Meeting & Agendas

Introduction with name, position, department and campus

No additional agenda items Motion to approve agenda: Sean Loraas Second: Travis Irby Motion approved unanimously

Motion to approve minutes: Sean Loraas Second: Travis Irby Motion approved unanimously

 Ally is a plug-in to Blackboard that will look at files uploaded to Blackboard and review and evaluate the documents based on accessibility standards.  Ally helps instructors understand what percentage of their documents are accessible and guides them on how to remediate the document to meet accessibility standards. On the student side, it gives the students three or four formats to choose from.  This semester phase 1 of Ally “pilot-program” was rolled out to and has been running for about month. The main goal is to determine what support will need to be in place for faculty as well as students in place with (about 15 faculty, 10 to 15 classes). It’s being rolled out in stages with General Education and Nursing programs.  Ally “pilot-program” is being rolled-out in stages, with 15 Instructors with multiple sections. We are initially seeing that Ally does not need a lot of support, so far. Only two issues during roll-out, which were PDF files.

Calendy  Non-accessible product that lives on-top of google calendar, it allows for greater options can do more things with Calendy than google calendar. Scantrons  Vocational Nursing (Allied Health) program transferred from paper pencil test. i.e., Scantrons because they are not accessible. Students now take test on Blackboard. Steve- Is there something we can say to the college/make resolution that “College shall not purchase any products that are not accessible.” Action to be taken Linda, Teri and Sean will research & review accessibility at other institutions.

 Ex-Officio position • Manager, Emergency, Health, Safety and Insurance has changed to ED & Regulatory Affairs (Mike Garcia)  Representatives of Job or College Offices • Facilities: Keep • Buildings & Grounds: Add Action Taken Steve will talk with Wayne Maines about having a representative for CAC the “Legacy” Ex-Officio position from emergency, Health, Safety and Insurance

CE Master Syllabus Template  Where can we locate the CE Master Syllabus template? Linda- Ad Astra update  Spoke with Nova Fritz regarding the ability to request Accessible furniture via Ad Astra. “they are not there yet, but they believe it is something that they can integrate into the system.” Marc-Emergency Evacuations  No seating in the rally area at HLC.  More signage needed “Non-smoking area” at HLC –east entrance

Friday, April 12, 2019 Meeting adjourned 10:30 am