Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 9 - Education- Mississippi Community College Board › Part 8 - Policies And Procedures Manual › Section 9-8-3 - MSVCC Resources and Services › Section 9-8-3-3.2 - MSVCC Resources and Services

Current through June 25, 2024
The following are resources and services overseen by the
				  eLITE Division and do not require oversight by ITS.
1.
MSVCC Enrollment
				Tool
The MSVCC Enrollment Tool (ET) is an enrollment management
				  system for MSVCC online courses and students across the 15 Mississippi
				  community colleges. The ET provides access to courses from any Mississippi
				  community college allowing the host college to offer their students additional
				  course options from other institutions. Permissions and processes in the ET are
				  developed by Divisions of the Mississippi Community College Board (MCCB) in
				  consultation with the Mississippi eLearning Association (MELA) and Mississippi
				  Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) and as interpreted by the
				  MCCB.
2.
MSVCC
				Website and Webpages
The MCCB eLITE Division provides information via webpages to
				  faculty, staff, and students about the MSVCC such as MSVCC course listings,
				  faculty resources, student resources, and help guides.
3.
MELA Canvas Course
The MELA Canvas Course is designed to improve the
				  collaboration of the MSVCC Consortium and provide resources that will enhance
				  the quality of eLearning education.
4.
MSVCC Canvas
				Community
The MSVCC Community Group is a Canvas Community group where
				  instructors and eLearning staff of the MSVCC can share ideas about teaching,
				  learning, and course design in Canvas.
5.
Professional
				Development
eLITE Division offers high-quality training to all faculty,
				  administrators, K-12 teachers, and out-of-state participants. A wide variety of
				  topics are offered including Canvas, instructional design, teaching best
				  practices, educational web applications, and vendor technology tool training.
				  Services include multiple webinars a week held at different times including
				  night sessions, certificate courses, face-to-face workshops/presentations, and
				  instructional design assistance. The office utilizes the Canvas Catalog for
				  enrollment and reporting capabilities.
6.
MS-SARA and
				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.
7.
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.
8.
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. Funds may
				  be used for supplies, equipment, consultants, technical assistance,
				  registration fees, and travel.
A comprehensive list of all contractual services and
				  agreements is housed in the MELA Canvas Course and can also be viewed under
				  Appendix P. Resources and contractual services are funded in support by the
				  $0.90 cent SCH assessment fee and partnership fees.