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WAOL Advisory Group Meeting Summary - March 19, 2012

The WAOL Advisory Group convened on March 19, 2012, to discuss ongoing initiatives, including state authorization issues, Blackboard Collaborate updates, Tegrity and ANGEL check-ins, and the LMS RFP process. Participants were reminded of the importance of complaint contacts for out-of-state students following the USDOE regulation changes. The next meeting is scheduled for April 2, 2012. Updates on Course Library development and training opportunities were also shared. Key resources and links were provided for further information.

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WAOL Advisory Group Meeting Summary - March 19, 2012

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  1. WAOL Advisory Group Monday, March 19, 2012

  2. Agenda: • 2012 Meeting Dates: http://goo.gl/QS2Wi • State Authorization Issue • Blackboard Collaborate Check-in • Tegrity Check-in • ANGEL Check-in • eLearning Community • LMS RFP • Open Course Library Update Next meeting—April 2 -time, same place

  3. State Authorization Issue • USDOE regulation requiring state authorization was vacated by US District Court; however, state laws remain on the books. • Remember the requirement to provide complaint contacts for out-of-state students was not vacated. • All information on this wiki: http://stateregulations.wikispaces.com/

  4. Blackboard Collaborate • Collaborate (Wimba/Elluminate combo) • V 11 Instructions here: (Search the WAOL Blog • http://blog.waol.org/ http://waol.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/creating-and-using-a-virtualoffice-with-blackboard-collaborate.pdf • V.12 will include support for mobile users, ability to publish in multiple formats w/o client software, new archiving system, • http://www.elluminate.com/Company/Media_Center/Press_Releases/Detail/132/?id=193

  5. Tegrity Check-in Tegrity Users Group: Seattle, April 18-20, 2012

  6. Tegrity Training • Training opportunities over the length of the 3-year contract • Training Videos: http://www.youtube.com/tegritynw

  7. ANGEL Check-in • ANGEL slowness

  8. eLearning Community http://elearninginwa.blogspot.com/ Weekly Office Hours and Presentations, See Calendar Participant Link: http://goo.gl/JpmfU All sessions will be recorded and available via this link: http://goo.gl/4mT8r To view the session schedule, follow this link: http://goo.gl/4mT8r If you have suggestions for how to improve the format of these sessions or a suggestion for a future topic, please fill in this form: http://goo.gl/i6OGF

  9. LMS Next Steps • User testing ends March 21 • Committee meets with vendors March 26-27 • Contract negotiations begin • Contract in place July 1, 2012 • Access to ANGEL ends June 30, 2014

  10. LMS RFP Vendor Contact • Desire 2 Learn: • Tony Benjamins: tony.benjamins@desire2learn.com, 519 772-0325 ext484 or 360 561-5503 Direct • Canvas • Tom Metge: tom@instructure.com, 801.472.5277 • Heather Kane: heatherk@instructure.com, 801.860.5263 • Blackboard • Behind the Blackboard (BtBb) account for all Bb and Angel users. • Those of you on other platforms please contact: Mark Carbon mcarbon@sbctc.edu

  11. OCL Phase 2 Timeline Update • RFP for faculty Course Designers a success! • We now have 40 courses being developed for OCL2 • Timeline: • Develop: winter-spring 2012 • Pilot courses: fall 2012 • Revise: winter 2013 • Release courses: spring 2013 • More info at: http://opencourselibrary.org

  12. Take Aways:

  13. Next meeting April 2, 2012, 11:00 to noon on Blackboard Collaborate information on this web site: http://waol.org/faculty_and_staff/WAOLAdvisory.aspx Recordings on WAOL Blog: http://waol.org Please forward invitations to others on your campus who might be interested.

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