/Survey.asp

·  An additional Etudes training class is being planned for late May early June.

·  Because the discussion feature in Etudes is considered weak, the possibility of using a third party threaded discussion board was discussed. One option discussed was to have the college’s IT department get involved in the search and support of a more feature rich discussion board for use with Etudes.

Next meetings: May 8, 2007

Rm. B-1

Adjourned: 1:30 pm

Cc: L. McKenzie