Monthly Summary
The DFI team had a busy month with several key activities. They met with Kara Buckner to discuss future animation projects for Digital Fluency. Linda Smarzik planned a presentation for Central New Mexico’s Summer Innovation Institute with Christine Goshorn and coordinated a co-presentation with El Paso Community College. Collaborations with the Curriculum and Programs team advanced the build-out of Blackboard Ultra micro-credential sections for summer. Work on the AI Micro-certificate continued in a planning session with Mary Kohls. Linda participated in the monthly Digital Badging Subcommittee meeting and attended the ACC GROW End-of-Year Celebration. Karina Hernandez attended the AVANCE to College End-of-Year Celebration. Additionally, Linda presented a proposed paid delivery model for micro-credentials to Central New Mexico College.
In the area of micro-credentials, a marketing request was submitted to promote DFI program awareness and registration for Fall micro-credentials. The migration from Brightspace Leap to Blackboard Ultra continued, with ongoing development of the Systems Thinking and Project Management micro-credentials. Data highlights include six students earning the Web Presence Fundamentals Micro-certificate, 185 digital badges awarded to students who completed Spring #2 micro-credentials, and the completion of two new micro-credentials offered as pilots for Summer 2025. Additionally, six new Co-Curricular Digital Navigators joined the program through targeted outreach and word-of-mouth recruitment.
Highlights
Outreach
- The DFI team met with Kara Buckner to discuss future animation projects in support of Digital Fluency.
- Linda Smarzik met with Christine Goshorn to plan a presentation for Central New Mexico’s Summer Innovation Institute.
- Erasmus Addae, Linda Smarzik, and Karina Hernandez collaborated with the Curriculum and Programs team, Georgia Branch, Sammy Alvanipour, Stephanie Benetti, Sara Petty, and Seth Wilkerson to plan the build-out of Blackboard Ultra micro-credential sections for summer implementation.
- Linda Smarzik and Karina Hernandez continued work on the AI Micro-certificate in a planning session with Mary Kohls.
- Linda Smarzik met with Christine Goshorn, Carla Love, Fernando Mata, and Myshie Pagel to coordinate a co-presentation with El Paso Community College for CNM’s Summer Institute.
- Linda Smarzik participated in the monthly Digital Badging Subcommittee meeting, focused on cross-college alignment and updates.
- Linda Smarzik attended the ACC GROW, End-of-Year Celebration, recognizing student achievements and contributions.
- Karina Hernandez attended the AVANCE to College, End-of-Year Celebration to honor students who successfully completed micro-credentials.
- Linda Smarzik presented a proposed paid delivery model for micro-credentials to Judith Tomasson, Erica Reed, and Olivia Padilla-Jackson at Central New Mexico College.
Micro-Credentials
- An ACC Marketing request was submitted and planning began for a marketing campaign to promote both the DFI program awareness and registration for Fall micro-credentials.
- The migration of the micro-credentials from Brightspace Leap to Blackboard Ultra continued this month with the conversion of assignments and quizzes.
- Development continued on the Systems Thinking micro-credential.
- Development continued on the Project Management micro-credential.
Data
- Six students earned the Web Presence Fundamentals Micro-certificate after completing four micro-credentials: Web Builder, Photoshop for Web, HTML/CSS, and Web Analytics. Eligible students were awarded credit for ITNW-1337 for the completion of the micro-certificate.
- 185 digital badges were awarded to students who completed Spring #2 micro-credentials.
- Two new micro-credentials were completed and offered as pilots for the Summer 2025 – Systems Thinking and Project Management.
- Six new Co-Curricular Digital Navigators joined the program, recruited through targeted outreach at the adjunct faculty association meeting and informal word-of-mouth.