{"id":11852,"date":"2023-09-19T08:14:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T13:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/?p=11852"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:36:11","slug":"august-2023-qep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/august-2023-qep-update\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2023 QEP Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11852\" class=\"elementor elementor-11852\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-720c731e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"720c731e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c2543a0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c2543a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55c14c64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55c14c64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Monthly Summary<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e71db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e71db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the area of outreach in August, activities involved meetings with key stakeholders to foster collaboration and expand educational opportunities. One meeting included Vanessa Errico, Manager of the Military Family Center, along with other team members, to discuss plans for a pilot program. This initiative aims to provide micro-credentials to 25 Military Family Center Spouses starting in January. Additionally, discussions were held with Foundation Communities regarding their clients&#8217; participation in micro-credentials once a grant is signed, with a target date of October 1st.<\/p><p>On the micro-credential front, several developments were noted. Progress continued on building the Photoshop micro-credential, with Web Analytics and HTML\/CSS content being integrated into the LMS. There were efforts to enhance the instructional experience, such as ACC Grow Student working on an instructional animation for Web Builder. Valuable feedback was received from students who completed Summer micro-credentials, emphasizing the effectiveness of the courses in catering to different learning styles and the crucial support provided by the Digital Navigators. The testimonials highlighted the practical knowledge gained and the importance of clear instructions and well-organized content.<\/p><p>In terms of data, enrollment figures for Fall 2023 showcased promising numbers, with 518 enrollments in Opt-In and Co-curricular options, reaching 64% capacity out of a potential 807. A new co-curricular course was introduced for the fall semester, coupling LGLA 1311 with the Word Processing micro-credential. These data points indicate a strong interest in the available educational offerings and potential for continued growth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b5ece41 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b5ece41\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-612e7e43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"612e7e43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Highlights<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32be02dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32be02dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Outreach<\/b><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Met with <\/span><b>Vanessa Errico,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Manager, Military Family Center, <\/span><b>Chris Cervini, Karina Hernandez,<\/b> <b>Ann Pamela Saez, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><b>Trish Welch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to discuss next steps for collaboration for a pilot of 25 Military Family Center Spouses taking micro-credentials in January.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Met with <\/span><b>Foundation Communities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to further discuss their clientele partaking in micro-credentials once their grant has been signed (October 1st).\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Micro-Credentials\u00a0<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Continued build of the Photoshop micro-credential. Web Analytics and HTML\/CSS continued to be input into Brightspace Leap.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ACC Grow Student is working on adding an instructional animation for Web Builder.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Feedback from students taking Summer micro-credentials<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<em>This course was well designed for my learning style. These really are designed for a kinetic learner like me.<\/em>\u201d Mary Ann C. &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Data Management Micro-credential\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u201cThe availability and support of the Navigator had been a significant factor to accomplish it.\u201d<\/em> Diana V. &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Presentation Software Micro-credential\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u201cI gained valuable insights into the clear and organized structure and the importance of encouraging critical thinking.\u201d<\/em> Phuong N. &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Presentation Software Micro-credential<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u201cThe videos were very helpful as you could follow along.\u201d<\/em> Jo Ann &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spreadsheets Micro-credential\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u201cI gained valuable knowledge about Data Organization, Formulas, and Functions from this micro-credential. With these skills, users\u00a0 can increase efficiency and gain insights from their data more effectively.\u201d<\/em> Phuong N. &#8211; Spreadsheets Micro-credential\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u201cThe videos with step-by-step instructions on how to perform certain tasks in Excel and Sheets helped me to build up my skills day by day, and the instructions in the assignment descriptions certainly helped to solidify the processes for me.&#8221;<\/em> Anonymous &#8211; Spreadsheets Micro-credential\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u201cAssignments had clear instructions and were organized in a way that made it more helpful in understanding what skills were useful in real-life situations.\u201d<\/em> Merrick M. &#8211; Spreadsheets Micro-credential\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u201cThe navigator was extremely helpful when I had questions.\u201d<\/em> C. Levy &#8211; Spreadsheets Micro-credential\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u201cI really enjoyed the list of learning activities as they combined short and helpful videos and some reading. They were put together in a logical and organized form for me to be able to go back and reference as needed.\u201d<\/em> Anonymous &#8211; Spreadsheets Micro-credential\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u201cThis newfound knowledge will be incredibly useful for me in the upcoming\u00a0 semester at college.\u201d<\/em> Anonymous. &#8211; Word Processing Micro-credential\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Data<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Opt-In and Co-curricular options have registered <\/span><b>518 enrollments for Fall 2023 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(64% filled) with a potential of 807. Fall registration has 246 opt-in learners into 18 sections.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Twelve sessions of co-curricular are being offered in the following courses for a to-date total of <\/span><b>272 students.<\/b><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One co-curricular course was added for the fall &#8211; LGLA 1311 coupled with the Word Processing micro-credential.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ad40a14 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ad40a14\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e90473 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e90473\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Implementation Committee Meetings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-183089d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"183089d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No implementation meeting was held in August<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7af17bb8 elementor-post-navigation-borders-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"7af17bb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-navigation.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__prev elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/july-qep-update\/\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-prev\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Prev<\/span><\/span><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--title\">July 2023 QEP Update<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__next elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/september-2023-qep-update\/\" rel=\"next\"><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__next\"><span class=\"post-navigation__next--title\">Sept. 2023 QEP Update<\/span><\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-next\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the area of outreach in August, activities involved meetings with key stakeholders to foster collaboration and expand educational opportunities. One meeting included Vanessa Errico, Manager of the Military Family Center, along with other team members, to discuss plans for a pilot program. This initiative aims to provide micro-credentials to 25 Military Family Center Spouses starting in January. Additionally, discussions were held with Foundation Communities regarding their clients&#8217; participation in micro-credentials once a grant is signed, with a target date of October 1st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3951,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qep-monthly-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3951"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}